By John FriersonStaff Writer During his four years swimming at Howard University, Miles Simon was regularly competing with and against swimmers that looked like him. The same was true during his days training with the City of Atlanta Dolphins club as a young swimmer....
By John FriersonStaff Writer For Vern Fleming, it was an incredible, once-in-a-lifetime experience. For Teresa Edwards, it was an incredible, just-getting-started experience. In late July, it will be 40 years since Fleming and Edwards, two of Georgia men’s and...
By John FriersonStaff Writer Long before Dr. Randall Grimes was a successful medical professional with about as impressive an education and résumé as you’ll ever see, he was a young, walk-on butterfly swimmer for the Georgia men’s team. Grimes, an Atlanta...
By John FriersonStaff Writer Janet Harris was willing to follow her instincts and head south. It was one of the best decisions the 2015 Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame inductee ever made. “I wanted to go somewhere where I knew I could make an...
By John FriersonStaff Writer Caryl Smith Gilbert is a worker, driven and determined to get the most out of every single day. She knows this, and she knows that others know it too. “I get a lot of gifts from people that have something to do with...