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PHOTOS: Prepping for Big Night Out concerts at Centennial Olympic Park
Crews set up for this weekend's Big Night Out concerts in Centennial Olympic Park, which will provide for social distancing with individual areas for fans. The shows being with Moon Taxi Friday, Oct. 23, and conclude Sunday, Oct. 25, with Big Boi.
Crews use measuring tape to social distance each private pod for the Big Night Out concert series at Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta, on Thursday, October 22, 2020. Rival Entertainment is presenting the series in coordination with the Georgia World Congress Center Authority and will offer Atlanta fans an experience with private pods. The Big Night Out will commandeer the downtown park with shows by Moon Taxi and Pigeons Playing Ping Pong (Oct. 23), Marcus King Trio and Futurebirds (Oct. 24) and Big Boi and Friends featuring KP the Great (Oct. 25). (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Crew set-up private pods for the Big Night Out concert series at Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta, on Thursday, October 22, 2020. Rival Entertainment is presenting the series in coordination with the Georgia World Congress Center Authority and will offer Atlanta fans an experience with private pods.  The Big Night Out will commandeer the downtown park with shows by Moon Taxi and Pigeons Playing Ping Pong (Oct. 23), Marcus King Trio and Futurebirds (Oct. 24) and Big Boi and Friends featuring KP the Great (Oct. 25). (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
10/22/2020 - Atlanta, Georgia - Bryan Chenault moves equipment near a stage as work is underway to set-up for the ÒBig Night OutÓ concert series at Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta, Thursday, October 22, 2020. Rival Entertainment is presenting the series in coordination with the Georgia World Congress Center Authority and will offer Atlanta fans an experience with private pods. The ÒBig Night OutÓ will commandeer the downtown park with shows by Moon Taxi and Pigeons Playing Ping Pong (Oct. 23), Marcus King Trio and Futurebirds (Oct. 24) and Big Boi and Friends featuring KP the Great (Oct. 25). (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Measuring tape is used to social distance each private pod for the Big Night Out concert series at Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta, on Thursday, October 22, 2020. Rival Entertainment is presenting the series in coordination with the Georgia World Congress Center Authority and will offer Atlanta fans an experience with private pods.  The Big Night Out will commandeer the downtown park with shows by Moon Taxi and Pigeons Playing Ping Pong (Oct. 23), Marcus King Trio and Futurebirds (Oct. 24) and Big Boi and Friends featuring KP the Great (Oct. 25). (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
A crew member uses measuring tape to social distance each private pod for the Big Night Out concert series at Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta, on Thursday, October 22, 2020. Rival Entertainment is presenting the series in coordination with the Georgia World Congress Center Authority and will offer Atlanta fans an experience with private pods.  The Big Night Out will commandeer the downtown park with shows by Moon Taxi and Pigeons Playing Ping Pong (Oct. 23), Marcus King Trio and Futurebirds (Oct. 24) and Big Boi and Friends featuring KP the Great (Oct. 25). (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Private pods are set-up for the Big Night Out concert series at Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta, on Thursday, October 22, 2020. Rival Entertainment is presenting the series in coordination with the Georgia World Congress Center Authority and will offer Atlanta fans an experience with private pods.  The Big Night Out will commandeer the downtown park with shows by Moon Taxi and Pigeons Playing Ping Pong (Oct. 23), Marcus King Trio and Futurebirds (Oct. 24) and Big Boi and Friends featuring KP the Great (Oct. 25). (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Tom Nguyen (left) and Jesse Launder of Music Matters Porducions setup the mechanics for lighting on a stage for the Big Night Out concert series at Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta, on Thursday, October 22, 2020. Rival Entertainment is presenting the series in coordination with the Georgia World Congress Center Authority and will offer Atlanta fans an experience with private pods. The Big Night Out will commandeer the downtown park with shows by Moon Taxi and Pigeons Playing Ping Pong (Oct. 23), Marcus King Trio and Futurebirds (Oct. 24) and Big Boi and Friends featuring KP the Great (Oct. 25). (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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Crews use measuring tape to social distance each private pod for the Big Night Out concert series at Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta, on Thursday, October 22, 2020. Rival Entertainment is presenting the series in coordination with the Georgia World Congress Center Authority and will offer Atlanta fans an experience with private pods. The Big Night Out will commandeer the downtown park with shows by Moon Taxi and Pigeons Playing Ping Pong (Oct. 23), Marcus King Trio and Futurebirds (Oct. 24) and Big Boi and Friends featuring KP the Great (Oct. 25). (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

