Jeff Hart![]() Recent Articles by Jeff HartLeBron James scored 32 points, Wade rebounded from a poor opener with 24 and the Heat built a huge early lead before holding off a furious fourth-quarter rally behind their three All-Stars to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 100-96 on Thursday night to tie the series at one game apiece. Linebacker Sean Weatherspoon is already the vocal leader of Atlanta's defense. Now he wants to take his game to the field. The 2012 Region 8-AAA All-Region baseball team was announced Wednesday, and as expected Gainesville dominated the selections after advancing to the Class AAA semifinals. The Braves left 13 runners on base as Curtis Granderson hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the sixth inning to lead the streaking New York Yankees past Atlanta 3-2 on Wednesday night to complete the three-game sweep. Cory Gearrin, who gave up Nick Swisher's tie-breaking, two-run homer in the Braves' 6-4 loss to the Yankees on Tuesday night, has been optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett. The Minnesota Twins have signed second overall pick Byron Buxton, an 18-year-old outfielder from Appling County High School in Georgia. Alex Rodriguez hit his 23rd career grand slam, matching Hall of Famer Gehrig's record, and the New York Yankees scored six runs in the eighth inning to rally for a 6-4 win over the Atlanta. Former Gwinnett first baseman Mauro Gomez came back to haunt his old team, as he hit two home runs and led the Pawtucket Red Sox to a 4-1 win over the G-Braves in the finale of the four-game series at McCoy Stadium. Seth McCain, PGA apprentice at Jennings Mill Country Club in Bogart, won the Yamaha Atlanta Open at Chattahoochee Golf Club Tuesday. Randall Delgado struggled with his curveball, a high pitch count and his nerves early in the game as the Braves fell 3-0 to Ivan Nova and the Yankees, who moved into a first-place tie in the AL East. The Gwinnett Braves hit a season-high five home runs and held on to beat the Pawtucket Red Sox, 11-8, in game three of the four-game series Monday night. Georgia Southern was selected second in the Athlon Preseason Football Poll in the annual Athlon FCS Preview Magazine. Mild temperatures, overcast conditions with an occasional afternoon shower highlighted the first round of the Yamaha Atlanta Open at the Chattahoochee Golf Club Monday. More than 175 tennis players and spectators convened in Flowery Branch last month for Sterling on the Lake’s Fourth Annual Member-Guest Tennis Tournament Presented by Wilson Orthopedics. More than 400 area high school football players took part in the NFL’s High School Player Development Program last week at East Hall High School. Rain or shine, clay or mud, Sunday or Monday, Rafael Nadal rules Roland Garros. The man they call "Rafa" won his record seventh French Open title Monday, returning a day after getting rained out to put the finishing touches on a 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 victory over Novak Djokovic. Julio Teheran and Livan Hernandez couldn't hold an early four-run lead as the Toronto Blue Jays scored six runs in the fifth and beat Atlanta 12-4 on Sunday. Tina Charles had 22 points and 11 rebounds and the Sun used an exceptional shooting performance to beat the Atlanta Dream 92-73 for their third consecutive victory. Joey Logano slipped under Mark Martin in the closing laps Sunday at Pocono Raceway for his first victory since 2009 and become the first Sprint Cup driver this season to win from the pole. Tommy Hanson shut down another AL East team, Dan Uggla hit a three-run homer and the Atlanta Braves beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 on Saturday for their season-best sixth straight win. Previous |1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | 137 | 138 | 139 | 140 | 141 | 142 | 143 | 144 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148 | 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 158 | 159 | 160 | 161 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 166 | 167 | 168 | 169 | 170 | 171 | 172 | 173 | 174 | 175 | 176 | 177 | 178 | 179 | 180 | 181 | 182 | 183 | 184 | 185 | 186 | 187 | 188 | 189 | 190 | 191 | 192 | 193 | 194 | 195 | 196 | 197 | 198 | 199 | 200 | 201 | 202 | 203 | 204 | Next |
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