Rod Beard
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Rod Beard is the Senior Sports Editor for pro and college sports at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, joining the team after 23-plus years at The Detroit News, where he was the sports editor and assistant sports editor, after serving as a beat writer for the Pistons for seven years and five years covering the Michigan men's basketball team.
Latest from Rod Beard
Game 6 : Atlanta Hawks vs New York Knicks

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Atlanta Dream Angel Reese presser

‘Atlanta speaks for itself’: Angel Reese speaks on the city and joining Dream

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2026 Masters final-round tee times and groups for Sunday

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2026 Masters second-round tee times and groups for Friday

Masters Par 3 contest

Kevin Hart, Jason Kelce join the Masters fun as caddies for Par 3 Contest

Masters practice round Monday

For a first-time Masters attendee, the experience lives up to all the hype

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Falcons bring back team’s ‘history, the pride, and the energy’ with red jerseys

Falcons Coaches Coordinators

Take 5: Five quick takeaways from the Falcons coordinators’ media availability

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More details emerge of alleged incident involving Falcons’ James Pearce Jr.

Falcons: Kevin Stefanski news conference

Take 5: Five quick takeaways from Falcons coach Kevin Stefanski’s introduction