Professional Sports

The NBA acknowledged Wednesday that a foul should have been called on the final possession of Game 4 in the Western Conference finals, which would have given the San Antonio Spurs a chance to even the series.

NASCAR has handed out its most severe penalties to members of two teams owned by Hass-CNC Motorsports.

Rickie Weeks delivered a run-scoring triple in the eighth inning to make a winner of Jeff Suppan, who baffled the Atlanta Braves over eight innings in the Milwaukee Brewers' 1-0 victory Wednesday night.

Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig has confirmed that the Los Angeles Angels will host baseball's 2010 All-Star game.

Bruton Smith's son, Marcus, has been named president and general of Lowe's Motor Speedway, the billionaire track owner told The Associated Press.

The Atlanta Hawks have named former Seattle executive Rick Sund as the team's new general manager.

Russell Shore, Paul Antley and Steven Hill each walked away winners during racing at Peach State Speedway in Jefferson this past weekend.

Alana Beard scored 19 of her 25 points in the second half and Taj McWilliams-Franklin added 19 and nine rebounds to help the Washington Mystics beat the Atlanta Dream 80-74 Tuesday night.

After grousing earlier in the day about being placed in a platoon situation by the Milwaukee Brewers, Bill Hall scored the winning run in Milwaukee's 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday.

Former University of Georgia star John Isner's first-round match at the French open tennis tournament has been interrupted by rain.