Professional Sports

Barely 24 hours after another blowout loss with the Atlanta Falcons, Bobby Petrino was back in college football.

T.J. Ford's teammates said the Toronto Raptors guard was moving before he was taken off the court on a stretcher following a scary fall late in Tuesday night's 100-88 victory over the Atlanta Hawks.

Ryan Mahrle collected the game winning shootout goal for Gwinnett in the sixth round while Mike Vigilante netted a pair of goals to help the Gwinnett Gladiators to a 3-2 shootout win over the Augusta Lynx on Tuesday night at the Arena at Gwinnett Center.

The Falcons awoke to news of their disgraced quarterback being sentenced to nearly two years in prison for dogfighting. The day never got any better.

Josh Smith had 25 points and a season-high 16 rebounds and Joe Johnson scored 24 points as the Atlanta Hawks beat the Orlando Magic 98-87 on Monday night.

Michael Vick was sentenced to 23 months in prison Monday for running a ``cruel and inhumane'' dogfighting ring and lying about it. The suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback could have been sentenced up to five years by U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson. Vick, who turned himself in Nov. 19 in anticipation of his sentence, was wearing a black-and-white striped prison suit.

The New Orleans Saints already rallied once this season. They'll have to do it again to get back to the playoffs. Coming off a devastating loss to division rival Tampa Bay, the Saints find themselves in a most precarious position, probably needing to win their last four games to send their season into January for the second year in a row.

Mike Woodson was appalled at how poorly the Atlanta Hawks played in the third quarter of their previous game.

Nicklas Backstrom and Jeff Schultz scored a minute apart in the first period, and the Washington Capitals got two goals from Mike Green in a 6-3 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers tonight.

The Gwinnett Gladiators used two goals by Mike Vigilante and two assists by Derek Nesbitt to get past the Florida Everblades 4-2 on Saturday night at the Arena at Gwinnett Center.