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Atlanta Dream center Brittney Griner (42) fights for possession during the first half of a WNBA basketball first-round playoff game against the Indiana Fever at Gateway Center Arena on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Atlanta. 
(Miguel Martinez/ AJC)
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Credit: Miguel Martinez-Jimenez

PHOTOS: Dream defeat Fever to open WNBA Playoffs

The Atlanta Dream defeated the Indiana Fever 80-68 to take Game 1 of their best-of-three first-round WNBA playoff series on Sunday

Georgia coach Kirby Smart (center) gives Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton a play during the closing minute of the second quarter against Tennessee at Neyland Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, in Knoxville, Tenn. (Jason Getz/AJC)
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Credit: Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com

PHOTOS: Georgia visits Knoxville to take on Tennessee

The Georgia Bulldogs traveled to Knoxville, Tennessee, to take on the Tennessee Volunteers in an early-season key matchup in the SEC.

Georgia Tech wide receivers Dean Patterson (left) and Malik Rutherford celebrate after a successful two-point conversion  during the second half against the Clemson Tigers on Saturday at Bobby Dodd Stadium. (Jason Allen/AJC)
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Credit: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

PHOTOS: Georgia Tech defeats Clemson on the final play

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets defeat the Clemson Tigers on a field goal as time ran out, 24-21.

Georgia faithful drove to Knoxville on Saturday to cheer on the Bulldogs as they play Tennessee in Knoxville. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)
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Credit: HYOSUB SHIN / AJC

PHOTOS: Georgia visits Rocky Top, Tennessee, for SEC showdown

Georgia visits Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., for SEC clash with Volunteers.

Sequoyah wide receiver Brook Darling catches a pass during the first half against Sprayberry at Skip Pope Stadium in Canton on Friday, Sept. 12th, 2025. (Oscar Guevara Saenz for the AJC)
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Credit: Oscar Guevara Saenz

PHOTOS: Sequoyah vs. Sprayberry high school football

Sequoyah defeated Sprayberry, 63-20, in a football game at Sequoyah High School in Canton on Friday.

Fayetteville Firefighter Noah Maupin makes it to the summit of Stone Mountain during the annual 9/11 memorial on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025.   Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Credit: Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal

PHOTOS: Metro Atlanta remembers victims of Sept. 11

Two events in metro Atlanta commemorate the 2977 lives lost in deadly terrorist attacks in on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.

The Cobb County fire department hangs a U.S. flag from their fire trucks as a procession for fallen Dekalb County Firefighter Preston Fant arrives at West Cobb Funeral Home on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Ben Hendren for the AJC)
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Credit: Ben Hendren

PHOTOS: Fallen DeKalb firefighter honored with processional through metro Atlanta

Several metro Atlanta fire departments paid their respects Wednesday morning to fallen DeKalb County firefighter Preston Fant with a somber procession to a Marietta funeral ho...

Atlanta Braves pitcher Spencer Strider throws a pitch against Chicago Cubs during the first inning of a baseball game at Truist Park, Tuesday, September 9, 2025, in Atlanta. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)
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Credit: HYOSUB SHIN / AJC

PHOTOS: Braves fall to Cubs, 6-1

The Braves fell to the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday, 6-1, at Truist Park.