Sports

Tamika Catchings didn't let a loss in the home opener put a damper on her mood after finally receiving a championship ring.

Hawks Ridge Golf Club in Ball Ground will play host to one of 11 U.S. Open Sectional qualifying rounds on Monday.

Ramiro Pena drove in four runs with three hits, including a run-scoring single in the sixth that gave Atlanta the lead, Mike Minor pitched seven strong innings and the Braves' makeshift lineup had 16 hits in an 11-3 win over R.A. Dickey and the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday night.

The Syracuse Chiefs rode the pitching of Ross Ohlendorf and handed the Gwinnett Braves their first shutout loss of the season with a 5-0 victory in the finale of the four game series at NBT Bank Stadium on Thursday night.

Southern Conference official believe they have secured the league's future - and hopefully reversed a troubling trend - by adding East Tennessee, Mercer and VMI as new members.

Atlanta Braves third baseman Juan Francisco has been designated for assignment.

Ricky Darracott of Flowery Branch High School (FBHS) has been nominated for selection as the National Sports Marketing Teacher of the Year and for the inaugural class of Teacher Sports Marketing Hall of Fame.

The president of Ohio State University said Notre Dame was never invited to join the Big Ten because the university's priests are not good partners, joking that "those damn Catholics" can't be trusted, according to a recording of a meeting he attended late last year.

A watchdog group is launching an effort to place a ballot measure before Atlanta voters calling for the repeal of public financing for a new stadium for the Atlanta Falcons.