Chip Towers

Sports reporter

Chip Towers covers the Georgia Bulldogs for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Former Georgia AD Greg McGarity lands new job, takes over Gator Bowl Sports

ATHENS — Former Georgia Athletic Director Greg McGarity is taking over Gator Bowl Sports.

Georgia basketball player arrested for traffic incident, 4 face discipline

ATHENS — Four Georgia basketball players face suspension to start the season after a traffic incident that resulted in the arrest of one of …

Former Georgia baseball player Adam Sasser files suit against UGA

Identified only as “John Doe” in court documents, Sasser alleges violations of his constitutional rights for free speech under the first …

In the doghouse: COVID rule means no sideline presence for Georgia mascot ‘Uga’

ATHENS — For the first time since there has been an Uga, there won’t be an Uga mascot on the sidelines with the Georgia Bulldogs this …

Georgia football’s high-priced recruiting part of ‘return on investment’

ATHENS — What does it take to sign the nation’s top recruiting class? A lot of money, to start with.

Kentucky’s John Calipari says don’t write off Georgia basketball just yet

LEXINGTON, KY. — Neither Georgia nor Anthony Edwards may have seemed particularly impressive as the Bulldogs have stumbled out to a 1-4 …

UGA will set attendance record for Notre Dame game with extra seats

The Bulldogs will set an all-time attendance record for Sanford Stadium when the Fighting Irish visit Sept. 21. In the visitors ticket …

UGA board approves $80 million building for football

ATHENS — If Georgia wasn’t already in the SEC’s facilities race, the Bulldogs are now fully immersed and making a move toward the front of …

Tom Mars: Immediate eligibility unlikely at Florida for Brenton Cox

ATHENS —The odds are very long that former Georgia 5-star outside linebacker Brenton Cox will be cleared to play this season at Florida.

Anatomy of a lineup: The makeup of the highly-touted 2019 Georgia Bulldogs might surprise you

ATHENS — The general thought on the Georgia Bulldogs heading into the 2019 season is they’re going to be better offensively than …

Suzanne Yoculan steps away (again) from Georgia gymnastics program

ATHENS —  Suzanne Yoculan was babysitting her 2-year-old granddaughter Evie Tuesday afternoon, and there wasn’t anywhere else on Earth she …

NCAA transfer proponent Tom Mars predicts sweeping changes after Luke Ford’s ‘shocking’ denial

ATHENS — A month ago, I talked to student-athlete rights’ champion Tom Mars about the Luke Ford case. The Atlanta-based attorney and expert …