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DreamHack Atlanta to feature $6.6M prize pool across 10 tournaments
DreamHack Atlanta organizer ESL FACEIT Group announce that this year's festival will feature an increased total prize pool of $6.6 million across 10 tournaments.,The festival runs from Oct. 31 through Nov. 2 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, and seven world champion crowns will be on ...
Dream's Dan Padover WNBA's first 3-time winner as executive of year
The Atlanta Dream's franchise-record 30-win season has helped vault general manager Dan Padover to new heights as the league's first three-time winner of the WNBA Basketball Executive of the Year.,Padover also won the award, which the league announced on Tuesday, when he was with the Las Vegas Aces ...
Every game critical for contending Astros, who go for sweep in Atlanta
After posting two of their most important victories of the season to date, the visiting Houston Astros will look to earn a pivotal series sweep of the floundering Atlanta Braves on Sunday afternoon.,With 13 games left in the regular season, Houston (81-68) is tied with the Seattle Mariners atop the ...
Coach Karl Smesko's Dream season continues with visit to Sun
The Atlanta Dream will look to continue their torrid ways on Wednesday when they conclude a season-ending home-and-home series against the Connecticut Sun in Uncasville, Conn.,The Dream (29-14), second to Minnesota in the league standings, recorded their fifth win in a row with an 87-62 victory over...
Career milestone win on line for Braves manager Brian Snitker vs. Cubs
The Atlanta Braves will try to give manager Brian Snitker his 800th career win when they host the Chicago Cubs to open a three-game series on Monday.,Since taking over as interim manager of the club on May 17, 2016, Snitker's record is 799-661. Only Dave Roberts of the Los Angeles Dodgers has more v...
Braves trying to spark Ronald Acuna Jr. while Mariners keep slugging
Atlanta manager Brian Snitker tried something different to help Ronald Acuna Jr. break out of his slump Saturday.,After sitting out Friday's game, Acuna batted sixth Saturday for the first time since his rookie year in 2018.,He didn't have any hits, but he did walk twice to keep rallies alive for th...
Cubs to face Braves' positive-minded RHP Spencer Strider despite end results
Despite losing his four starts last month, Atlanta Braves right-hander Spencer Strider has something to build on heading into his next outing on Monday afternoon at the Chicago Cubs.,That's because Strider (5-12, 4.95 ERA) is coming off his best start of the season on Aug. 25, holding the host Miami...
Injury-plagued Braves try to turn around season in opener vs. Marlins
Since winning the World Series in 2021, the Atlanta Braves have not won a playoff series.,Worse yet, this year's Braves are on pace to miss the postseason for the first time since 2017.,The Braves on Monday are set to start a 10-game road trip -- three at the Miami Marlins, four at the Philadelphia ...
Mets display power (6 homers) to rout Braves
Mark Vientos and Jeff McNeil each hit two home runs and the visiting New York Mets outslugged the Atlanta Braves 9-2 on Saturday night.,The Mets went deep six times -- one short of their season high -- to win the second game of the three-game series. The Mets have won five of their last seven games....
Braves place OF Ronald Acuna Jr. on 10-day IL
The Atlanta Braves placed All-Star Ronald Acuna Jr. on the 10-day injured list Wednesday and recalled fellow outfielder Jarred Kelenic from Triple-A Gwinnett.,Acuna exited the Braves' 9-6 road loss to the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday with inflammation in his right Achilles.,After looking uncomforta...
Royals LHP Rich Hill, 45, beating Father Time with Braves up next
Kansas City's Rich Hill continues to prove why he's an ageless wonder on the mound.,Perhaps equally as impressive, the 45-year-old Hill has never suffered a losing decision against the Atlanta Braves.,Hill looks to build on a solid 2025 debut with his latest club and help the surging Royals attempt ...
Atlanta United score late to earn draw with Seattle Sounders
Alexey Miranchuk scored the game-tying goal in the ninth minute of second-half extra time as Atlanta United notched a 2-2 draw against the visiting Seattle Sounders on Saturday.,Just minutes after Seattle's Osaze De Rosario scored the go-ahead goal in the fifth minute of extra time, Miranchuk netted...
Braves reinstate 3B Austin Riley from injured list
The Atlanta Braves reinstated third baseman Austin Riley from the 10-day injured list on Friday.,The two-time All-Star landed on the IL on July 12 with a right abdominal strain.,Riley, 28, is batting .274 with 14 home runs and 48 RBIs in 93 games this season. He leads the team in hits (104) and is s...
Nathan Eovaldi, Rangers take hot run into series with slumping Braves
The Texas Rangers will look to build on their hot start to the second half of the season when they host the swooning Atlanta Braves on Friday in the opener of a three-game interleague series in Arlington, Texas.,Texas will send right-hander Nathan Eovaldi (7-3, 1.58 ERA) to the mound as the Braves c...
Giants, Braves looking to get out of recent struggles
The San Francisco Giants will send right-hander Hayden Birdsong to the mound to try to end their season-worst five-game losing streak and continue their mastery over the Atlanta Braves when they open a three-game road series on Monday.,The Giants are coming off getting swept by the American League E...
Paul Skenes, Tarik Skubal named All-Star Game starters
Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Paul Skenes and Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal were named All-Star Game starters and will open the contest Tuesday at Atlanta for the National League and American League, respectively.,Skenes was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers' Dave Roberts, who will man...
Braves place 3B Austin Riley (abdomen) on injured list
The Atlanta Braves placed third baseman Austin Riley on the 10-day injured list Saturday with a right abdominal strain.,The two-time All-Star departed with the injury in the fourth inning of Friday's 6-5 win at St. Louis.,Riley, 28, is batting .274 with 14 home runs and 48 RBIs in 93 games this seas...
Braves' Ronald Acuna Jr. (back) out of lineup; A's SS Jacob Wilson exits after HBP
Atlanta Braves All-Star right fielder Ronald Acuna Jr. was scratched from Tuesday's lineup against the host Athletics due to lower back tightness., ,Meanwhile, the Athletics lost All-Star shortstop Jacob Wilson when the rookie was hit on the left wrist by a pitch in the bottom of the first inning., ...
Dream host Valkyries before long road trip
Before the Atlanta Dream begin a six-game, 17-day road trip, the team will welcome the Golden State Valkyries on Monday in College Park, Ga., for the first meeting between the two franchises.,Atlanta (11-7) enters play having dropped three of its last four, including an 80-79 setback on Thursday aga...
Trevor Rogers, Jackson Holliday lift Orioles over skidding Braves
Trevor Rogers pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings and Jackson Holliday homered to help the visiting Baltimore Orioles beat the Atlanta Braves 2-1 on Sunday to sweep their three-game series.,It was the third straight win for the Orioles, who swept a series against Atlanta for the first time since 2015 an...