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Athens Community Celebrates Joe Burrow Winning National Championship
By: Thomas Garverick
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ATHENS, OH — WOUB Sports Director Thomas Garverick captures the scene at the Cat’s Corner, a local bar in Athens after Joe Burrow and the LSU Tigers beat the Clemson Tigers 42-25 in the 2020 National Championship Game.
The Plains Elementary School rallies around Joe Burrow
By: Thomas Garverick
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ATHENS, OH — Joe Burrow has made the transformation from an Athens Bulldog to a LSU Tiger, but his impact goes far greater than the football field. “It’s cool for our kids here at our school because they feel a connection to Joe in what our building was the dame thing that Joe does,” The… Read More
Heisman Winner Spotlights Hunger In His Hometown, And Food Pantry Donations Pour In
By: Laurel Wamsley | NPR
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When LSU quarterback Joe Burrow won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday, he used his acceptance speech not only to thank his teammates, his family and his coach — but also to highlight the struggles of people in his small hometown in Ohio. “Coming from Southeast Ohio, it’s a very impoverished area,” Burrow said, in an… Read More
Athens’ Own Joe Burrow Wins Heisman Trophy in Landslide Vote
LSU quarterback Joe Burrow won the Heisman Trophy in a record landslide vote, becoming the first Tigers’ player to take home college football’s most prestigious award in 60 years. The Athens High School Alumnus received 2,608 points and 841 first-place votes. Burrow broke Heisman records for percentage of first-place votes received, percentage of total points… Read More
Fans in Athens County hold tailgate for Joe Burrow
By: Thomas Garverick
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ATHENS, OH — All season long the southeast Ohio community has rallied around their hometown hero, Joe Burrow. For another Saturday afternoon, fans tailgated to root for Burrow and the LSU Tigers. If this tailgate is any indication of the impact that Burrow has made in the Athens, OH community, Joe Burrow is indeed Mr…. Read More