The Sports Squad

Questions for the show? Send us a text. Host Patrick Motes and panelists Justin Gray and Avery Jaynes look back at the Masters, won by world No. 1 Scott Sheffler on April 14 at Augusta National. In the second part of the show, The Squad takes a look at the Atlanta Braves, who lost starting pitcher Spencer Strider to a season-ending arm injury but have continued their winning ways. The Sports Squad...

Questions for the show? Send us a text. Today on the The Sports Squad, the panel will discuss the start of the MLB season, focusing on the Atlanta Braves. The panelists will also play Yes, No or Maybe. Host Patrick Motes is joined by regular panelists Justin Gray , Avery Jaynes and Ja'Queze Kirby .  The Sports Squad is a production of Bell Ringer-Phoenix Media. It is produced at the TVC Lab o...

Questions for the show? Send us a text. Faculty host David Bulla interviews guests Ron Morris and Gene Sapakoff about March Madness, the start of the MLB season, the upcoming Masters and the state of American sports journalism. Morris is retired sports columnist for The State in Columbia, S.C., and Sapakoff just retired after 38 years with the Charleston Post and Courier. The trio will make their...

Questions for the show? Send us a text. Today on the The Sports Squad, the panel will discuss Augusta University men's golf, baseball, men and women's tennis, AU women's basketball, and both the men and women's track and field teams. Host Patrick Motes is joined by regular panelists Justin Gray , Avery Jaynes and Ja'Queze Kirby .  The Sports Squad is a production of Bell R...

Questions for the show? Send us a text. On this edition of The Sports Squad, host Patrick Motes and the Squad discuss AU women's basketball making the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional. Joining Patrick on this week's podcast are regulars Avery Jaynes and Justin Gray . The Squad will be talking AU women and men's basketball, baseball, softball, track and field, and women and men&ap...

Questions for the show? Send us a text. Dip Metress , AU men's basketball coach, talks to The Sports Squad about the upcoming Peach Belt Conference Tournament, which will be held at USC Aiken. The Jaguars (17-11) open with Flagler College in the quarterfinals on Wednesday, March 6, at 7:30 p.m. The two teams split in the regular season. AU will have to make a deep tournament run to have a cha...

Questions for the show? Send us a text. Celeste Stewart , AU women's basketball coach, joins host Patrick Motes  and panelists Avery Jaynes, Ja'Queze Kirby and Justin Gray to discuss the upcoming Peach Belt Conference Tournament--with the women playing at Georgia Southwestern and the Jaguar men at USC Aiken. Stewart's team won 15 conference regular-season games, the most in program...

Questions for the show? Send us a text. Join host Patrick Motes as he, Avery Jaynes and Justin Gray talk Augusta University basketball, NCAA Division I basketball, AU spring sports and the Atlanta Braves on this edition of The Sports Squad. The Sports Squad is a production of Bell Ringer-Phoenix Media. It is produced at the TVC Lab on the Summerville Campus of Augusta University. Jasmine Garcia is...

Questions for the show? Send us a text. Host Patrick Motes and Bell Ringer Sports Editor Justin Gray talk about Augusta University basketball on this edition of The Sports Squad.  The red-hot Jaguar men face key games at Lander and North Georgia this week, while the AU women try to bounce back from a tough loss to Georgia Southwestern. The Sports Squad is a production of Bell Ringer-Phoenix Media....

Questions for the show? Send us a text. Augusta University's Kennedi Manning and Tomiyah Alford join The Sports Squad to talk Jaguar women's basketball. The Jags are tied with Georgia Southwestern for the Peach Belt Conference lead. They will face GSW this coming Saturday on Homecoming Day. The Squad will also talk about Jaguar men's basketball, spring sports at AU, D1 college baske...

Questions for the show? Send us a text. Augusta University point guard John S t. Germain III joins The Sports Squad to talk Jaguar men's basketball. The Jags are climbing the Peach Belt Conference standings as the conference season heads down the home stretch. The Squad will also talk about Jaguar women's basketball, spring sports at AU, D1 college basketball, a Super Bowl preview, and t...

Questions for the show? Send us a text. Anchor Patrick Motes and The Sports Squad interview Augusta University pitcher Britt Kelly and infielder Shelbie Summerlin as the Jaguar baseball and softball seasons open this weekend at home. The Squad will also talk about Jaguar basketball, the NFL and college basketball. Also on The Squad are regulars Avery Jaynes and Justin Gray . The Sports Squad is a...

