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What Time Does 'What Time Does The Superbowl Start?' Start?
The Super Bowl is allegedly this weekend, and reports indicate that the contest will be played in Houston between the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots. ...

Report: Emails Show Atlanta Falcons Were Giving Players Incredible Amounts Of Painkillers
Emails first published by the Associated Press show that members of the Atlanta Falcons’ front office were worried about the team’s excessive use of painkillers when treating injured players....

The Case Of Kyle Shanahan's Missing Backpack Has Been Solved
Kyle Shanahan is about to coach in the biggest game of his career. He might need his playbook this weekend, but he lost it after the backpack he was carrying it around in at NFL media day got nabbed! Who could have pulled off such a dastardly caper?...

The Braves Are Trying To Squeeze Another $14 Million Out Of Taxpayers
Cobb County taxpayers have been on the hook for close to $400 million since the county commissioners approved the Braves’ expensive new stadium construction project without hearing from dissenters and without letting the constituents vote on the deal almost three years ago. Residents made their disp...

Julio Jones Is A Marvel
Although the Atlanta Falcons’ 44-21 blowout of the Green Bay Packers wasn’t competitive, Julio Jones kept it entertaining. The wide receiver racked up 180 yards with two touchdowns Sunday as he humiliated the Packers’ defense....

Julio Jones And The Falcons Ran All Over The Packers
After the Falcons scored a touchdown on their opening drive, the Packers responded by missing a field goal, and things didn’t change so much from there. The 24-0 lead the Falcons took into the locker room was the largest deficit that Aaron Rodgers has ever faced at halftime. An already struggling de...

Atlanta Bar Forced To Apologize To Crybaby Falcons Fans
There is a bar in Atlanta called Park Tavern that will be hosting a pep rally for Packers fans the day before the NFC championship game. The event is being put on by Packers Everywhere, a group that rents out bars and hosts events for Packers fans all across the country. A fanbase taking over a part...

No Team Has A Ground Game Quite Like The Falcons'
Matt Ryan and Julio Jones are the household names powering the NFL’s highest-scoring and most efficient offense. But the Falcons wouldn’t be hosting the Packers with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line without equally significant contributions from running backs Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman. A...

Isaiah Thomas Denies Trash Talking Dennis Schrö<em></em>der's Mom
Atlanta Hawks guard Dennis Schröder and Boston Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas were jawing back-and-forth throughout Friday night’s 103-101 Celtics victory. After the game, Schröder claimed that Thomas was trash talking his mother:...

Russell Wilson Fall Down Go Boom
The Falcons narrowed a Seahawks lead tonight when midway through the second quarter Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson tripped and fell into the end zone—where he was easily touched down for a safety. Oops!...

Atlanta Hawks Discipline GM For Joking About Angry Black Women At Fan Event
After an internal investigation, Atlanta Hawks GM Wes Wilcox will be formally disciplined by the team over a joke he made last month at a fan event, per ESPN. As Deadspin reported last Friday, Wilcox was fielding questions from a group of fans and tried to ease tensions by saying, as one of our sour...
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Mike Dunleavy Really Doesn't Want To Play For The Hawks [Update]
The Cleveland Cavaliers’ trade for Kyle Korver became official over the weekend, with the Cavs sending Mo Williams, Mike Dunleavy, and a future first-round pick to Atlanta in exchange for the sharpshooter. One person who is definitely not happy about this trade is Dunleavy....

Kyle Korver Is Officially A Cavalier
The Kyle Korver-to-Cleveland deal is official, two days after it was first reported—with the Cavaliers giving the Hawks Mike Dunleavy, Mo Williams and a future first round draft pick in exchange for the three-point specialist. ...

Atlanta Hawks GM Makes Joke About Angry Black Women At Fan Event
Before a game against the Miami Heat on Dec. 7, Atlanta Hawks general manager Wes Wilcox fielded questions from a group of about 200 season ticket holders and club members at a “Chalk Talk” event. As would be expected of any meeting of a group of diehard fans and a team executive, this one got slig...

Report: Cavs Get Kyle Korver, Likely For Crap
The Cavaliers are doubling down on a team strength and adding one of the best floor spacers in the NBA. Per Adrian Wojnarowski, the Cavaliers are finalizing a trade for Atlanta Hawks three-point specialist Kyle Korver. It’s not clear who exactly the Cavs will give up (Mike Dunleavy? A future first? ...

Here Is An Extremely Good Dunk And An Even Better Reaction
This is Derek Harper, a 5-foot-11 guard for Clark Atlanta who can warp through defenders and dunk them into oblivion. Watch him touch the sky last night....

Carmelo Anthony Got Ejected For Whacking Thabo Sefolosha
The Knicks fell to Atlanta in overtime last night, 102-98, and they did most of it without Carmelo Anthony. Anthony was ejected in the second quarter for a forearm to the face of Thabo Sefolosha while the two were tangled up under the basket....

GAHHHHHH
The dislocated finger is bad. Watching it get relocated is worse....

Report: Ex-Falcon Jamal Anderson Pulled His Dick Out At Convenience Store
Jamal Anderson, the former Atlanta Falcons running back who celebrated touchdowns with a dance called the “Dirty Bird,” allegedly exposed and touched himself Wednesday at a QuikTrip in Suwanee, Ga....

Bartolo Colon Is Grinding, Putting In Work, And Coming For That Throne
What are you doing today to bring yourself closer to achieving your goals? If you aren’t going out there every day and chopping wood, getting it in, and refusing to be average, then I suggest you take some inspiration from the one and only Bartolo Colon:...