Professional Sports

Just as they did last spring, the Atlanta Thrashers proved to be the perfect foil for the New York Rangers.

ATLANTA -- Bernie Mullin has resigned as president of the Atlanta Hawks and Atlanta Thrashers, and a member of the ownership group said there is no plan to name a replacement.

ATLANTA -- Travis Outlaw sank a long jumper with one second left in overtime to lift the Portland Trail Blazers over the Atlanta Hawks 111-109 Monday.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Tony Dungy is sticking with the Colts. Dungy announced Monday he would coach Indianapolis through at least the 2008 season and possibly longer before turning over the duties to hand-picked successor Jim Caldwell.

Matt Anderson scored his seventh goal of the season, pushed his point-scoring streak to six games and tallied the winning shootout goal as the Gwinnett Gladiators snapped their four-game losing skid beating the Columbia Inferno 3-2 at the Arena at Gwinnett Center on Monday afternoon.

Eli Manning has arrived, just in time to take his New York Giants on an improbable trip to the Super Bowl.

The Patriots are renowned for throwing new defensive twists at opponents. Here's one they'd like to show on Sunday: stopping long drives and getting the ball back into Tom Brady's hands faster. After two of their weaker defensive games of the season, unbeaten New England is determined to improve against the San Diego Chargers in the AFC championship game.

Baby, it's cold outside. So cold, one team has practiced with footballs straight out of the freezer. But not so frigid that many players say they will go sleeveless. As for the plummeting temperatures being an advantage for the Green Bay Packers in Sunday's NFC championship game against the New York Giants, the hosts aren't quite so sure.

Stuart MacRae scored two goals and Bryson Busniuk tallied two assists, but it was all for naught as the Gwinnett Gladiators lost to the Mississippi Sea Wolves by a 5-4 score at the Arena at Gwinnett Center Saturday night.

The Atlanta Falcons' search for a new head coach continued to focus on defensive assistants as Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier had his first interview with the team today.