The Atlanta Hawks and the Miami Heat met as the fourth and fifth seeds in the first round of last spring’s Eastern Conference playoffs, and that’s again where the teams currently are near the halfway point this season. Neither team has looked …

ATLANTA – Former Georgia state Sen. Kasim (kuh-SEEM) Reed is being sworn into office as Atlanta’s 59th mayor. Reed officially took over for two-term Mayor Shirley Franklin on Monday. She had to step down because of term limits . Reed overcame early …

Utah Jazz (15-10) at Atlanta Hawks (18-6), 7:30 p.m. Utah Jazz (15-10) at Atlanta Hawks (18-6), 7:30 p.m. The red-hot Atlanta Hawks have a chance to grab sole possession of first place in the Southeast Division tonight, when the up-and- coming club …

At the first Atlanta Jewish Film Festival a decade ago, founding director Judy Marx got yelled at by an irate filmmaker. It was during the screening of his work, and he went on and on about the aspect ratio being wrong. “I consider myself an …

Atlanta’s new mayor Kasim Reed is being sworn-in today at a ceremony that began with a song from the Howard University choir, his alma mater.

Monday morning’s frigid temperatures — the coldest in nearly a year — caused a few icy patches on metro roads, and  forecasters said there’s a chance of snow later in the week.

Georgia Southern University in Statesboro welcomed Brooks Keel as the college’s 12th president Monday.

The Georgia State Patrol reported fewer traffic deaths over the New Year’s holiday travel period than in the past few years.

Rose led the way with 30 points, two shy of matching his career high set Dec. 19 against Atlanta. Beginning with that watershed performance, the second-year guard has averaged 25.1 points over the last seven games and scored at least 22 in the past …

The Atlanta Hawks and the Miami Heat met as the fourth and fifth seeds in the first round of last spring’s Eastern Conference playoffs, and that’s again where the teams currently are near the halfway point this season. Neither team has looked …

Miami, Fla. – One couple got engaged. A pair of brothers agreed to settle an old score. And then there was the caravan that drove 26 hours to get here. Straight. “The beaches were really fun,” Halen Gustavson, a University of Iowa undergrad from …

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National Basketball Association Memphis vs Dallas, 3 p.m. Atlanta vs Indiana, 7 p.m … Lakers vs Sacramento, 10 p.m. Phoenix vs Golden State, 10:30 p.m. National Hockey League Columbus vs Detroit, 7 p.m. Montreal vs Toronto, 7 p.m. New Jersey vs …

Q: How did the “tradition” of pouring Gatorade on the winning coach get started? – Martha Hunt,
Hoschton A: The tradition started when defensive lineman Jim Burt of the New York Giants dumped a Gatorade cooler over coach Bill Parcells after a regular-season victory over the Washington Redskins in 1985, according to the book “First in Thirst: How Gatorade Turned the Science of Sweat Into a Cultural Phenomenon.”

“We can’t start second-guessing or make excuses, we have to work through it,” Crosby said. “It’s just a bad stretch we’re in, but if we keep working hard and not let it get to us, we’ll be OK.” Pittsburgh had won the three previous …