Professional Sports

FLOWERY BRANCH -- Atlanta Falcons linebacker Michael Boley signed a contract tender from the team, taking him off free agent market.

AUGUSTA -- Fifty years after Arnold Palmer won the Masters for the first time, he settled over the ball Thursday morning and hit a ceremonial tee shot that went so far he never saw it land.

AUGUSTA -- Ann Curtis came in the back gates of Augusta National expecting little more than a nice day with her husband. She is not a golfer, has never been here before, but what she saw gave her a start.

Gainesville's Micah Owings picked up his second win of the young season Wednesday as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3.

Thursday First Round Augusta National Golf Club Augusta, Ga.

DENVER -- Yorvit Torrealba hit a three-run home run to cap off a six-run third inning and the Colorado Rockies won their third straight, beating the Atlanta Braves 12-6 on Wednesday night.

GULFPORT, Miss. -- If the Green Bay Packers are ravaged by injuries this season, Brett Favre might consider returning should the team reach out to him.

Tasha Humphrey is used to pressure situations. But on Wednesday afternoon in Palm Harbor, Fla., the former Gainesville High and Unversity of Georgia women's basketball standout found herself in a pressure situation she wasn't quite sure how to handle: sitting and watching at the WNBA draft. "It was very nerve-wracking," said Humphrey, who was chosen 11th by the Detroit Shock.

AUGUSTA -- Trip Kuehne will always be remembered as the other guy, the one who played a pivotal supporting role on that summer day when Tiger Woods revealed to everyone just how special he was going to be.

AUGUSTA -- Everyone in the Johnson family was out of sorts. Zach Johnson had a headache. His wife wasn't feeling well. Their little boy was fussy, and he was wearing as many strawberries as he was eating. Then they pulled into Augusta National, and the mood instantly brightened.