Professional Sports

Rookie David Krejci scored for the third straight game today, sending Boston past the Atlanta Thrashers 3-2 for the Bruins' sixth straight victory.

Tom Glavine heard the cheers and felt the nerves in his first start for the Atlanta Braves in six years.

In seven games with Atlanta, Mike Bibby has learned that Josh Smith can jump.

ATLANTA -- Mike Woodson apparently will have the chance to finish out the season with the Atlanta Hawks despite reported efforts by general manager Billy Knight to fire the coach.

Jair Jurrjens took the mound for the Atlanta Braves on Friday, hoping to show his favorite team that he's worth star shortstop Edgar Renteria.

Remember Charlie's Sheen character in the movie ``Major League?'' Well, the Braves have their own version of Rick ``Wild Thing'' Vaughn coming out of the bullpen. His name is Peter Moylan -- and he's got enough tattoos to put even the "Wild Thing" to shame.

Kowalski registers shutout for Gwinnett

The Gwinnett Gladiators announced today that defenseman Jimmy Jackson and goaltender Dan Turple will rejoin the team after call-ups to the American Hockey League.

ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Falcons have re-signed quarterback Chris Redman, who finished the 2007 season as the starter.

WASHINGTON -- The FBI took up the Roger Clemens case Thursday, told by the Justice Department to investigate whether the star pitcher lied when he testified to Congress he never took performance-enhancing drugs.