KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The Atlanta Braves have suspended a minor league pitcher who was … Right-hander Deunte Heath bonded out of jail Friday. Kissimmee police spokeswoman Stacie Miller says the 24-year-old ballplayer was arrested Thursday night when …

AP) — Jair Jurrjens threw five crisp innings, Brian McCann collected two more hits and the Atlanta Braves beat a Washington Nationals split-squad 4-0 on Saturday. Ryan Zimmerman singled … Omar Infante and Matt Diaz also had two hits for Atlanta …

New York — Pioneering sports broadcaster Chester R. Simmons, who served as president of ESPN during the company’s launch in 1979, has died. He was 81. Simmons’ family said he died in Atlanta on Thursday. The cause of death wasn’t disclosed. Simmons …

The Bruins have won two of their last three games, but are just 3-4-1 over their last eight games. Boston did pick up an important regulation win Sunday over the visiting New York Rangers … straight win versus a Calgary Flames club that has won six …

Contrary to Twitter rumors, civil rights icon Dorothy Height is alive and well in a Washington D.C.

After being vandalized earlier this week, the Acworth Veterans of Foreign Wars post has bounced back.

The Corley family viewed their Lithonia home as part of the American Dream. But then, as Anthony Corley put it, the yard fell in.

Sheriff’s deputies have charged an elementary school physical education teacher with possession and distribution of child pornography.

Pioneering sports broadcaster Chester R. Simmons, who served as president of ESPN during the company’s launch in 1979, died Thursday in Atlanta, the network announced. He was 81. The cause of death was not disclosed. Simmons began in broadcasting in …

Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt told St. John’s athletic director Chris Monasch yesterday that he will not take the Red Storm coaching job, throwing the university’s coaching search into turmoil. Sources in college basketball told The Post that Hewitt contacted St. John’s yesterday morning to say he

Magistrate Judge Alan Baverman ordered bond for Lucius Solomon III secured by property Solomon … distribute five kilograms of cocaine and possessing a firearm while participating in multiple sales of cocaine.

Pioneering sports broadcaster Chester R. Simmons, who served as president of ESPN during the company’s launch in 1979, died Thursday in Atlanta, the network announced. He was 81. The cause of death was not disclosed. Simmons began in broadcasting in …

AP) — Derek Lowe pitched six effective innings to help the Atlanta Braves beat the Detroit Tigers 5-3 on Friday … Justin Verlander, scheduled to start on opening day for Detroit, gave up three runs and six hits in 5 2-3 innings. Brandon Inge and …

Four individuals have been indicted in connection with a scheme to defraud their employer. Mariama Stenson, 37, Tiffany Parker, 31, Natalie Clark, 30 and Tabithey Johnson, 38, all of  Alpharetta, pleaded guilty earlier this week in federal court.