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Since the days of scheduling baseball games around picnics, Bulldog athletics has grown into a $17 million per year enterprise.

Atlanta Falcons receiver Andre Roberts has won the 2017 Salute to Service award. Roberts will be recognized on Saturday during the “NFL Honors” prime-time program, when The Associated Press announces its individual league award winners.

The Citadel announced today that senior associate athletic director Robert Acunto will serve as interim director of athletics starting in mid-December 2017.

In an attempt to address one of American democracy’s biggest problems – low and unequal participation that leads to low levels of engagement beyond college – the Southern Conference launched “SoCon Votes,” the first NCAA Division 1 conference championship for voter participation.

Dr. Lisa Capriotti, a chemistry professor at The Citadel, has been selected to replace Al Jacobs as judo coach at the military school.