The Sports Squad gets a jump on the 2024 AU volleyball season as senior outside hitter Sophia Kruczko throws light on the Jaguars’ trip to Lakeland, Florida, for the Florida Southern Tournament. The Squad will also talk about AU women and men’s basketball, the Georgia Bulldogs and the Atlanta Braves. Host is Justin Gray, the Bell Ringer sports edit…

On this edition of The Sports Squad, host Patrick Motes and the gang discuss Augusta University volleyball and the first full weekend of college football. The Jaguars' volleyball team is coming off a scrimmage at USC AIken and will play its intrasquad match on Friday, Aug. 30, at 6 p.m. in Christenberry Fieldhouse. Georgia Tech had a huge win over …

On this edition of The Sports Squad, Justin Gray and J. Ben Haynes interview AU volleyball coach Sharon Quarles, in her 15th season, and senior outside hitter Sophia Kruczko. The Jaguars, coming off a 29-5 and PBC championship season, will play a scrimmage against USC Aiken on Saturday, Aug. 24., at 5:30 p.m. The Jags will have their Blue and Grey …

Host Justin Gray and panelists Avery Jaynes and Patrick Motes preview the upcoming Augusta University cross-country season . They also discuss the summer Olympics in Paris, as well the Atlanta Braves and CSRA prep football. This starts the seventh season of the podcast. The Sports Squad is a production of Bell Ringer-Phoenix Media. It is produced a…

On this edition of The Sports Squad, Augusta University men’s basketball coach Dip Metress talks about his team’s October scrimmage at Clemson and the U.S. Olympic hoops teams. Justin Gray, sports editor of the Bell Ringer, hosts this week’s show and is joined by Communication Professor David Bulla. Other topics are the Olympics, new facilities at …

On this edition of The Sports Squad, Bell Ringer sports editor Justin Gray discusses the British Open, new AU women's golf coach Ember Holloway, the Atlanta Braves' struggles and the upcoming Olympics in Paris. The Sports Squad is produced by Jasmine Garcia, with Dr. David Bulla serving as coordinating producer. The podcast is taped in the TVC Lab …

Bell Ringer sports editor Justin Gray and regular panelist Avery Jaynes discuss the NCAA Division I baseball playoffs, the NBA finals and the latest from the Atlanta Braves, who trail the Philadelphia Phillies by eight games in the National League East. Gray is a communication major and Jaynes, who runs cross-country and track, is a sports manageme…

Host Justin Gray, sports editor of the Bell Ringer, interviews special guest Zach Tinkham, Augusta University assistant men's basketball coach. The panel includes Avery Jaynes and Dr. David Bulla. Tinkham talks about Jaguar hoops recruiting. Also on the agenda are the NBA playoffs, the Atlanta Braves, and some leftovers from spring sports. Dr. Bull…

Host Patrick Motes and panelists Justin Gray and Avery Jaynes put a wrap on the spring sports season at Augusta University. They also discuss the all-sports awards given last week at the end-of-year AU athletics banquet. Then they talk about a forgettable week for the Atlanta Braves, who were swept in Los Angeles over the weekend. Then panelists si…

On this edition of The Sports Squad, host Justin Gray, sports editor of the Bell Ringer student newspaper at Augusta University, talks with Dr. David Bulla, Communication professor, about AU baseball, softball, golf, tennis, track and field, and Major League Baseball. The Sports Squad is a production of Bell Ringer-Phoenix Media. It is produced at …

Jacob Burgamy, AU track and field coach, joins The Sports Squad to talk about the 2024 season, as the Jaguars prepare for the Peach Belt Conference championship meet in Daytona Beach, Fla., next week (April 29-30). Host Patrick Motes and panelists Justin Gray and Avery Jaynes will also talk about the AU men's golf team in the Southland Conference g…

Host Patrick Motes and panelists Justin Gray and Avery Jaynes review spring sports at Augusta University, starting with the performance of the Jaguar women's golf title as they won their third straight Southland Conference championship. (Note: The show was taped just before the Jags finished the final round, which led to a huge 67-shot victory.) AU…

Host Patrick Motes and panelists Justin Gray and Avery Jaynes look back at the Masters, won by world No. 1 Scott Sheffler on April 14 at Augusta National. In the second part of the show, The Squad takes a look at the Atlanta Braves, who lost starting pitcher Spencer Strider to a season-ending arm injury but have continued their winning ways. The Sp…

