As Jan. 1, 1981 approached, the thought going through every Georgia football fan’s mind was whether or not the 1980
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MURRAY POOLE’S FIFTEEN GREATEST SPORTS ASSIGNMENTS, No. 2: A Glorious Red and Black Finish at Iconic Rose Bowl
As Bulldawg Illustrated colleague Greg Poole and I boarded a plane out of Orlando, Florida the week leading up to
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MURRAY POOLE’S FIFTEEN GREATEST SPORTS ASSIGNMENTS, No. 3: A Historic Play (Miracle) on the Banks of the St. Johns River
On the late afternoon of November 8, 1980, many Georgia fans were headed to the parking lots surrounding the old
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MURRAY POOLE’S FIFTEEN GREATEST SPORTS ASSIGNMENTS, No. 5: An Interview With a Legendary Center Fielder, Mickey Mantle
Talk about a stroke of pure luck, this was it! As I recall, it was in the late 1970s when
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MURRAY POOLE’S FIFTEEN GREATEST SPORTS ASSIGNMENTS, No. 6: 2nd-and-26 Will Always Be a Bitter Pill to Swallow
As we continue this countdown series on My 15 Favorite Sports Assignments, as was the case four weeks ago when
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MURRAY POOLE’S FIFTEEN GREATEST SPORTS ASSIGNMENTS, No. 7: A Super Bowl Where Nothing Goes Right for the Dirty Birds Down in Miami
As I boarded a plane in Jacksonville the week of Super Bowl XXXIII, which was set for Jan. 31, 1999
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MURRAY POOLE’S FIFTEEN GREATEST SPORTS ASSIGNMENTS, No. 8: A World Series Matching Two Life-Long Favorites, Braves-Yankees
In all my years of writing for The Brunswick News and Bulldawg Illustrated, I was able to cover only one
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MURRAY POOLE’S FIFTEEN GREATEST SPORTS ASSIGNMENTS, No. 9: The Most Hyped Georgia-Auburn Game Ever, November 13, 1971
It was November 13, 1971, and the college football spotlight was clearly focused on Athens, Georgia. And for good reason!
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MURRAY POOLE’S FIFTEEN GREATEST SPORTS ASSIGNMENTS, No. 10: An Auspicious College Football Debut in Knoxville, Tennessee
With the city rivalry game being played that Friday night in Brunswick, I initially hadn’t planned to cover Georgia’s 1980
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MURRAY POOLE’S FIFTEEN GREATEST SPORTS ASSIGNMENTS, No. 11: Lefty Overcomes a Muddy Masters in 2003
The last Masters golf tournament I covered for The Brunswick News was certainly a unique one. Indeed, the 2003 Masters
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MURRAY POOLE’S FIFTEEN GREATEST SPORTS ASSIGNMENTS #14: Finally, 2002 SEC Championship, Greene to Johnson on the Plains
The day was Dec. 7, 2002, in the Georgia Dome and the Georgia Bulldogs of second-year head coach Mark Richt
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