Questions for the show? Send us a text. Host Patrick Motes and the gang discuss Augusta University women and men's basketball, along with the NFL playoffs, on this edition of The Sports Squad. Joining Motes on the podcast are Justin Gray and Avery Jaynes . The Sports Squad is a production of Bell Ringer-Phoenix Media. It is produced at the TVC Lab on the Summerville Campus of Augusta Universi...

Questions for the show? Send us a text. On this edition of The Sports Squad, host Patrick Motes discusses the Augusta University's women and men’s basketball teams through the first four games of the Peach Belt season. The Jaguar women are tied with Lander for first place after winning their first four PBC games. The men beat Clayton State last week but lost to rival USC Aiken to fall to 1-3....

Questions for the show? Send us a text. Host Patrick Motes and the panel discuss conference play for Augusta University's basketball teams. The Jaguar women are in a three-way tie for first place after winning their first two Peach Belt games. The men had two narrow road losses in the first week of conference play. AU hosts Clayton State on Wednesday, Jan. 10. The panel will also talk about M...

Questions for the show? Send us a text. On this exam-week edition of The Sports Squad, Bell Ringer men's basketball beat writer Justin Gray interviews Jaguar center Max Amadasun , who hails from Dublin, Ireland. Amadasun is a transfer from St. Bonaventure. Through seven games (AU is 5-2), the cybersecurity major leads the Jaguars in rebounding (11.9 per game) and is second in scoring (15.9)....

Questions for the show? Send us a text. Students in the Sports Communication course at Augusta University give updates on the following sports: volleyball; women and men's golf; women and men's cross-country, women and men's basketball; women and men's tennis; women and men's track and field; esports, and intramural. Reporters are: Liesa Armstrong, Noah Bowers, Hannah Brow...

Questions for the show? Send us a text. On this special edition of The Sports Squad, host Patrick Motes  interviews Augusta University softball infielder Shelbie Summerlin and baseball pitcher Britt Kelly about their upcoming season. The show was produced by Ethan Balducci . It is taped in the TVC Lab at Augusta University's Summerville Campus. Jasmine Garcia is the TVC Lab coordinator. The o...

Questions for the show? Send us a text. Joshua Picklesimer and his Sports Squad panelists look back at the Augusta University men's exciting triple-overtime hoops win over Virginia Union. Joining Picklesimer are Rachel Carman , Patrick Motes , and Justin Gray . They also look at the Jaguar volleyball team, which made it through two rounds of the Southeast Regional but lost to Anderson in the...

Questions for the show? Send us a text. On this special edition of The Sports Squad, host Patrick Motes interviews Augusta University distance runner Andrew Todd , who battled illness during the 2023 cross-country season but still managed to make it the NCAA Division II nationals.  The Sports Squad, taped at the TVC Lab on the Summerville Campus of Augusta University, is a production of Bell Ringe...

Questions for the show? Send us a text. Host Joshua Picklesimer leads a discussion of the AU women's basketball team, which is 4-0 and ranked 24th nationally. Joining the squad are Jaguar Coach Celeste Stewart and guard Autumn Phillips . The panelists are Rachel Carman , Patrick Motes and Justin Gray . The Sports Squad, taped at the TVC Lab on the Summerville Campus of Augusta University, is...

Questions for the show? Send us a text. On this special edition of The Sports Squad, J.A. Adande , veteran sports journalist and the director of the sports journalism program at Northwestern University, talks to Joshua Picklesimer and David Bulla about his career and the state of sports communication today. The Sports Squad, taped at the TVC Lab on the Summerville Campus of Augusta University, is...

Questions for the show? Send us a text. Host Patrick Motes leads a discussion of the following: AU men's cross country, which took 15th at NCAA Division II nationals; Jaguar volleyball, which completed the PBC double with a five-set win over Lander in the tourney final; women's basketball, which upset nationally ranked Wingate; men's basketball, which hosts Benedict on Nov. 21; Rona...

Questions for the show? Send us a text. Host Joshua Picklesimer welcomes Augusta University volleyball middle blocker Madelyn Eden to the podcast. Eden and her Jaguar teammates will play Flagler College in the Peach Belt Conference Tournament semifinals on Friday, Nov. 17, at 2 p.m. in Christenberry Fieldhouse. The Jaguars defeated Lander twice last week to win the PBC regular-season crown for the...

Questions for the show? Send us a text. AU volleyball Coach Sharon Quarles and setter Janvier Buggs join host Carlos Rodriguez on this edition of The Sports Squad. The Jaguars, who are 23-4, will host Lander, 26-3, in a key Peach Belt Conference match on Thursday, Nov. 9. The Bearcats have a one-game lead on Augusta with two to play. The two teams will play again Friday, Nov. 10, in Greenwood, S.C...