Jeff Hart

Ronald Acuna Jr.'s streak of leadoff homers in three straight games ended when the Marlins' Jose Urena hit him with his first pitch, triggering a melee that led to benches and bullpens for Atlanta and Miami emptying twice...

Atlanta Falcons kicker Matt Bryant, who missed last week's preseason opener with an undisclosed injury, may return this week...

Lucas Johnson, Georgia Tech's No. 2 quarterback behind starter TaQuon Marshall, will meet with the team's medical staff Thursday to decide if he will have season-ending surgery on his lower right leg...

The Flowery Branch girls softball team opened Region 7-4A play Tuesday with a 5-0 victory over White County while North Hall could not hold an early lead in a 10-inning loss to Stephens County...

Ronald Acuna Jr. became the youngest player in major league history to homer in five straight games, hitting a leadoff shot on the first pitch and adding a three-run long ball in the seventh inning to help the surging Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 10-6 on Tuesday night...

The East Hall girls volleyball team improved to 6-1 on the season after taking wins over Jackson County and Johnson in a tri-match...

Atlanta stayed close despite being outhit 19-9 and took advantage of Ozzie Albies' tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning to beat the Brewers 8-7 on Sunday...

Renee Montgomery hit eight 3-pointers to match to WNBA regular-season record and scored a season-high 30 points to help the Atlanta Dream beat the New York Liberty 86-77 on Sunday for their sixth straight victory...

The East Hall girls volleyball team opened its season in solid fashion Saturday taking four of five match wins on a long opening day...

With just one week to go before the start of the 2018 high school football season area teams took their final steps toward the real thing with scrimmages throughout northeast Georgia...