Today on the The Sports Squad, the panel will discuss the start of the MLB season, focusing on the Atlanta Braves. The panelists will also play Yes, No or Maybe. Host Patrick Motes is joined by regular panelists Justin Gray, Avery Jaynes and Ja'Queze Kirby. The Sports Squad is a production of Bell Ringer-Phoenix Media. It is produced at the TVC Lab…

Faculty host David Bulla interviews guests Ron Morris and Gene Sapakoff about March Madness, the start of the MLB season, the upcoming Masters and the state of American sports journalism. Morris is retired sports columnist for The State in Columbia, S.C., and Sapakoff just retired after 38 years with the Charleston Post and Courier. The trio will m…

Today on the The Sports Squad, the panel will discuss Augusta University men's golf, baseball, men and women's tennis, AU women's basketball, and both the men and women's track and field teams. Host Patrick Motes is joined by regular panelists Justin Gray, Avery Jaynes and Ja'Queze Kirby. The Sports Squad is a production of Bell Ringer-Phoenix Medi…

On this edition of The Sports Squad, host Patrick Motes and the Squad discuss AU women's basketball making the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional. Joining Patrick on this week's podcast are regulars Avery Jaynes and Justin Gray. The Squad will be talking AU women and men's basketball, baseball, softball, track and field, and women and men's golf. …

Dip Metress, AU men's basketball coach, talks to The Sports Squad about the upcoming Peach Belt Conference Tournament, which will be held at USC Aiken. The Jaguars (17-11) open with Flagler College in the quarterfinals on Wednesday, March 6, at 7:30 p.m. The two teams split in the regular season. AU will have to make a deep tournament run to have a…

Celeste Stewart, AU women's basketball coach, joins host Patrick Motes and panelists Avery Jaynes, Ja'Queze Kirby and Justin Gray to discuss the upcoming Peach Belt Conference Tournament--with the women playing at Georgia Southwestern and the Jaguar men at USC Aiken. Stewart's team won 15 conference regular-season games, the most in program history…

Join host Patrick Motes as he, Avery Jaynes and Justin Gray talk Augusta University basketball, NCAA Division I basketball, AU spring sports and the Atlanta Braves on this edition of The Sports Squad. The Sports Squad is a production of Bell Ringer-Phoenix Media. It is produced at the TVC Lab on the Summerville Campus of Augusta University. Jasmine…

Host Patrick Motes and Bell Ringer Sports Editor Justin Gray talk about Augusta University basketball on this edition of The Sports Squad. The red-hot Jaguar men face key games at Lander and North Georgia this week, while the AU women try to bounce back from a tough loss to Georgia Southwestern. The Sports Squad is a production of Bell Ringer-Phoen…

Augusta University's Kennedi Manning and Tomiyah Alford join The Sports Squad to talk Jaguar women's basketball. The Jags are tied with Georgia Southwestern for the Peach Belt Conference lead. They will face GSW this coming Saturday on Homecoming Day. The Squad will also talk about Jaguar men's basketball, spring sports at AU, D1 college basketball…

Augusta University point guard John St. Germain III joins The Sports Squad to talk Jaguar men's basketball. The Jags are climbing the Peach Belt Conference standings as the conference season heads down the home stretch. The Squad will also talk about Jaguar women's basketball, spring sports at AU, D1 college basketball, a Super Bowl preview, and th…

Anchor Patrick Motes and The Sports Squad interview Augusta University pitcher Britt Kelly and infielder Shelbie Summerlin as the Jaguar baseball and softball seasons open this weekend at home. The Squad will also talk about Jaguar basketball, the NFL and college basketball. Also on The Squad are regulars Avery Jaynes and Justin Gray. The Sports Sq…

Host Patrick Motes and the gang discuss Augusta University women and men's basketball, along with the NFL playoffs, on this edition of The Sports Squad. Joining Motes on the podcast are Justin Gray and Avery Jaynes. The Sports Squad is a production of Bell Ringer-Phoenix Media. It is produced at the TVC Lab on the Summerville Campus of Augusta Univ…

