Professional Sports

Joey Haddad picked up two third period goals, lifting Gwinnett to a dramatic 3-2 win in Game Two of their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series with the South Carolina Stingrays on Wednesday in North Charleston, S.C.

The Atlanta Falcons announced on Wednesday their 2012 preseason schedule, which includes home contests against Baltimore (date to be determined) and Cincinnati on Thursday, Aug. 16 and road meetings at Miami Saturday, Aug. 25 and Jacksonville Thursday, Aug. 30.

Gresham Motorsports Park will open its 2012 season this weekend with the Beau Slocumb Memorial Presented by US Auto Sales.

The chairman of Augusta National says he expects the course to be ready for the first round of the Masters on Thursday despite a ``significant'' storm that downed ``several'' trees and left several bunkers ``completely washed out.''

The seven shots Rory McIlroy took on the 10th hole last year at the Masters remain a blur...

Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones reported no problems with his surgically repaired left knee after taking batting practice on Tuesday.

Former Atlanta manager Bobby Cox returned Tuesday night to skipper the Braves' top prospects in a 4-3 rain-shortened exhibition loss to the major league club.

For the first time all season the Gwinnett Gladiators were shut out, dropping Game One of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals to the South Carolina Stingrays 3-0.

The Atlanta Braves have signed reliever Chad Durbin to a one-year contract on Tuesday...

In the aftermath of his Masters meltdown, one phone call that meant the most to Rory McIlroy was from Greg Norman, the master of the Sunday collapse at Augusta National.