Jeff Hart

Slide over Super Mario and make room on the Stanley Cup for a new batch of Pittsburgh Penguins.

Brian McCann tied a career high with four hits, Tommy Hanson recorded his first major league victory and the Atlanta Braves beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-2 on Friday night.

When highly-tauted Atlanta Braves pitching prospect Tommy Hanson makes his second career start on Friday against the Orioles in Baltimore, he hopes to put his first rocky start behind him and earn his first career win.

The Michael Vick era with the Atlanta Falcons officially came to an end Friday. The announcement was issued in a statement released by Falcons General Manager Thomas Dimitroff.

The Sardis War Eagles 8U Boys topped off a perfect 8-0 regular season by winning the Hall County Parks and Leisure Tournament Monday at Laurel Park.

The Georgia State University football program has been officially admitted as a member of CAA Football when the Panthers begin conference play in 2012.

Brian Gay had the best opening round. Phil Mickelson called his first 18 holes a good start. John Daly? Well, he left himself plenty of work if he wants to make the cut at the St. Jude Classic in his first tournament back from his six-month PGA Tour suspension.

Dan Bylsma missed his chance as a player with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in 2003 against the New Jersey Devils, but now has another shot as coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins. His club will take on the defending champion Detroit Red Wings in a winner-take-all matchup Friday night.

Derek Fisher hit two key 3-pointers - one with 4.6 seconds left in regulation, the other with 31.3 seconds to go in overtime - as the Los Angeles Lakers moved within one win of their 15th championship by beating the Orlando Magic 99-91 on Thursday night to open a 3-1 series lead.

Georgia led the country with 11 players selected in this week's Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, including two players taken in the first three rounds.