Jeff Hart

ATLANTA -- Joe Johnson scored 35 points - including 20 in the fourth quarter - and the surprising Atlanta Hawks overcame two double-digit deficits to beat the Boston Celtics 97-92 on Monday night, evening the series at two games apiece.

CLEVELAND -- The East Hall baseball team played spoiler Monday as the Vikings handed White County a costly loss, 9-7, in a key Region 7-AAA game.

NEW YORK -- John Smoltz left Atlanta's 6-3 loss to the New York Mets on Sunday with what he called "discomfort" in his throwing shoulder. The Braves right-hander allowed four runs and seven hits in a season-low four innings. He also gave up his first two home runs of the season.

NEW YORK -- Former Georgia Tech linebacker Philip Wheeler was selected in the third round of the NFL Draft on Sunday by the Indianapolis Colts and former Yellow Jacket running back Tashard Choice went in the fourth round to the Dallas Cowboys.

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TALLADEGA, ALABAMA -- Kyle Busch came back from a lap down, then survived a near wreck with Jamie McMurray for his first win at Talladega. It was won under caution when a 12-car accident brought out the yellow flag on the final lap, freezing the field and allowing Busch to slowly make his way across the finish line - a rare completion considering his history at the track.

ATLANTA -- Kanstantin Sivtsov of Belarus, racing in the United States for the first time, won the Tour de Georgia while his teammate, New Zealand's Thomas Henderson, won the race's final stage.

NEW YORK -- Carlos Delgado turned boos into a standing ovation with his first two-homer game in almost a year, leading the New York Mets to a 6-3 win over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday.

BRASSTOWN BALD MOUNTAIN -- Kanstantin Sivtsov of Belarus, competing in the United States for the first time, pedaled to a surprising mountain stage win Saturday and became the fourth overall leader of the Tour de Georgia.

ATHENS -- A day after the Georgia gymnastics team won the program