Georgia Bulldogs fandom “runs thick” in the words of Corde Wilson. It’s arguable that few surpass him in dedication to the cause, and as college football season edges closer, super […]
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120 YEARS ON THE GRIDIRON: SSU players, fans gear up for another season cheering on ‘Savannah’s Football Team’
In the middle of Theodore A. Wright Stadium, the Savannah State University Tigers players finish their afternoon football practice and gather, sweaty and tired, around their new coach, ready for […]
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JAUDON SPORTS: Under Clay Helton, Georgia Southern football determined to prove preseason predictions wrong
Last week, the Sun Belt Conference held its annual Football Media Days in New Orleans. Georgia Southern was predicted to finish fifth (of seven) in the SBC East division by […]
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JAUDON SPORTS: Imagining conference realignment for 15 Savannah high school football programs
As the college football and basketball worlds are wrestling with inevitable conference expansion and realignment, I figured I would stick to that theme and bring Savannah high school sports into […]
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TRAVIS JAUDON: Calvary football future looks even brighter with Russell DeMasi hire
A sports section in Connect Savannah? Well, maybe not quite a section. But a sports column has arrived at Connect and I couldn’t be more thrilled, and humbled, to be […]
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Savannah fans witness Georgia’s first national championship since 1980
It’s about 782 miles from Savannah to Indianapolis, Indiana, but for a few local diehard Georgia Bulldog fans, that distance wasn’t going to keep them from cheering on UGA to […]
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For Chris Brown, Everything’s Coming up Roses
In this season of giving and receiving, one local man is not only grateful to be alive, but due to the gift of a tissue donation, he’s living pain-free and […]
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Delta adding flights out of Savannah for CFP National Championship
One-time nonstop service to Indy includes Savannah Georgia Bulldog fans in the Coastal Empire may now have an easier route to Indianapolis to watch the 'Dawgs play in the National […]
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BLITZ BORDER BOWL is January 15
WSAV recently announced the fourth annual Blitz Border Bowl benefiting Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Coastal Empire. The Blitz Border Bowl is a high school football all-star game pitting […]
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Lombardi brings storied coach’s story to the stage
For those unfamiliar, Lombardi is regarded as one of the great coaches of our time who was groundbreaking in his approach and the motivational speaking he engaged in with players
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Full contact
Given her genteel nature, the Hostess City might not be the first place you’d expect to find a lot of full contact women’s sports, but their numbers are growing. First […]