Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Xavier University’s Mike Bobinski, the current chair of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee, will be just the eighth athletic director in school history when he begins the job in April.
In a press release Wednesday afternoon, Georgia Tech President G.P. “Bud” Peterson announced that Xavier University’s Mike Bobinski will be the school's new athletic director. Bobinski will be introduced on Friday at a 10 a.m. press conference at the Midtown school. Bobinski is the current chair of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee and will officially begin his duties at Tech on April 1. He replaces Dan Radakovich, who resigned in November to become the athletic director at Clemson University. Bobinski was in his 12th year as director of athletics at Xavier in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he also served as associate vice president. He was hired as director of athletics in 1998 and remained in the role until 2004, when he was named…
Monday, October 29, 2012
Yellow Jackets' Athletic Director Dan Radakovich reportedly set to leave for rival ACC school. Some Tech fans wish the football coach would follow him out the door
Numerous media outlets are reporting today that Georgia Tech Athletic Director Dan Radakovich will leave the Midtown school to be Clemson’s new athletic director. A Monday afternoon news conference has been called at the South Carolina school to announce the hiring of Radakovich, who will replace the retiring Don Philips. Greenville (SC) News writer Bart Wright was the first to report the hiring via twitter. Radakovich, who has been at Tech for six years, is credited for planning and advancing many of the athletic facilities at the school. Included in that is the renovation of Alexander Memorial Coliseum into McCamish Pavilion, as well as projects involving a new indoor football practice facility, tennis complex and softball stadium. But …
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Notre Dame accepts offer to join the ACC on Wednesday
A longtime football foe joined Georgia Tech in the Atlantic Coast Conference on Wednesday in all but two sports – one being football. The ACC announced this morning that it had welcomed Notre Dame as a full conference member in most every sport save for football, although the Fighting Irish will play five such games against ACC schools per year. The Notre Dame men’s ice hockey team will join Hockey East. In other non-football sports, the Irish most likely won’t be able to depart the Big East Conference for the ACC until 2015. Notre Dame, which has long valued its status as an Independent, becomes the 15th member of the ACC, which next year will welcome member Nos. 13 and 14 in Pittsburgh and Syracuse. More important for Georgia Tech and …
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Conor Pollock, who resigned shortly after his March arrest, still faces drug possession charges.
Update: Aug. 2, 2012 According to a Thursday afternoon story from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, rape charges against Conor Pollock, have been dropped. The former Georgia Tech assistant men’s tennis coach was charged with rape and possession of cocaine and marijuana in late March and resigned on April 4. He still face the possession charges according to his lawyer. Read more from the AJC here. Original Story: March 27, 2012 Georgia Tech assistant men's tennis coach Conor Pollock was at the Bill Moore Tennis Center Friday afternoon as the Yellow Jackets swept Boston College, 7-0. By Saturday morning, the 24-year-old, first-year Tech coach was in the Fulton County jail charged with rape, and possession of cocaine and marijuana according …
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
It hasn't been the greatest series of days for the Yellow Jacket athletic department, but at least the Institute’s College of Engineering continues to thrive.
Recently disappointed supporters of Georgia Tech’s athletic program, which has absorbed a series of demoralizing blows in recent days, might hone in this week on the first two lines of the school’s fight song: I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech, and a hell of an engineer— A helluva, helluva, helluva, helluva, hell of an engineer. Well, there’s no denying such as the school’s graduate programs continue to earn high marks from U.S. News & World Report's annual rankings. The Institute’s College of Engineering ranked No. 4 for the eighth consecutive year and all eleven of the programs within the college are ranked in the top 10 including industrial engineering (No. 1), biomedical (No. 2), civil (No. 3), aerospace (No. 4), electrical (No. 5…
Saturday, February 18, 2012
A peek around local sports news, including an update on Grady High's soon to be vacated athletic director position.
They’re baaaaaaaack! Conceived in 2004, the Atlanta Rollergirls get the 2012 season rolling Saturday with a doubleheader at the YAARAB Shrine Temple at 400 East Ponce de Leon Avenue. At least we know track announcer Lucky Yates is excited about this news. (see video) At 5 p.m., ARG’s all-star Dirty South Derby Girls will skate against Maine Roller Derby 's Port Authorities. Then at 7:30, witness home team rivalry as Apocalypstix and Denim Demons take the track. Tickets begin at $15 and children 3 and under are free. See here for more information. _______ Grady High School's Athletic Booster Club is currently accepting nominations for one current Grady parent and one community representative to serve on the interview committee to select …
Hunt Archbold
3:55 pm on Friday, September 14, 2012
Arg Skippy, you are so right! Maybe it just felt like a loss for ND, especially since Tech was playing a tight end under center. Thanks for pointing out and the correction has been made. more ›