Ken Sugiura
Although the two Braves icons died last week, their legacy lives on.
Longtime Braves owner Ted Turner (back) congratulates manager Bobby Cox on a win in the 2001 National League Division Series. (Marlene Karas/AJC 2001)
A story from a half-century ago.
The Braves’ 1975 season was their 10th in Atlanta after moving from Milwaukee. They were second-to-last in the majors in attendance and had finished 40½ games out of first place in the National League West.
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Ken Sugiura is a sports columnist at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Formerly the Georgia Tech beat reporter, Sugiura started at the AJC in 1998 and has covered a variety of beats, mostly within sports.
Ken Sugiura is a sports columnist at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Formerly the Georgia Tech beat reporter, Sugiura started at the AJC in 1998 and has covered a variety of beats, mostly within sports.
