Joe Whitfield is the sports editor for the Albany Herald. He graduated from the Henry Grady School of Journalism at the University of Georgia. He is an avid Georgia Bulldog fan and passionate about local sports in Albany. He has two daughters and seven grandchildren.
American businessman Josh Kushner and former Disney CEO Bob Iger have agreed to purchase controlling interest in the Los Angeles Lakers in a record $12.5 billion deal, ESPN reported Wednesday.
Across Southwest Georgia, football teams have spent the summer lifting weights, running in suffocating heat and practicing against teammates whose tendencies they know almost as well as their own.
Rhyne Howard had 22 points and made six 3-pointers on Monday to help the Atlanta Dream post a 107-95 victory over the Toronto Tempo in College Park, Ga.