Isn’t this exciting? The Atlanta Braves are set to open their first baseball only facility at Sun Trust Park! The Buck & Kincade Show will be live from the ballpark on Thursday and Friday. Braves players like Freddie Freeman and Matt Kemp are anxiously awaiting the opportunity to test out the new digs, with a…… More
Friday morning marked the final day of workouts before the Braves officially open Grapefruit League play for 2017. While it’s been a relatively uneventful first week and a half in Central Florida, there are a number of story lines for fans to follow over the next four weeks. Let’s take a look at some of…… More
ATHENS – A major enhancement to the west end zone of Sanford Stadium — 120,000 square feet of new and improved space that will include a new locker room for the Bulldogs, room to host and entertain prospects on game day, a larger video board and a new plaza for game day fans — was approved by…… More
With just a couple days until Spring Training officially gets underway, the Braves made headlines in the wee hours of the morning on Sunday to acquire second baseman Brandon Phillips from the Reds in exchange for left handed pitcher, Andrew McKirahan and right handed pitcher, Carlos Portuondo. Phillips hinted at the potential deal in a…… More
THANK YOU to 680 The Fan for the generous donation of 1,000 canned food items for our CAN HUNGER Food Drive today at our North Atlanta Branch! With contributions like yours, we are well on our way to collecting 56,000 cans (23 tons) this month for local food banks. Listeners, please help any way you can!…… More
Well we certainly heard it all this morning on The Rude Awakening on The Fan 680 & 93.7 from one fan who will never be able to watch football again, to another fan who will never be able to watch sports again, to another fan who might have to move out of the state, to…… More
There is a lot of talk out there about Coach Belichick scheming defensively to take away All-World Falcons receiver Julio Jones. As you know, Belichick has a history of limiting the other team’s top playmaker. The Falcons have been able to flourish this season, when the other team tilts coverage towards Julio. Matt Ryan…… More
The Falcons defense better bring the “A-Game” in the Super Bowl. It’s going to take an impressive performance to slow down Tom Brady. Some say this Patriots offense is set up for success against the scheme Quinn’s defense plays. The Falcons play a lot of zone. The Patriots short passing game normally gives the Cover-3…… More
Now that was fun! Matt Ryan carved those dudes up! The Packers were simply never in this NFC Championship Game. Blowout! And somewhere, Aaron Rodgers is still complaining about getting hit. What an awesome game! Obviously, the Falcons didn’t waste any time putting this game away. Coach Shanahan and Matt executed brilliantly early, which resulted…… More
The football math that UGA fans are ignoring. 8 months without any games will somehow benefit Jacob Eason more than 4 months with games. The Georgia fan base is assuming Jacob Eason makes a leap forward in 2017. We’ve seen nothing . . . from Eason . . . to suggest that will happen. Truth:…… More
