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With the NFL lockout settled and plans moving ahead for training camps and a new season, lots of people in Flowery Branch are breathing a "sigh of relief."

Chipper Jones couldn't make it through his first game back from the disabled list without a new injury concern.

Monday night's contest between the Norfolk Tides and Gwinnett Braves was suspended by rain during the fifth inning of play.

A scoring change from Sunday's game in Cincinnati has given Dan Uggla, hitting below .200, a 15-game hitting streak and a claim to a statistical anomaly.

Frantic. Chaotic. Ragged. That will be the NFL for the next few weeks, perhaps longer...

Georgia Tech was picked to finish fourth in the Atlantic Coast Conference's Coastal Division by the media attending the ACC Kickoff here Monday.

The NFL Players Association executive board and 32 team reps have voted unanimously to approve the terms of a deal to the end the 4.5-month lockout.

Florida State and Virginia Tech are the preseason picks to meet in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game, with the Seminoles the choice to win their first league title since 2005.

Scott Linebrink would throw the same pitch again. His manager wouldn't blame him. Drew Stubbs led off the ninth with a first-pitch homer off the Braves reliever, sending the Cincinnati Reds to a 4-3 victory on Sunday night.

A vote on a settlement to the lockout is what every NFL fan wants. Nobody is sure when that might happen. The players' executive committee will meet Monday in Washington after lawyers worked through the weekend on issues that are holding up an agreement with the owners.