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The red-hot Atlanta Dream did it again this week, winning their sixth consecutive game. The city’s WNBA team is the league’s hottest team, improving their record to 14-9.
The latest win on Thursday came at the expense of the New York Liberty, who the Dream whipped 82-68 in front of thousands of fans at McCamish Pavilion in Midtown Atlanta.
See Tiffany Hayes buzzer beater
This time, Renee Montgomery made a franchise-record seven 3-pointers to finish with 24 points. Tiffany Hayes scored 20 points.
Atlanta faces the Seattle Storm at 3 p.m. at McCamish Pavilion.
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The red-hot Atlanta Dream don’t want to wake up. The city’s WNBA team has won a league-best five straight games, improving their record to 13-9.
The latest victory came from the last-second heave from Tiffany Hayes Tuesday night. Her three-pointer from beyond half court beat the Connecticut Sun, 86-83 on their home court.
The game-winner by Hayes was the longest (46.7 FT) made in the last 10 seconds of a regular-season game in WNBA history.
Trying to win their sixth straight contest, the Dream now return home to host the New York Liberty Thursday inside McCamish Pavilion beginning at 7 p.m. ET. The game will be streamed live on WatchESPN.
Read more: Atlanta Dream beat Phoenix Mercury at home
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The Atlanta Dream poured it on early and held on for the win Sunday afternoon, beating the Phoenix Mercury 76-70.
The Dream were led by Tiffany Hayes’ 18 points while Renee Montgomery and Brittney Sykes chipped in 13 points each. Atlanta jumped out to an 8-0 lead and led at one point 62-39 late in the third quarter.
But the Mercury got hot. Leilani Mitchell’s 3-pointer with 47.3 seconds left closed the deficit to 73-68 for the Mercury (14-6).
Diana Taurasi scored 19 for the Mercury while Brittney Griner added 18.
Elizabeth Williams and Angel McCoughtry each scored 10 for the Dream (9-9).
After rebounding from a tough loss at home, Atlanta now has a few days off before playing on the road for their next game.
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The Atlanta Dream almost made an epic comeback against the Seattle Storm on Friday, July 6 in McCamish Pavilion, but it was not to be. The final score, 95 to 86, doesn’t really show how close the game was.
The Dream were paced by Angel McCoughtry, who scored 26 points, and Tiffany Hayes, who pumped in 23.
Atlanta looked like they were going to run away with the game in the early going, jumping out to a 9-2 lead. But the Storm scored 14 of the next 15 points and led the rest of the way.
Seattle, led by Breanna Stewart’s 29 points, dominated the first half and at one point led by 19 points, before the Dream staged a furious rally.
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Every time Atlanta mounted consecutive buckets, Stewart, or Sue Bird (18 points) would counter. The Storm were nine of 20 from 3-point range.
Atlanta (8-9) hosts the Phoenix Mercury at home on Sunday, July 8.
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The Atlanta Dream have had an uneven season so far, a grueling road schedule and cohesiveness issues have continued to take their toll on the young players. But Friday, June 22 in front of thousands of fans at McCamish Pavilion, the Dream came up big in a come-from-behind 75-70 victory over the Connecticut Sun.
The Dream surged in the third and fourth quarters, where they went on a 24-0 run. Much of it was carried by Angel McCoughtry’s game-high 25 points. Brittney Sykes scored 13 points, Damiris Dantas chipped in 11, and Elizabeth Williams came up big with 10 rebounds and three blocks.
Atlanta Dream defeat Sun with furious comeback
The Sun controlled the game early, storming out to an early 12-point lead in the second quarter. The third stanza featured more of the same as Shekinna Stricklen’s three-pointer lifted the opponent’s lead to 13.
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The 8th annual Green Sports Alliance Summit is set to take place in downtown Atlanta at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Tuesday, June 26 through Wednesday, June 27.
The summit is the world’s largest and most influential gathering for the sports community to unite around sustainability. The event brings together hundreds of industry stakeholders to learn and share better practices and the latest innovations in greening operations, advancing the supply chain, engaging fans and more.
This year, we’re adding more networking opportunities and focusing on hands-on workshops for attendees to work through challenges, share lessons learned, and gather valuable take-aways to implement in their communities. Your full conference ticket will get you access to multiple networking opportunities with peers and vendors, various exhibitors providing tools to help you meet your sustainability goals, food and beverage throughout the conference and effective take-aways to bring back to your organization.
For more detailed information on the Summit visit summit.greensportsalliance.org.
We’ve secured a great rate at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Atlanta at Centennial Olympic Park. Rooms fill quickly so be sure to make your reservation early.
Are you a Green Sports Alliance Member? Contact Rahul Devaskar for more information about becoming a member and for a discount on Summit tickets.
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Dirty Bird Fever has began in earnest right now. That’s because the new Atlanta Falcons football schedule has been released. The squad will begin their second campaign in the still-new Mercedes-Benz Stadium, where they look to be playing at home during the Super Bowl.
Atlanta Falcons 2018 Football Schedule
Falcons owner Arthur Blank has invested heavily in the team’s offense by choosing to give quarterback Matt Ryan largely what he wants in salary negotiations. The team has also shored up defensive and offensive lines, which both struggled at times last season.
Julio Jones, Muhammad Sanu and Devante Freeman will all be back and looking to reignite the firepower that was No. 1 in the league two season s ago. This year, the Falcons open the season against the Super Bowl champs Philadelphia Eagles on the road. On Thanksgiving, the Falcons will play division rival the New Orleans Saints in what will likely be crucial game for the crown.
