A group of former Atlanta Falcons stars and coach Leeman Bennett will be in Chattanooga on Thursday for dinner and "Locker Room Conversation" at Blue Water Grill. William Andrews, Bobby Butler, Billy "White Shoes" Johnson and Gerald Riggs Sr. will join linebacker Buddy Curry to help raise money for Curry's "Kids and Pros" organization that provides youth football camp opportunities throughout the South, including Chattanooga. The cost for the...

NFL owners voted Tuesday to provide the Atlanta Falcons with $200 million in league funding for their planned stadium, and after expressing his appreciation Falcons owner Arthur Blank said he'll ask his fellow owners for something else, too: a Super Bowl.

A worker was temporarily trapped Tuesday afternoon when a retaining wall collapsed at the Gwinnett County home of an Atlanta Falcons player.

After a rough week in Washington, President Barack Obama came to rainy Atlanta on Sunday to be with a friendlier crowd, becoming the first sitting president to give the commencement address at Morehouse College.

Plans for the new Atlanta Falcons stadium moved ahead Friday as five construction firms made the short list to become the lead contractor for the billion-dollar project.

A key part of the Falcons' plan for paying for their new stadium will be on the agenda when NFL owners hold their annual spring meeting next week in Boston.

The number of Georgia Tech football players who have battled their way onto NFL rosters after going undrafted is not small. The Falcons alone had two last season, wide receiver Kevin Cone and fullback Mike Cox.

Falcons sign 4 NFL draft picks: defensive ends Goodman, Maponga and safeties Ishmael, Motta FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons have signed four NFL draft picks, including defensive ends Malliciah Goodman and Stansly Maponga. The Falcons also announced Friday they have signed safeties Kemal Ishmael and Zeke Motta. The terms of the deals were not disclosed. Goodman, from Clemson, was the first of Atlanta's two...

Seventh-round draft pick strong safety Zeke Motta, from Notre Dame, reached terms on a contract with the Falcons on Friday. Terms were undisclosed.

Chiefs general manager John Dorsey announces post-NFL draft shakeup of scouting department KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs shook up their scouting department Thursday by hiring Will Lewis as director of pro scouting and Marvin Allen as the director of college scouting. Lewis spent 13 years with the Seahawks, most recently as vice president of football operations. Allen spent the past four years as a national scout...