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Sports Calendar for Thursday, Sept. 2 (All times Eastern) Football NFL pre-season Buffalo at Detroit, 6:30 p.m. Cincinnati at Indianapolis, 7 p.m. New England at N.Y. Giants, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m. Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Philadelphia, 7:30...

MLB: Colorado 5, Atlanta 4 DENVER, Todd Helton's eighth-inning single drove in Carlos Gonzalez with the go-ahead run Monday and the Colorado Rockies edged Atlanta 5-4. The Braves had tied the score 4-4 in the top of the inning on Alex Gonzalez's RBI double but the Rockies stormed right back to...

NFL: New England 28, Atlanta 10 ATLANTA, Tom Brady completed 10-of-12 passes for 85 yards and a score Thursday, helping bring the New England Patriots a 28-10 pre-season victory over Atlanta. Brady threw a 4-yard scoring pass to Aaron Hernandez early in the second quarter to give New England a...

Sports Calendar for Thursday, Aug. 19 (All times Eastern) Football NFL Indianapolis at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. New England at Atlanta, 8 p.m. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Baseball American League Detroit at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Texas at...

MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers 2, Atlanta 1 ATLANTA, Ted Lilly and four relievers combined to hold Atlanta to four hits Saturday and the Los Angeles Dodgers squeaked out a 2-1 victory over the Braves. Atlanta had a three-game winning streak snapped and saw its lead over second-place Philadelphia in...

NFL: Atlanta 20, Kansas City 10 ATLANTA, Free-agent rookie Dimitri Nance scored on two short runs Friday and the Atlanta Falcons opened their pre-season campaign with a 20-10 win over Kansas City. Nance, who played his college football at Arizona State, produced a 2-yard touchdown run in the...

MLB: Atlanta 6, Cincinnati 4 (10 innings) CINCINNATI, Jason Heyward delivered a two-run, two-out single in the 10th inning Friday, giving the Atlanta Braves a 6-4 win over Cincinnati. The Braves increased their lead over Philadelphia in the National League East to 3 1/2 games when the...

Atlanta to appeal airport suit decision ATLANTA, The city of Atlanta said it would appeal a court decision that awarded $17.5 million to an advertising firm that claimed corruption in awarding contracts. The federal court ordered the city, Clear Channel Outdoor Inc. and Barbara Fouch, a...

Sports Calendar for Saturday, July 24 (All times Eastern) Baseball American League Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Chi. White Sox at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Minnesota at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. Toronto at Detroit, 7:05 p.m. LA Angels at Texas, 8:05 p.m...

Roddick, Isner advance in Atlanta ATLANTA, Andy Roddick and John Isner, the tournament's top two seeds, both reached the semifinals Friday at the Atlanta Tennis Championships. The top-seeded Roddick rallied to defeat Xavier Malisse in the quarterfinals 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. This event is being held...

Sports Calendar for Wednesday, July 21 (All times Eastern) Baseball American League Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 12:35 p.m. LA Angels at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Cleveland at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m. Toronto at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m. Boston at Oakland, 3:35 p.m. Texas at Detroit, 7:05 p.m. Chi...

Sports Calendar for Tuesday, July 20 (All times Eastern) Baseball American League LA Angels at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Texas at Detroit, 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Cleveland at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. Toronto at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Boston at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. Chi...

Fish notches first-round Atlanta win ATLANTA, American Mardy Fish defeated James Ward of Britain Monday to move on to the second round of the Atlanta Tennis Championships. Fish, the No. 6 seed, had little trouble with the British wild card, downing him 6-1, 6-2 to continue the momentum he...

Sports Calendar for Monday, July 19 (All times Eastern) Baseball American League Texas at Detroit, 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Cleveland at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. Toronto at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Boston at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Seattle, 10:10 p.m...

'Wondaland' ready for debut with Monae ATLANTA, (UPI) -- Singer Janelle Monae says she'll be taking the flag of her extended Atlanta musical family with her as she rides the wave of her new album's release. Monae's new release on Bad Boy Entertainment, "The ArchAndroid (suites II and III)," is...

MLB: Atlanta 3, Tampa Bay 1 ATLANTA, (UPI) -- Troy Glaus gave Atlanta the lead with a two-run double in the sixth Thursday and the Braves held on to defeat Tampa Bay 3-1. Tim Hudson (7-2) gave up a run on four hits over seven innings to get the win, Jonny Venters worked around a one-out walk...

Drew named Atlanta Hawks head coach ATLANTA, (UPI) -- The Atlanta Hawks named Larry Drew as the team's new head coach Sunday, replacing the fired Mike Woodson. Drew has been Atlanta's top assistant for the past six years. The terms of his contract weren't announced. "After aggressively going...

MLB: Arizona 7, Atlanta 4 PHOENIX, (UPI) -- Stephen Drew's four RBI Monday paced the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 7-4 win over Atlanta. Mark Reynolds added a home run for the Diamondbacks, helping make a winner of Arizona starter Dan Haren (6-4), who gave up nine hits and three runs over 5 2/3...

MLB: LA Dodgers 5, Atlanta 4 (11 innings) LOS ANGELES, (UPI) -- A.J. Ellis drove in Russell Martin with the winning run in the 11th inning Sunday, boosting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-4 decision over Atlanta. The Dodgers set up the decisive play when Martin, pinch-hitting for winning pitcher...

MLB: Atlanta 9, Los Angeles Dodgers 3 LOS ANGELES, (UPI) -- Brian McCann drove in four runs and the Atlanta Braves used a seven-run seventh inning Saturday to blow past the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-3. McCann stroked a two-run double in the big inning and Troy Glaus added a two-run shot to lift...