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12+ min ago (97+ words) It's time to test your knowledge with this week's'Atlanta News Quiz! This week's quiz is sponsored by Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. " Join the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for Sounds of the Season at Atlanta Symphony Hall, December 23! Celebrate the spirit of the holidays from around the world when your orchestra performs works that evoke the mystery and wonder of this magical time of year." Bring in the holly with the whole family, featuring orchestral favorites"like Tchaikovsky's"The Nutcracker, White Christmas,"and A Holly and Jolly Sing Along! "Visit our website'for tickets and information....

21+ min ago (506+ words) After signing Robert Suarez and Mike Yastrzemski, the Atlanta Braves are close to having their ideal roster built out before Christmas even hits. The club still has a few holes to address, namely starting pitching and shortstop. While acquiring superstar shortstop Corey Seager from the Texas Rangers is a pipe dream at the moment, we couldn't help but wonder what it would actually cost. Although Seager has struggled to stay on the field since he inked his megadeal back in 2022, with his only full season with Texas coming in his first season, he has not disappointed when he's on the field. Since 2022, Seager has the ninth-best wRC+ in baseball, hit the 15th-most homers, and accumulated the 12th-most fWAR in all of baseball, despite only playing 495 games, averaging 124 games per season. When on the field, Seager is as good as they…...

42+ min ago (504+ words) Joey returned from Wentz he came (sorta) and had a career turnaround. Can he keep it going in 2026? Who knows. What were the expectations? Combine that with his prior travails in 2025, and he finished the year overall with 1.1 fWAR in 98 innings and a 133/100/109 line. Broadly, the entire tenure with the Braves, where he actually displayed some of the promise that saw him be such a highly-ranked prospect a half-decade ago. It started as soon as the Braves claimed him: he entered a 3-3 game following an Aaron Bummer "start" against the Cardinals and struck out six in three innings, with just one walk. (The Braves won the game by a run late.) At that point, with few other options, the Braves handed Wentz his first start in 22 months. He faced a pretty serious Yankees lineup. There weren't as many strikeouts (2 over…...

42+ min ago (787+ words) State investigators have determined a member of the State Election Board violated the board's code of conduct by attending a Donald Trump campaign rally last year at Georgia State University. The Georgia Office of Inspector General report found that Vice Chair Janice Johnston created an appearance of a conflict of interest by attending a partisan event. Investigators wrote that "a reasonable person could conclude that Johnston was, at minimum, displaying partisan support for a candidate or more significantly, that Johnston had endorsed President Trump." Trump lauded members Johnston, Janelle King and Rick Jeffares at the Atlanta rally in August 2024, calling them "pit bulls fighting for honesty, transparency and victory." Johnston told Trump "your courage is contagious," according to the inspector general's report obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The findings come as the Republican-controlled board that lawmakers have labeled dysfunctional has…...

42+ min ago (465+ words) The Atlanta Falcons will not have much left to play for down the stretch of the 2025 NFL season, but several questions are looming over this team heading into the offseason. One main factor is who the team will opt to retain from their list of pending free agents." The Falcons" season will officially come to an end after Week 18, and their decisions will come due on several players soon after that. As the team"s "mini-bye" hits post-Thursday Night Football, it is a good time to look ahead to see what that could look like. See below for the Falcons' pending offensive and special teams free agents and what the Falcons could do with those contracts heading into the offseason " all data is derived from Spotrac. Possible Contract " two-year, $2.30 million deal Possible Contract " three-year, $22 million deal Possible Contract " two-year, $6 million…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago (209+ words) While Jorge Polanco was anything but ideal for the Braves, he at least had loads of experience playing in the infield and just posted an .821 OPS for the Mariners in 2025. It would have been a defensive challenge to balance, but Polanco's bat may have been worth the squeeze. Unfortunately, Polanco is no longer on the table. On Saturday, it was widely reported that, of all teams, the Mets were signing Polanco to a two-year deal. Jorge Polanco and the New York Mets are in agreement on a deal, league sources tell The Athletic. Polanco is definitely a useful player, but he is also 32 years old, has a spotty track record the last four years or so, and he isn't a defensive asset. That New York gave him $20 million a year is wild, although completely understandable that Polanco would happily take…...

1+ hour, 33+ min ago (491+ words) When the Phillies announced they had reunited with star designated hitter Kyle Schwarber, Atlanta Braves fans no doubt felt a sting. After all, the slugger has not only been a big reason for the rival's success over the last four seasons, but a huge thorn in the Braves side as well. Since Schwarber joined the Phillies in 2022, no player has hit more homers against Atlanta than Kyle Schwarber. In fact, even if you took away his four-homer game against the Braves last season, he'd still be tied for first. However, while this reunion will no doubt hurt the Braves in the short term, the lengths which Philadelphia went to keep him might benefit the team long-term. To pretend that reuniting with Schwarber isn't a huge boost for a Phillies team looking to win their third-straight NL East title would be…...

1+ hour, 42+ min ago (429+ words) The next three months for the Atlanta Falcons will be one of the most pivotal stretches in franchise history. With Michael Penix Jr.'s 2026 status in serious jeopardy, the Falcons are going to need a viable backup option on the roster if his absence extends into tho the beginning of next season. Since Penix went dowm, Kirk Cousins has been given a real opportuniy to prove himself and save his career in Atlanta. At first, the results were unflattering, but the 37-year-old delivered his best start of the season in the Dirty Birds' 29-28 comeback win over the Buccaneers on the national stage of TNF. Cousins completed 30 of his 44 pass attempts for 373 passing yards and three scores, which in turned helped Kyle Pitts enjoy a historic game. But after many thought the Falcons would move on from him in favor of…...

1+ hour, 42+ min ago (808+ words) It never hurts to laugh, right? Perhaps after an off the charts 2025, you could use a laugh or two (or 200)....

1+ hour, 42+ min ago (317+ words) Nearly two months after Shaquille O'Neal's new Range Rover made a pit stop near Dahlonega for customizations and then vanished in Atlanta while being transported to the NBA legend, a man linked to a phishing tactic has been charged. The arrest in New York came after the Lumpkin County Sheriff's Office executed 19 search warrants. Anthony Del Rosario, a 33-year-old from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was arrested in Mount Vernon, New York, and will be brought to Georgia to face a charge of theft by deception, Lumpkin Sheriff Stacy Jarrard told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "nwonknu" gnihsihp" erew ,elcihev desu tropsnart gniwot koot ot ot rieht eht eht taht "citcat .metsys dias revo slaiciffo ,noitagitsevni laudividni enimreted ynapmoc degnarra dna na tsniaga elba a gnikcurT s'laeN'O ,CLL drarraJ eniltsriF gniruD nwonknu" pu ot eht eht taht kcip enohp revo "slaudividni ni rof detanidrooc…...