On the Field

Former Tech golf star Matt Kuchar, Mgt 00, leads the PGA Tour with nine Top 10 finishes so far this year. And in four consecutive tournaments, the pro called “Kuch” by his fans found himself with at least a share of the Sunday lead—ultimately winning the RBC Heritage championship on a gutsy chip-in on the last hole. The more

In 2011, when Brian Gregory was hired as Georgia Tech’s men’s basketball coach, he inherited a team that had just suffered its third losing season in four years. But the coach’s most pressing issue had nothing to do with the team’s on-court performance: Poor scores on the NCAA’s annual academic progress rate were threatening to more

When Jillian Broaddus spotted a campus flyer for a course entitled “Foundations of Sports Studies,” the third-year science, technology and culture major’s interest was piqued. And a short conversation with the class’ professor, Johnny Smith, confirmed she’d discovered a diamond in the rough. Broaddus found the full sports spectrum laid out in front of her. more

Mike Bobinski, Georgia Tech’s new athletic director, has one hell of a work ethic. He spent March preparing to take the reins at Tech while wrapping things up at Xavier University (where he had served as director of athletics for 12 years) and serving as chair of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee (which more