Professional Sports

Jeff Samardzija allowed five hits and a run over seven strong innings, and Bryan LaHair, Ian Stewart and Geovany Soto each homered Monday night to lead the Chicago Cubs over the Atlanta Braves 5-1.

After falling 11-2 to Charlotte on Saturday night, the Gwinnett Braves evened the score and earned a series split with a 6-2 victory over the Knights on Sunday at Coolray Field.

With the Atlanta Braves on a tear at the plate, Brandon Beachy had no worries at all about getting some run support.

Paul Pierce scored 24 points in 18 minutes and the Boston Celtics opened a 37-point third-quarter lead before coasting to a 101-79 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday night to take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.

Ron Capps won the NHRA Southern Nationals on Sunday at Atlanta Dragway to end John Force Racing's season-opening Funny Car winning streak at six.

Playing from behind in recent games seems to have fueled the Atlanta Braves offense.

The Charlotte Knights scored in four of the first five innings and added a six-run seventh inning to rout the Gwinnett Braves, 11-2 on Saturday night at Coolray Field.

Robert Hight qualified No. 1 in Funny Car on Saturday at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway.

I'll Have Another ran down Bodemeister in the final furlong Saturday to win the Kentucky Derby, ending up in the winner's circle despite a rookie jockey, a more famous stable pony, and a price tag of just $11,000 as a yearling.

Chipper Jones will miss a lot of things about baseball when he retires after this season.