On this edition of The Sports Squad, host Patrick Motes discusses the Augusta University's women and men’s basketball teams through the first four games of the Peach Belt season. The Jaguar women are tied with Lander for first place after winning their first four PBC games. The men beat Clayton State last week but lost to rival USC Aiken to fall to…

Host Patrick Motes and the panel discuss conference play for Augusta University's basketball teams. The Jaguar women are in a three-way tie for first place after winning their first two Peach Belt games. The men had two narrow road losses in the first week of conference play. AU hosts Clayton State on Wednesday, Jan. 10. The panel will also talk ab…

On this exam-week edition of The Sports Squad, Bell Ringer men's basketball beat writer Justin Gray interviews Jaguar center Max Amadasun, who hails from Dublin, Ireland. Amadasun is a transfer from St. Bonaventure. Through seven games (AU is 5-2), the cybersecurity major leads the Jaguars in rebounding (11.9 per game) and is second in scoring (15.…

Students in the Sports Communication course at Augusta University give updates on the following sports: volleyball; women and men's golf; women and men's cross-country, women and men's basketball; women and men's tennis; women and men's track and field; esports, and intramural. Reporters are: Liesa Armstrong, Noah Bowers, Hannah Brown-Kitchens, Rac…

On this special edition of The Sports Squad, host Patrick Motes interviews Augusta University softball infielder Shelbie Summerlin and baseball pitcher Britt Kelly about their upcoming season. The show was produced by Ethan Balducci. It is taped in the TVC Lab at Augusta University's Summerville Campus. Jasmine Garcia is the TVC Lab coordinator. Th…

Joshua Picklesimer and his Sports Squad panelists look back at the Augusta University men's exciting triple-overtime hoops win over Virginia Union. Joining Picklesimer are Rachel Carman, Patrick Motes, and Justin Gray. They also look at the Jaguar volleyball team, which made it through two rounds of the Southeast Regional but lost to Anderson in th…

On this special edition of The Sports Squad, host Patrick Motes interviews Augusta University distance runner Andrew Todd, who battled illness during the 2023 cross-country season but still managed to make it the NCAA Division II nationals. The Sports Squad, taped at the TVC Lab on the Summerville Campus of Augusta University, is a production of Be…

Host Joshua Picklesimer leads a discussion of the AU women's basketball team, which is 4-0 and ranked 24th nationally. Joining the squad are Jaguar Coach Celeste Stewart and guard Autumn Phillips. The panelists are Rachel Carman, Patrick Motes and Justin Gray. The Sports Squad, taped at the TVC Lab on the Summerville Campus of Augusta University, i…

On this special edition of The Sports Squad, J.A. Adande, veteran sports journalist and the director of the sports journalism program at Northwestern University, talks to Joshua Picklesimer and David Bulla about his career and the state of sports communication today. The Sports Squad, taped at the TVC Lab on the Summerville Campus of Augusta Univer…

Host Patrick Motes leads a discussion of the following: AU men's cross country, which took 15th at NCAA Division II nationals; Jaguar volleyball, which completed the PBC double with a five-set win over Lander in the tourney final; women's basketball, which upset nationally ranked Wingate; men's basketball, which hosts Benedict on Nov. 21; Ronald Ac…

Host Joshua Picklesimer welcomes Augusta University volleyball middle blocker Madelyn Eden to the podcast. Eden and her Jaguar teammates will play Flagler College in the Peach Belt Conference Tournament semifinals on Friday, Nov. 17, at 2 p.m. in Christenberry Fieldhouse. The Jaguars defeated Lander twice last week to win the PBC regular-season cro…

AU volleyball Coach Sharon Quarles and setter Janvier Buggs join host Carlos Rodriguez on this edition of The Sports Squad. The Jaguars, who are 23-4, will host Lander, 26-3, in a key Peach Belt Conference match on Thursday, Nov. 9. The Bearcats have a one-game lead on Augusta with two to play. The two teams will play again Friday, Nov. 10, in Gree…

Host Joshua Picklesimer interviews AU cross-country coach Jacob Burgamy and runners Thomas Rischar, Carlos Rodriguez and Patrick Motes on this edition of The Sports Squad. The Jaguars finished second in the NCAA Division II Southeast Regionals on Nov. 4 and advance to the D2 national championship on Nov. 18 in Joplin, Mo. It is the sixth visit to t…

