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Less than five years after the Atlanta Falcons signed Michael Vick to a $130 million contract, the suspended quarterback was released in...

Candice Dupree scored 23 points to lead the Chicago Sky to their first victory of the season, 81-73 over the Atlanta Dream on Friday night.

By CLARENCE E. HILL JR. Although quarterback Michael Vick is not yet a free man, he is free to sign with any NFL team after being released by the Atlanta Falcons on Friday.Vick, who will not complete his 23-month prison sentence for running a dogfighting operation until July 20, remains suspended by the NFL. He is serving the remainder of his sentence under house arrest in Virginia.Internet message boards are heating up with talk of the free-agent quarterback joining the Dallas Cowboys because of the team’s history of taking chances on controversial players, but don’t look for owner Jerry Jones to get involved with this project.Although Jones was unavailable for comment Friday, he was blunt when asked last month about Vick and the Cowboys’ quarterbacking situation.'Romo is our guy,' Jones said, referring to incumbent starter Tony Romo.Jones has spent the off-season ridding the Cowboys’ locker room of controversial and disgruntled players such as Tank Johnson,

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Tommy Hanson's first major league win tasted great -- even after Peter Moylan surp...

Brian McCann tied a career high with four hits, Tommy Hanson recorded his first major league victory and the Atlanta Braves beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-2 on Friday night.

Atlanta 1B Casey Kotchman, who has been on the 15-day disabled list since June 1 with a strained right calf, will start a rehab assignment at Triple-A Gwinnett on Saturday.

Less than five years after the Atlanta Falcons signed Michael Vick to a $130 million contract, the suspended quarterback was released in a 98-word statement. Before Friday's announcement - a move that clears Vick to sign with any NFL team - general manager Thomas Dimitroff called the team's former franchise player. Dimitroff said Vick, who has missed two seasons while serving a prison sentence for running a dogfighting ring, deserved to hear first about his release.

Asked about the designated hitter rule, Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez didn't mince words: 'I don't like it,'' he said before Friday's game against Toronto. 'That's just the purist in me.''

Acording to MLB.com, the Marlins said Friday that they may hit Emilio Bonifacio ninth when the team returns to National League play and have the pitcher hit eighth. Bonifacio hit ninth in Interleague play at Toronto. 'You can say I'd consider it,' Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez said of batting Bonifacio ninth, and the pitcher eighth.

Having a couple of wisdom teeth yanked is a tough fate for a man who makes his living quick-lipping outlandish rhymes. But despite being sore and swollen, Atlanta rapper Ludacris isn't worried about his postgame gig at Tropicana Field on Saturday.