Professional Sports

The Atlanta Dream have signed coach and general manager Marynell Meadors to a contract extension through 2013 after she guided the team to a spot in the WNBA finals last season.

The Pittsburgh Steelers advanced to their third Super Bowl in six years thanks to a big-play defense that returned a fumble for a touchdown and staged a late goal-line stand in a 24-19 victory over the New York Jets.

There was one Monster of the Midway in the NFC championship game and his name was Aaron Rodgers. He ran for a touchdown. He made a touchdown-saving tackle. And he was better than three Bears quarterbacks in leading the Green Bay Packers to the Super Bowl with an ugly-but-beautiful 21-14 victory Sunday over Chicago.

The Gwinnett Gladiators fell short in a battle against the Greenville Road Warriors, 2-1 at the Arena at Gwinnett Center Sunday afternoon

Steven Stamkos notched his NHL-best 38th goal to take over sole possession of the league scoring lead and help the first-place Tampa Bay Lightning win their fourth straight game, 7-1 over the struggling Atlanta Thrashers on Sunday.

Henrik Lundqvist likes this group of New York Rangers even though he barely knows some of his new teammates.

The NFL's final four has a strong connection to the big game, from the first champion (Packers) to the winner of perhaps the most significant game (Jets). And from possibly the best Super Bowl team (1985 Bears) to the most dominant franchise of the era (Steelers).

Joe Johnson scored 32 points and the undermanned but energized Atlanta Hawks bounced back from a humiliating defeat with a 103-87 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Saturday night.

Josh Smith slumped in front of his locker, trying to figure out how a team that played so hard in an overtime win at Miami could return home and get blown out by 41 points.

A lawsuit filed by the owners of the Atlanta Thrashers says the team has lost more than $130 million since 2005 and claims the franchise's value has dropped by more than $50 million.