Professional Sports

JEFFERSON - Longtime Georgia racing and Gresham Motorsports Park supporter Larry Fleeman will be honored as the title partner of Saturday's Pro Late Model 100 event at GMP.

The Gwinnett Braves were greeted rudely by the Lehigh Valley IronPigs in the opener of an eight-game homestand on Thursday night at Coolray Field.

Giancarlo Stanton and Casey McGehee hit consecutive run-scoring singles off David Carpenter during a two-run rally in the seventh inning that led the Miami Marlins over the Atlanta Braves 5-4 Thursday night for a three-game sweep of the NL East leader.

David West led Indiana on a 16-4 run to end the game, extending the season for the top-seeded Pacers with a 95-88 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday night.

TOCCOA - David McCoy doubled up on wins for the weekend. One day after winning at Lavonia Speedway, McCoy was again standing in victory lane, this time at Toccoa Speedway in Toccoa, GA, after winning the Limited Late Model feature at the legendary high banked dirt track.

SENOIA - Drivers that returned to Senoia Raceway in Senoia, GA for the first time this season stole the show this past Saturday night. Stockbridge, GA

ROME - Rome Speedway opened its 2014 season with a very rare Saturday night race this past weekend to great weather, beautiful mountain scenery and a large crowd in attendance to see William Thomas best the 20 car Super Late Model field.

Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff has been testing the market for a possible NFL draft-day trade and said Wednesday he won't be reluctant to make a deal.

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Nathan Eovaldi pitched seven innings and the Miami Marlins scored nine runs off NL ERA leader Aaron Harang to beat the Atlanta Braves 9-3 Wednesday.