James Brown's Augusta

Wright Thompson: James Brown's daughter and one of his former assistants rolled through the streets of his hometown Thursday, worried about Masters traffic. They mostly focused on Deanna Brown-Thomas's little Maltese, named Sweetie, currently at the vet's office, awaiting emergency transport to an animal hospital in Columbia, South Carolina. Thomas had accidentally backed over the dog, and her voice lowered when the phone rang, bracing for bad news. That reminded her of the time her dad had done the same thing to a family pet, which brought on a run of stories, including the one that's got them laughing now, interrupting each other. It's about the time James Brown went to the Masters. Or,…