Kevin West

Mitchell-Baker and Decatur advanced to saturday's Class AA boys state basketball championship game with big wins Thursday night.

Thomas Mobley had 15 points and helped lead an 18-7 second-half run that lifted the College of Charleston into the Southern Conference semifinals with a 67-53 victory over Georgia Southern Thursday afternoon.

Former Atlanta Braves pitcher Tim Spooneybarger made his first visit back to the team's spring training complex Thursday and solved two problems in one trip.

The lead critic of Augusta National Golf Club's all-male membership asked permission today for more than 200 people to stage a one-day protest during the Masters tournament, with a small number posted at the gate to Magnolia Lane.

Miranda Wright scored 14 points and Erica McCoy 13 as Early County beat Paideia 52-46 in a Class AA girls state semifinal Thursday.

Ashley Thomas scored 16 points, including 4-for-4 from the free throw line during an 8-0 fourth-quarter run, and Stephenson rallied past Bradwell Institute 48-44 Thursday in a semifinal game of the Girls AAAAA tournament.

Census numbers confirm what many Atlantans stuck in traffic already know - the suburbs provide no escape from the roadway hassles of the city.

Tim Morris scored 20 points and Rodney Rivers 19 as Whitefield Academy earned its first state final, beating Seminole County 73-37 in a Class A boys semifinal Wednesday.

Atlanta Falcons running back Warrick Dunn will receive the 2003 Henry P. Iba Citizen Athlete Award for his work helping single mothers buy homes.

Megan Kirksey scored ten points and Taylor County held Athens Academy to nine points in the first half of a 40-26 win in a state Class A semifinal Wednesday.