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Jack Thompson, who spent more than 50 years serving Georgia Tech athletics from his days as a football recruiter to leading the Yellow Jackets’ fundraising efforts, has passed away at the age of 84.
In his career with Georgia Tech Athletics, Jack Thompson made an indelible mark, first as a football recruiter who touched the lives of many of the Yellow Jackets who passed through the program in the 1960s and 1970s, but more importantly as a fundraiser in the Alexander-Tharpe Fund, Georgia Tech athletics’ development arm, spearheading fundraising efforts for the construction or major renovation of every athletics facility on Tech’s campus. His efforts also provided scholarships for thousands of student-athletes to receive their education and degrees from Georgia Tech.
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The Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks and Tennessee Titans are among the teams that continue to monitor a potential Julio Jones trade.
Jeremy Fowler of ESPN updated the situation during an appearance Sunday on
SportsCenter, noting the Rams and Seahawks are hesitant about the combination of draft picks and salary required to pull off a deal: Teams are still having a problem with some of the money involved, the draft-pick capital they d have to give up. I think the Rams are in that boat, so [they] haven t been overly involved in recent days, but the Rams are always lurking. They re always willing to give up first-round picks. Now, let s go to Seattle, another team that s typically aggressive on the trade market. Russell Wilson, we saw Let Russ Cook all year, especially those first eight to 10 games. Probably the best deep-ball thrower in the entire league. He loves Julio Jones, would love to play for him. Seattle knows that. I think they w
While there is plenty of interest around the league in Atlanta Falcons receiver Julio Jones, some project him to end up with the Tennessee Titans, according to.