Professional Sports

Roy Halladay earned his 18th victory, the most by a Philadelphia pitcher in 27 years, and helped himself with a two-run single that sent the Phillies past the New York Mets 8-4 Friday night for their fourth win in a row.

Drew Brees and the Saints extended New Orleans' post-Super Bowl euphoria for at least another week and handed Brett Favre a second straight loss in the Louisiana Superdome.

The Braves were back at home, where they've been so dominating, and had a three-run lead on Adam Wainwright after the very first inning. It was all downhill from there for slumping Atlanta.

For a team that endured so much losing its first season, maybe it's only appropriate that a defeat was the turning point for the Atlanta Dream on the way to the WNBA Finals.

Though Kroy Biermann has been named Atlanta's starting defensive end, he isn't taking anything for granted.

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has attended a walk-through practice with the team just hours after he was involved in a two-car accident near his home.

Omar Infante had three hits, Derek Lowe beat Pittsburgh for the 10th straight time and the Atlanta Braves got the breakout victory they badly needed, beating the Pirates 9-3 on Wednesday night.

With dreadlocks flowing from under his helmet, Dunta Robinson swaggered around practice Wednesday with that knowing smile, that fearless little nod of the head, the look that lets everyone know: Don't bother throwing this way. No one can beat me...

Atlanta Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez is tweeting his way toward 1,000 catches.

James McDonald pitched seven innings, Ronny Cedeno's triple keyed a five-run seventh and the last-place Pittsburgh Pirates beat the slumping Atlanta Braves for the second straight day, winning 5-0 on Tuesday night.