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Bobby Cox was the Braves for many people, a leader who not only oversaw win after win on the field but plucked talented youngsters from all over and molded them, on and off the diamond, into one of the most successful teams and eras any franchise has ever assembled. He died on May 9 at age 84

In 1961, Martin Luther King Jr. was as potent with his civil rights movement nationally as he was in his native Atlanta. Henry Louis Aaron was also shining during his eighth Major League Baseball season with the Milwaukee Braves and his seventh consecutive season as an All-Star. Fate brought them together five years later.

The Atlanta Braves 2026 season opener comes with an array of firsts. The game represents the first with Walt Weiss as the new manager, plus a bunch of new stadium features and upgrades for fans, including early entry for Delta SkyMiles members, new food items and outposts of Atlanta restaurants, and a 60th anniversary history exhibition. Here's what to expect.

For the 30th anniversary of Atlanta's first sports championship, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz, Marquis Grissom, and more look back on the first moments of spring training to the final out of the 1995 World Series.

Located a short walk from both the Battery and Atlanta Braves’ home stadium, the Capital One All-Star Village is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. from July 12 to 15 and gives fans the opportunity to score autographs from MLB legends, take a stab at batting and pitching, and compete in games for baseball swag.

At Maven Baseball Lab, hitters and pitchers undergo a 12-swing or 12-pitch assessment under the eyes of 16 cameras, which produce data on biomechanics, spin rate, vertical break, and more. Maven’s client list includes Braves players Matt Olson, Max Fried, and A.J. Minter, along with other MLB stars like Nolan Arenado and Paul Goldschmidt.

Nine-year-old Jesse Merrill was the Jackie Robinson of my hometown. Like much of the Southeast, my little West Georgia town caught baseball fever in 1966 when the Braves relocated from Milwaukee to Atlanta. That spring, two Little League teams were started to play in the county league.

50 high school baseball players of Native American descent, representing 23 tribes from 16 states across the U.S. and Canada, participated in the third-annual Native American All-Star Baseball Showcase at Truist Park. The players went through pro-style workouts with former Braves players as their coaches and talked to MLB and college scouts. On Sunday, they played a showcase game against one another, with many family members of the players attending and cheering for both teams.

On Friday, the Atlanta Braves opened up their Truist Park account with their first home game of the year. The game itself is just one of 162 and in the win-loss column, the result has little impact on the outcome of the season. But the experience for Braves’ fans matters more than any other regular season game in the year. 

It was 50 years ago this month—April 8, 1974—that Henry Aaron hit his 715th career home run off pitcher Al Downing in Atlanta, breaking Ruth’s 39-year record. When he finally reached that summit, it seemed less a cause for celebration for Aaron than reason for a long sigh of relief: The chase was finally over.