Professional Sports

No more, Brett. After 297 consecutive starts over 19 seasons, one of the greatest individual streaks in all of sports, Brett Favre ran into an injury he couldn't beat and sat down.

The Atlanta Falcons still aren't very flashy. They certainly didn't wow anybody playing the NFL's worst team Sunday. All they do, seemingly, is win.

Even a big boost in attendance from former fans of the Quebec Nordiques couldn't help the New York Islanders.

Josh Smith took care of his sore hamstring and then took care of the Indiana Pacers, scoring 21 points to lead the Atlanta Hawks to a 97-83 win Saturday night.

The Gwinnett Gladiators dropped their fifth game in a row Saturday night, losing 8-3 to the Wheeling Nailers.

Faster than Bobby Cox could clean out his office, Atlanta GM Frank Wren already has restocked the Braves' roster for new manager Fredi Gonzalez.

Dominant as the San Antonio Spurs have been, the only major category they're atop the NBA so far is 3-point shooting.

Tomas Fleischmann and the Colorado Avalanche didn't panic when the Atlanta Thrashers scored the only first-period goal Friday night.

As if Jimmy Clausen needed another distraction with Carolina fans dreaming about drafting Stanford star Andrew Luck to replace him, here comes Matt Ryan to town.

Even at age 32, Champ Bailey hasn't lost a step.