Host Joshua Picklesimer, Bell Ringer sports writer Justin Gray and Dr. David Bulla discuss AU volleyball team and Jaguar men’s basketball team. The Jaguar volleyball team improved to 21-4 win a 3-0 win over Georgia College. Gray covered the men’s basketball team as the Jags lost at Emory 96-86 in an exhibition in Atlanta. Ethan Balducci is the prod…

AU men's basketball coach Dip Metress joins The Sports Squad to talk about the Jaguars' 82-77 upset of NCAA Division I foe Georgia Southern on Oct. 20. Host Joshua Picklesimer is joined by Carlos Rodriguez, Patrick Motes and Justin Gray. Rodriguez and Motes rap about the Jaguar men’s cross-country team, which won its fifth straight Peach Belt title…

On this edition of The Sports Squad, host Joshua Picklesimer and the panel discuss the grand opening of Augusta University’s esports arena. Joshua is joined by Noah Bowers and Brionna Law to discuss esports at AU. Also, Rachel Carman, Patrick Motes and Justin Gray join The Squad to discuss cross-country, volleyball and men’s basketball. The Jaguar …

On this edition of The Sports Squad, Carlos Rodriguez and the panel interview AU cross-country standout Brandon Martin. Martin finished third in the individual race and the Jags took second as a team at the UAH Chargers Invitational in Huntsville, Ala., on Oct. Also on the show, Rachel Carman talks about Jaguar volleyball, which rebounded from a fo…

Carlos Rodriguez leads The Sports Squad in a discussion of Augusta University volleyball, as well as men and women's cross-country. The Jaguar VB team will host Francis Marion on Friday, Sept. 6, and Lander on Saturday, Sept. 7. AU is on a 12-match winning streak and the match with Lander pits the top two teams in the Peach Belt Conference. The AU …

Patrick Motes leads a discussion of Augusta University varsity athletic teams. This special edition of The Sports Squad features reporting by students in the Sports Communication course at AU. Joining The Squad are Noah Bowers, Hannah Brown, Rachel Carman, Justin Gray, Domonic Macias, Parker Ray, Drew Wall, Cameron Watson, Micah Webb and Lydia Will…

Carlos Rodriguez welcomes Jazmyn Wheeler to The Sports Squad on this episode. Jazmyn is a senior outside hitter for the Jaguar volleyball team. She has led the team to 10 straight match wins. Wheeler is from Phoenix, Ariz., and she discusses her development as a player, which included playing with former AU standout Alexis Diaz-Infante. Ethan Baldu…

Joshua Picklesimer, sports writer for the Bell Ringer, is joined by sports editor Carlos Rodriguez and sports writers Rachel Carman and Patrick Motes on this edition of The Sports Squad. The special guest is Avery Jaynes, AU's outstanding cross-country runner who was named Peach Belt Runner of the Week after his performance at the Southern Showcase…

On this edition of The Sports Squad, Carlos Rodriguez and the gang discuss Augusta University volleyball and cross-country, college football, and the NFL. Carlos is joined by Joshua Picklesimer, Rachel Carman and Patrick Motes. The Sports Squad is a production of Augusta University’s Department of Communication and Bell Ringer-Phoenix Media. Ethan …

Joshua Picklesimer, sports writer for the Bell Ringer, is joined by sports editor Carlos Rodriguez and sports writers Rachel Carman and Patrick Motes on this edition of The Sports Squad. They talk about the AU women and men's cross country teams' season-opening meet in Spartanburg, S.C. The Squad also talks about the AU volleyball team, which opene…

Joshua Picklesimer, sports writer for the Bell Ringer, is joined by special guest AU cross-country Coach Jacob Burgamy and Bell Ringer sports editor Carlos Rodriguez and Communication student Patrick Motes on this edition of The Sports Squad. They talk about the AU women and men's cross country teams' season-opening meet in Spartanburg, S.C., on Fr…

Joshua Picklesimer, sports writer for the Bell Ringer, is joined by Bell Ringer sports editor Carlos Rodriguez, Patrick Motes and Dr. David Bulla on this edition of The Sports Squad. They talk about the AU men's cross country team's upcoming season. Dr. Bulla gives a report on the Blue-Grey intrasquad volleyball match from Aug. 18. Picklesimer also…