3 big Falcons game to watch in 2018
This season, the Birds play their first Monday night game at home against the New York Football Giants on Oct. 22. Because it’s in the NFC, this will be an extraordinarily big game. Furthermore, this will raise the profile of the Falcons tremendously if they can get the W.
Don’t get it twisted, there is no game bigger than the Thanksgiving showdown against the Saints in the Big Easy. Not only are the teams holders of the biggest rivalry in the NFL, but the game may well determine the division champion.
The previous week’s game against the Dallas Cowboys will be a similarly high-profile matchup that will have enormous implications for the NFC. Last year the Falcons disposed of the Cowboys, who were without their star running back Ezekial Elliott. This year promises to be a different game.
Here is the Atlanta Falcons 2018 schedule.
PRESEASON
- Friday, Aug. 10: at Jets, 7:30 p.m. ET
- Friday, Aug. 17: Chiefs, 7 p.m. ET
- Saturday, Aug. 25: at Jaguars, 7 p.m. ET
- Thursday, Aug. 30: Dolphins, 7 p.m. ET
REGULAR SEASON WEEK TEAM TIME TICKETS WK1 Sept. 6 at Philadelphia 8:20pm NBC 
WK2 Sept. 16 vs. Carolina 1:00pm FOX WK3 Sept. 23 vs. New Orleans 1:00pm FOX WK4 Sept. 30 vs. Cincinnati 1:00pm CBS WK5 Oct. 7 at Pittsburgh 1:00pm FOX WK6 Oct. 14 vs. Tampa Bay 1:00pm FOX WK7 Oct. 22 vs. NY Giants 8:15pm ESPN WK8 BYE – – – WK9 Nov. 4 at Washington 1:00pm FOX WK10 Nov. 11 at Cleveland 1:00pm FOX WK11 Nov. 18 vs. Dallas 1:00pm FOX WK12 Nov. 22 at New Orleans 8:20pm NBC WK13 Dec. 2 vs. Baltimore 1:00pm CBS WK14 Dec. 9 at Green Bay 1:00pm FOX WK15 Dec. 16 vs. Arizona 1:00pm FOX WK16 Dec. 23 at Carolina 1:00pm FOX WK17 Dec. 30 at Tampa Bay 1:00pm FOX It's here: our 2018 schedule.
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Atlanta Falcons 2017 Highlights
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Don’t necessarily think you’ll get inside the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, but if you want to give of yourself and time by volunteering for the city’s Super Bowl in January, they need you.
Atlanta will need at least 10,000 volunteers during Super Bowl LIII for weeklong activities, according to 11Alive. To save time, organizers are keen to start the interviewing process and bring people on board.
Here’s how to volunteer for Super Bowl LIII
Helpers will be needed to shepherd people around the game festivities, including staffing along downtown streets and venues, the airport and other places. City officials are expecting more than 250,000 visitors to flock to to the city, including those with no intentions of attending the game.
Volunteer coordinator Cordell Smith told 11Alive that people will want to volunteer just to be around the Super Bowl.
“I think the biggest incentive is just being a part of the Super Bowl. For cities that usually get Super Bowls, people are used to that. Up here, we don’t always get that opportunity. We may never get that opportunity again,” he was quoted as saying.
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On this episode of Road Trippin’ ATL, Kent Bazemore & Mike Muscala are joined by Detroit Pistons legendary guard Isiah Thomas.
Thomas shared a number of highlights from his playing days, including the fact that his team scored the most points in a regulation game: 186 points.
Thomas said that the Bad Boys’ defensive exploits were rooted in what he did in his earlier playing days. “I just went back to my old days, when I played for Coach Knight at Indiana,” he said. “Offenses today get all the glamour he said. “When we had to stop the pretty teams — L.A. was beautiful, Boston was beautiful and Chicago was beautiful — we are ugly,” he said.
Thomas said that with Detroit being a smaller media market, they didnt’ have the “boom mike” to create a narrative to rule the day. “We were the first San Antonio, when you look at small market teams. We really were the first model.”
Thomas also said he believes that the “Bad Boy” Pistons were really mislabeled. He said that he learned in school not to talk about certain things, but nobody told him that it applied to pro sports as well.
“I didn’t know that when you come to the NBA, the thing that you can’t talk about is race, class and gender.”
The podcast also gets into Kevin Love & DeMar DeRozan’s recent remarks of mental health, and Baze’s injury.
EPISODE 18: Bad Boy Isiah Thomas
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A whirlwind courtship that started at the Atlanta Hawks’ Tinder Night promotion has led to holy matrimony at last. Ben McCleskey and Avery Armstrong dated for three years after that fateful “Swipe Right Night.” Now, they’ve tied the knot.
“We are so thankful for all the Atlanta Hawks have done for us, especially Mr. Koonin, Janet Smith and Catie Scott,” said Mr. & Mrs. McCleskey in their first joint statement. “It’s been an amazing experience and we will cherish it forever. Our wedding was truly unforgettable.”
The Hawks and Philips Arena hosted the wedding ceremony, which took place in early March 2018, and included more than 250 guests, including Hawks CEO Mike Koonin.
“From that much-talked about promotion, none of us would have imagined that it would lead to our first wedding on the Hawks’ court,” Koonin was quoted as saying. “We all know that sports can unite people like few things can and we are happy to consider Avery and Ben Hawks fans and family for life.”
The night wasn’t complete without a video message from Rosette Pambakian, Tinder’s Head of Brand, who gifted the couple an all-inclusive honeymoon getaway.
“We want to congratulate Ben and Avery on their marriage,” Pambakian was quoted as saying. “We couldn’t be more thrilled that our
Swipe Right Night with the Hawks led to such an amazing story and a life-changing match – and we are excited to send
them on their honeymoon.”Now that’s what I call a slam dunk.