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SportsATLANTA, Ga. — Facing elimination in front of a sold-out home crowd in Atlanta, the Dream came out firing Thursday and never let go, beating the Golden State Valkyries 80-69 to even the WNBA Finals at three games apiece. Allisha Gray led Atlanta with 23…
SportsATLANTA, Ga. — The Atlanta Hawks could not keep the winless Miami Heat down Wednesday night, falling 129-117 at State Farm Arena for a third straight defeat since a 2-0 start. Rookie Kingston Flemings and Nickeil Alexander-Walker led Atlanta with 23 points apiece. Jalen Johnson…
SportsNEW YORK — Atlanta United's season will end without a playoff berth after a 2-1 loss to New York City FC on Wednesday night at Citi Field, where Bénie Traoré scored the winner deep in second-half stoppage time. Atlanta United controlled much of the opening…
From HERE ClemsonCLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson men's basketball starts the games that count on Monday, Nov. 2, when Stetson visits Littlejohn Coliseum for a 7 p.m. tip. Brad Brownell's Tigers head into the opener unbeaten in the preseason. They edged Georgia 82-80 on Oct. 23 and then…
From the HERE City State DeskPITTSBURGH, Pa. — Georgia Tech closes October under the lights at Acrisure Stadium, where the Yellow Jackets meet Pitt at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in an ACC game with a national TV audience. Both teams arrive needing a win. Tech is 2-5 overall and 1-3 in…
From HERE ColumbiaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina freshman Amelia Harris has been named the Southeastern Conference women’s golf Freshman of the Week for the second time this fall, the league announced on Wednesday, Oct. 28. The Gamecocks, based in Columbia, have now collected three of the weekly…
From the HERE City National DeskRALEIGH, N.C. — NC State will put up the money, facilities and NIL backing its next football coach needs, according to a letter to fans released Wednesday under the names of Boo Corrigan, the athletics director, and Chancellor Kevin Howell, days after the school fired…
From the HERE City National DeskGREEN BAY, Wis. — Two teams coming off losses meet Thursday night at Lambeau Field, where the Carolina Panthers try to stay above .500 against a Green Bay Packers club that has its own list of injuries to manage. Carolina arrives on a short week…
From the HERE City National DeskIRVING, Texas — The Big 12 Conference on Wednesday hit UCF with a $100,000 fine after a group of Knights fans aimed chants at BYU and its sponsoring Latter-day Saints church before last Saturday’s football game in Orlando, which UCF won in overtime. The league…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley has given up his ownership stake in Polymarket, saying NFL rules no longer let players hold a piece of prediction-market companies. Barkley said the league briefs players ahead of every season on which endorsements and investments…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK, N.Y. — With the World Series decided, Major League Baseball moved into its offseason Thursday, and the calendar between now and December is packed because a labor shutdown could stop the hot stove cold. Players with at least six years of service became…
From the HERE City National DeskATLANTA, Ga. — Ernie Johnson, the host who has anchored Inside the NBA since 1990, said Wednesday that the 2026-27 season will be his last at the desk. Johnson, 70, shared the decision in a video on social media and stressed that it was his…
Business
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Freight bound to and from the coast now has a rail shortcut into northeast Georgia, and Gov. Brian Kemp marked the formal launch of the $134 million Gainesville Inland Port on Thursday. The rail yard sits off White Sulphur Road near Ga. 365 in Hall County. It…
Business
PEACH COUNTY, Ga. — The planned Audi factory in middle Georgia has a federal sweetener attached, with the Trump administration promising the German luxury brand relief from the import tariffs it now pays, according to two people briefed on the talks. Audi, part of the Volkswagen group, wants the 15%…
Business
ATLANTA, Ga. — South Georgia timber growers still sitting on wood damaged by Hurricane Helene could gain new buyers for it under a federal disaster recovery award steered through Georgia Tech. The U.S. Economic Development Administration, part of the Commerce Department, plans to award $7,366,644 to a coalition called Resilient…
Crime
ATLANTA, Ga. — The life-without-parole sentence for the teenager who carried out the 2024 Apalachee High School shooting will stand after the Supreme Court of Georgia declined to take up his appeal. The justices made the decision earlier in October, according to the court website, rejecting his bid for a…
From the HERE City State Desk
TRION, Ga. — Twenty-six Georgia prisons remain locked down after a fight among four inmates at Hays State Prison in Chattooga County, a clash state corrections officials now believe was tied
Politics
ATLANTA, Ga. — Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens wants the city’s bosses and teachers to cut people some slack on Thursday afternoon, when the Atlanta Dream play an elimination game in the WNBA Finals at State Farm Arena. Game 6 tips off at 12:30 p.m., a slot that has drawn complaints…
Politics
ATLANTA, Ga. — Federal observers from the U.S. Department of Justice will be inside polling places in six Georgia counties on Election Day, local election offices have confirmed after receiving notice letters from the department. The counties are Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb and Gwinnett in metro Atlanta, along with Chatham County,…
Politics
MARIETTA, Ga. — Control of the Georgia House of Representatives may come down to a band of suburban districts north of the capital, where Democrats are trying to gain the 10 seats they need to run the chamber for the first time in about two decades. Republicans have held the…
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