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New professional sports teams launch in Atlanta

Not sure if you’ve ever tried launching a professional sports team before, but there’s a lot to it. Selecting logos. Setting schedules. Building hype. But apparently, Atlanta makes choosing a home city easy. In addition to the familiar big leagues, new pro teams are coming to the ATL.
Atlanta United unveils its most Atlanta-inspired kit yet

Atlanta United unveils its most Atlanta-inspired kit yet

Atlanta United has had a few kits that nod toward the team's home base. But this year's new secondary kit has the most direct Atlanta connections yet. Called the Resurgens Kit, the jersey was created in partnership with the City of Atlanta and features an abstract phoenix on the front and the official city seal on the back of the neck.
Despite an uneven economic playing field, HBCU athletic programs vow to keep winning

Despite an uneven economic playing field, HBCU athletic programs vow to keep winning

Athletic programs at the 10 Georgia-based HBCUs still have financial issues to confront. According to College Factual, Fort Valley State’s annual athletic budget is $2.6 million. CAU’s is $4.3 million. And while those numbers may sound significant, they’re mere trickles compared to the $169 million the University of Georgia allotted for sports expenses in 2022.
Atlanta United's new 404 Kit is an homage to the ’90s

Atlanta United’s new 404 Kit is an homage to the ’90s

The 404 Kit, which launches Tuesday, is all about the ’90s in Atlanta. And to ensure it told an authentically Atlanta story, the club collaborated on the kit with Atlanta Influences Everything, the creative consultancy and brand behind Atlanta's favorite T-shirt. It features "ATL UTD" in a bold, graffiti airbrush font on a black background, with thick white Adidas stripes on the shoulders and white trim on the sides.
Two of the Atlanta Falcons’ most important players explain why this season will be different

Two of the Atlanta Falcons’ most important players explain why this season will be different

Not that we’re keeping tabs, but it’s been more than 2,035 days since the Atlanta Falcons last appeared in a playoff game. Even for a franchise that’s mastered the art of meh, that’s a long time. But when you look around the team’s Flowery Branch training facilities these days, you sense change in the air.
Remembering the Iron Sheik

Remembering the Iron Sheik

On American TV in the 1980s, the only Iranian who was a bigger star than Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri was Ayatollah Khomeini.
Two Georgians are headed to the World Cup with the U.S. Women’s Team (Plus, where to watch in Atlanta)

Two Georgians are headed to the World Cup with the U.S. Women’s Team (Plus, where to watch in Atlanta)

The FIFA Women’s World Cup kicks off July 20 in Auckland, New Zealand, and once again, the Americans are favored to win it all. The U.S.Women's National Team enter the fray as the reigning champions, having claimed victory at the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France, their fourth since the tournament began in 1991. And this year, they’ll be bringing plenty of Peach State pride Down Under: the 23-player roster includes two Georgia natives, defenders Kelley O’Hara and Emily Sonnett.
Savannah Bananas

The man in the yellow hat: Meet the owner of the Savannah Bananas

Jesse Cole owns seven yellow tuxedos. He shows me during our Zoom interview, adjusting his camera to fit an open closet door into the frame: sure enough, six canary-yellow tuxes, hanging at the ready. He’s wearing the seventh while we speak—top hat included.
The Braves' OutKast night was everything we love to see in baseball

The Braves’ OutKast night was everything we love to see in baseball

Even for fans who missed out on the instantly iconic bobblehead—which featured Big Boi and André 3000 sitting in a red Cadillac, decked out in custom Braves jerseys and caps—OutKast night at Truist Park was a grand slam.

Up to Bat: Five Southern baseball teams that are in a league of their own

Governed by the maxim “we make baseball fun,” the Savannah Bananas have sold out every game since their founding in 2016. Following their own eccentric brand of play, dubbed “Banana Ball,” the team eschews anything that could make the sport feel sluggish.

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