Ken Sugiura
Georgia Tech beat writer
Ken Sugiura covers Georgia Tech sports for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He started at the AJC in 1998 and has covered a variety of beats, mostly within sports.
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The scenery for Georgia Tech is not what it once imagined it would be. The Yellow Jackets are in their open date at 3-4 with an ACC record of 1-3. A Coastal Division championship – a primary team goal every season – is highly unlikely. Coach Paul Johnson communicated a message to the team that, with five games remaining, time...
Georgia Tech coach Josh Pastner has not given up on the possibility of Texas transfer James Banks receiving immediate eligibility this season through a waiver. “I’m working on that with compliance, and I’ll leave it at that right now,” Pastner said Tuesday at a media availability session. Banks, from Decatur, played...
The promise and challenge for Georgia Tech forward Moses Wright can be summed up in his production in back-to-back games last February. Getting time in a blowout loss to Duke, Wright gave the Yellow Jackets a spark as he contributed nine points, seven rebounds, two assists and two blocks. The highlight was a putback dunk off a missed 3-pointer...
Georgia Tech received the 16th commitment for its 2019 signing class Tuesday, from wide receiver Kalani Norris from Miami, Fla. Norris, listed at 6-foot-0 and 175 pounds, is a three-star prospect (247 Sport composite). Norris, a senior at Columbus High, reported other offers from South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, N.C. State and Pitt...
Before the season began, Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson spoke with typical confidence about his team’s prospects for the season ahead. Speaking at the team’s media day prior to the start of the preseason, Johnson said he went into every season – this one included – thinking that his team had a chance to win every...
In coach Paul Johnson’s tenure, Georgia Tech had played back-to-back games without turnovers only twice before the Yellow Jackets had no giveaways against Bowling Green and Louisville. The Jackets had also fumbled just twice in those two games after dropping the ball 14 times in their first four games. They had also committed only one...
Comments from Georgia Tech players Anree Saint-Amour, Lamont Simmons, Malachi Carter, Jerry Howard, Tre Swilling and Kenny Cooper following the Yellow Jackets’ loss to Duke Saturday at Bobby Dodd Stadium: “We’re going into a bye week so we’ve got a lot of time to sit on this loss and get ready for the next game. Just...
Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson railed at his offensive line for “stupidity” in changing blocking assignments incorrectly at the line of scrimmage. Offensive linemen often have the freedom to change blocking assignments based on what they see at the line, and in this case Johnson said the changes proved counterproductive. Johnson...
Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson’s comments following the Yellow Jackets’ 28-14 loss to Duke on Saturday at Bobby Dodd Stadium: “Just really frustrated. I’m frustrated we didn’t play particularly well in the first half on offense especially on some short-yardage stuff. We couldn’t seem to convert. I thought...
Full of momentum and humming with efficiency, Georgia Tech was stopped cold by Duke on Saturday. The Yellow Jackets, who had threshed their previous two opponents for 129 points and 1,086 yards, were muted by the Blue Devils in a 28-14 homecoming defeat at Bobby Dodd Stadium. In a game critical for their hopes of winning the ACC Coastal Division...
Georgia Tech will be without two offensive starters for its Saturday game against Duke. Wide receiver Jalen Camp and right tackle Andrew Marshall were not listed on the depth chart prior to the game, replaced by Stephen Dolphus and Bailey Ivemeyer, respectively. This will be the first career start for Dolphus, a sophomore, and the second...