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Survey: Snowden seen as most scandalous among headline-grabbers

August 29, 2013 Express Telegraph

Scandals hit the news year round, but it always seems as though at least a few come our way during the summer. This summer has been no exception, with headlines regaling us all with news of everything from Paula Deen’s dismissal from the Food Network in the wake of allegations of racism to Major League Baseball’s internal battles against performance enhancing drugs to Anthony Weiner’s, well… communication habits. But what’s 2013’s “Scandal of the Summer?”

Volar Video Launches Disruptive New Broadcast and Streaming Technology

July 24, 2013 Caboose Chronicle

Volar Video today launched an innovative digital broadcasting platform that enables colleges to monetize the live streaming of events.

Dooley fired as Tennessee’s head coach, he ‘did indeed improve this program’

November 18, 2012 Legacy Content

Derek Dooley has been fired as as Tennessee’s head football coach.

Olympics’ lasting impact on Atlanta evident today

July 25, 2012 Todd DeFeo

It’s been 16 years since Atlanta hosted the Summer Olympics, but the games’ lasting impact can be felt even today.

Sportswriter Bisher dies

March 19, 2012 Express Telegraph

ATLANTA — Legendary sportswriter Furman Bisher, who covered the likes of Shoeless Joe Jackson and Ty Cobb, has died, ajc.com reported. He was 93. In September, Bisher was inducted into the Atlanta Press Club Hall of Fame as part of the inaugural class. For more information, visit: http://www.ajc.com/sports/sportswriter-furman-bisher-dies-1390135.html

Hall of Famer Gary Carter dies

February 16, 2012 The Travel Trolley

For fans of the New York Mets in the 1980s, there may have no more a face of the franchise than Gary Carter.

Former NBA player sentenced to probation

January 6, 2012 Express Telegraph

ATLANTA — A former NBA player was sentenced Thursday to probation and ordered to pay restitution after pleading guilty to financial transaction card fraud, Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said. Ronald Michael Behagen, 60, who played seven seasons in the NBA for the Atlanta Hawks and other teams, faces three years of probation and must pay $3, 570 in restitution. According to prosecutors, between April and June 2011, Behagen used a 68-year old Sandy

Longtime Bulldogs announcer Munson dies

November 21, 2011 Express Telegraph

Larry Munson, the legendary voice of the Georgia Bulldogs for more than four decades, died Sunday from complications from pneumonia, the university announced. He was 89.

Disputed report: Paterno contacts defense attorney

November 11, 2011 Express Telegraph

Legendary Penn State football Coach Joe Paterno has “reached out” to a criminal defense attorney with an Atlanta-based firm, NBC news reported. The Paterno camp, according to the report, reached out to J. Sedgwick Sollers, the managing partner of King & Spalding’s Washington’s office, NBC News National Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff reported. Paterno was fired Wednesday in the wake of a child sex abuse scandal involving former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky. Sandusky and two university administrators

Feds to investigate Penn State’s handling of Sandusky case

November 10, 2011 Express Telegraph

The U.S. Department of Education said it will launch an investigation into whether Penn State University broke federal law in how it handled allegations of sexual misconduct involving minors and a former school official. Former Penn State Defensive Coach Jerry Sandusky has been charged with sexually abusing several young boys, including incidents on campus, authorities said. The school’s Board of Trustees on Wednesday fired Coach Joe Paterno and the university’s president, Graham Spanier. Under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure