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Atlanta Dream guard Rhyne Howard (left) and forward Cheyenne Parker helped lead the team to a home victory Sunday against the Storm. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

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Cheyenne Parker scores 21, Rhyne Howard adds 16 as Dream beat Storm
Championship Monday at the 2022 Sun Belt Basketball Championships at the Pensacola Bay Center on March 7, 2022 in Pensacola, Florida. Georgia State won the tournament. (Photo by AJ Henderson/Sun Belt Conference)

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Georgia State finishes program-best 88th in NCAA Director’s Cup
Atlanta Dream guard Tiffany Hayes has been out due to a knee injury. File photo

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Tiffany Hayes returns to lead Dream to a victory over Liberty
Former Georgia Tech forward Lorela Cubaj is now a member of the New York Liberty. (Danny Karnik/Georgia Tech Athletics)

Credit: Danny Karnik

Georgia Tech star Lorela Cubaj processes growth, returns home as WNBA rookie
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When Jack Abbott (right) needed a kidney after a serious bout with COVID-19, his pastor Jimmy Slick (left) volunteered to donate. The two have fully recovered and will run the Peachtree Road Race together.

Credit: Photo courtesy of Kathy Slick

A life saved: Two men who share more than a kidney to run Peachtree
Minji Kang holds the Eleanor Keeler Trophy given to the winner of the 2022 Georgia Women's Amateur Championship.

Credit: Stan Awtrey

Minji Kang wins Georgia Women’s Amateur in four-hole playoff
NASCAR driver Chase Elliott takes a lap around Truist Park's field before the Braves played the Nationals in an MLB game on Sept. 7, 2021, in Atlanta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

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Chase Elliott celebrates Georgia’s success at College Football Hall of Fame
Georgia Tech’s Aidan Kramer (left) beat teammate Andy Mao in a playoff to win the 50th Rice Planters Amateur at Snee Farm Country Club in Mount Pleasant, S.C.

Credit: Bobby Carrier Photography

Local golf: Georgia Tech’s Aidan Kramer wins Rice Planters Amateur
Coach Tanisha Wright and the Dream fell to 8-11. AJC file photo / Curtis Compton

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Mystics contain Rhyne Howard, beat the Dream
Rhyne Howard (left), Atlant Dream coach Tanisha Wright.

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Dream’s Rhyne Howard named WNBA All-Star reserve
Canadian tennis player Leylah Fernandez volleys with the official Ball Kids before the start of the Atlanta Open Media Day on Tuesday at Atlantic Station. (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

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Leylah Fernandez gears up for Atlanta Open exhibition match
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Chase Elliott holds up the season championship trophy as he celebrates with his race crew in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Ariz. (Ralph Freso/AP)

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NASCAR, World Series and College Football Playoff championship trophies on display
Sun shut down Dream in fourth quarter, win 72-61
Maya Caldwell makes most of hardship contract opportunity in return to Dream
AD Durr scores 23 but Dream suffer home loss
A general view of the WNBA logo.

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WNBA players react to Supreme Court abortion ruling
With World Cup secured, Atlanta pursuing other sports mega-events
What are options for Georgia sports gamblers under current laws?
What you should know about sports gambling in Tennessee
The Braves, Falcons, Hawks and Atlanta United teamed up three years ago to push for mobile sports betting in Georgia, but their efforts so far have come up empty with the state Legislature.

Atlanta teams frustrated but continue to support legal sports betting
An ongoing saga of legalizing sports betting in the Georgia Legislature
NASCAR pioneer, Atlanta Motor Speedway owner Bruton Smith dies
Local golf: UGA All-American Jenny Bae returns to defend Georgia Women’s Am title
The Garrett Collins Project will be the first band of the first act of the Revs & Riffs NASCAR Weekend Music Festival.

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Atlanta’s summer NASCAR Weekend kicks off with free Camper Appreciation Party
Upcoming series: Legalized sports gambling in Georgia at a crossroads
Maya Caldwell quickly helps Dream equal win total of last season
Florida pro needs four extra holes to win Advocates PGA Tour at Sugarloaf
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Georgia College Sports
Championship Monday at the 2022 Sun Belt Basketball Championships at the Pensacola Bay Center on March 7, 2022 in Pensacola, Florida. Georgia State won the tournament. (Photo by AJ Henderson/Sun Belt Conference)

Credit: AJ Henderson / Sun Belt Conferen

Georgia State finishes program-best 88th in NCAA Director’s Cup
From left to right, Atlanta Braves left fielder Adam Duvall, right fielder Ronald Acuna Jr. and center fielder Michael Harris II celebrate after a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Sunday, June 5, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Credit: David Zalubowski

Bradley’s Buzz: It took a while, but the Braves are a winning team
Cole Tate's home run was a bright spot for the Bulldogs. (Photo UGA Athletics / Rob Davis)

Credit: Rob Davis

Georgia, Kennesaw State lose in NCAA baseball regionals
May 7, 2022 Atlanta - Atlanta Braves' starting pitcher Max Fried (54) throws a pitch in the first inning at Truist Park on Saturday, May 7, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Bradley’s Buzz: Might the Braves win three in a row?
Tim Borden (No. 8) and Tres Gonzalez (No. 3) celebrate at home plate after scoring in the fourth inning of Georgia Tech's 7-5 win over No. 3 Miami April 30, 2022 at Russ Chandler Stadium. (Danny Karnik/Georgia Tech Athletics)

Credit: Danny Karni

Georgia Tech baseball placed in NCAA regional with overall top-seed Tennessee
Georgia State coach Shawn Elliott talks with an official during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Auburn Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, in Auburn, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

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Georgia State sets times for first four football games
Georgia State's Max Ryerson set a school record with 22 home runs in 2022. (Photo: Dale Zanine)

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Home run-happy Georgia State heads to Sun Belt Tournament
Stetson Bennett surprises UGA fans in Raising Canes drive-thru

Asking again: What exactly does the NCAA do?
Golf
Minji Kang holds the Eleanor Keeler Trophy given to the winner of the 2022 Georgia Women's Amateur Championship.

Credit: Stan Awtrey

Minji Kang wins Georgia Women’s Amateur in four-hole playoff
Georgia Tech’s Aidan Kramer (left) beat teammate Andy Mao in a playoff to win the 50th Rice Planters Amateur at Snee Farm Country Club in Mount Pleasant, S.C.

Credit: Bobby Carrier Photography

Local golf: Georgia Tech’s Aidan Kramer wins Rice Planters Amateur
Cole Smith (L) the executive director of the Advocates PGA Tour presents the winning check to Toks Pedro after his victory at TPC Sugarloaf on June 21, 2022.

Credit: Stan Awtrey

Florida pro needs four extra holes to win Advocates PGA Tour at Sugarloaf
Savannah's Tim O'Neal, here competing in the 2015 U.S. Open, is leading the points race on the Advocates PGA Tour. The tour will compete at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth on Monday and Tuesday.

Credit: USGA Museum

Advocates PGA Tour makes stop at TPC Sugarloaf
Carson Bacha fist bumps with his caddy after he hit his fairway shot on the par five seventh hole into the hole for a three under par double eagle two on the during the final round of the Dogwood Invitational Golf Tournament in Atlanta on Saturday, June 11, 2022. (Bob Andres for the Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Credit: Bob Andres

Auburn’s Carson Bacha uses double-eagle to run away with Dogwood Invitational
Dustin Johnson of the United States, left, and Phil Mickelson of the United States greet each other on the first tee during the first round of the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational at the Centurion Club in St. Albans, England, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Credit: Alastair Grant

LIV Golf makes us ask: Is there such a thing as too much money?
Atlanta Dream
Atlanta Dream guard Rhyne Howard (left) and forward Cheyenne Parker helped lead the team to a home victory Sunday against the Storm. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

Credit: Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@

Cheyenne Parker scores 21, Rhyne Howard adds 16 as Dream beat Storm
Atlanta Dream guard Tiffany Hayes has been out due to a knee injury. File photo

Credit: AP

Tiffany Hayes returns to lead Dream to a victory over Liberty
Former Georgia Tech forward Lorela Cubaj is now a member of the New York Liberty. (Danny Karnik/Georgia Tech Athletics)

Credit: Danny Karnik

Georgia Tech star Lorela Cubaj processes growth, returns home as WNBA rookie
Coach Tanisha Wright and the Dream fell to 8-11. AJC file photo / Curtis Compton

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Mystics contain Rhyne Howard, beat the Dream
Rhyne Howard (left), Atlant Dream coach Tanisha Wright.

Credit: Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@

Dream’s Rhyne Howard named WNBA All-Star reserve
Dream guard Maya Caldwell talks to media members during a session at the Dream training camp in Chamblee on Monday, April 18, 2022. Miguel Martinez/miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com

Credit: Miguel Martinez

Maya Caldwell makes most of hardship contract opportunity in return to Dream
The Atlanta Dream are 8-9 so far this season.

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AD Durr scores 23 but Dream suffer home loss
Maya Caldwell scored 10 points in the first half. File photo by Miguel Martinez/miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com

Credit: Miguel Martinez

Maya Caldwell quickly helps Dream equal win total of last season
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