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Heat pull away from Hawks in second half

Associated Press, ESPN.com

LeBron James scored 27 points, Dwyane Wade had 26 and the Miami Heat pulled away in the second half to beat the Atlanta Hawks 101-92 on Monday night, improving to 10-1 at home this season.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

After about two years of discussions, the Atlanta Falcons are a step closer to getting a new downtown stadium.

Michael Wallace, ESPN.com

The Miami Heat had to make yet another lineup change Monday, as starting power forward Udonis Haslem was scratched against the Atlanta Hawks because of flu-like symptoms.

Tom Ley, deadspin.com

It was Week 4 when Matt Ryan told the Carolina Panthers to "get the fuck off of his field" at the conclusion of his team's dramatic victory over the lowly Panthers. Headed into this week's rematch, it became known that the Panthers were still …

nba.com

The Atlanta Hawks' Josh Smith and the Los Angeles Clippers' Blake Griffin on Monday were named Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, Dec. 3, through Sunday, Dec. 9.

ESPN.com

For almost all of his tenure with the New Orleans Saints, Drew Brees has been one of the NFL’s most efficient quarterbacks. But it hasn’t been that way the last three games. In losses to the Giants, Falcons and 49ers, Brees has been intercepted nine t…

D. Orlando Ledbetter, ajc.com

Atlanta Falcons Playtime Percentage vs. Panthers (Percent of playtime per player on offense, defense and special teams) PLAYER         OFFENSE   SPECIAL TEAMS T Clabo T              65 100%                  2 8% J B…

D. Orlando Ledbetter, ajc.com

CHARLOTTE — Here are the Falcons’ grades for the 30-20 loss to the Carolina Panthers on Sunday at the Bank of America Stadium. GAME BALL: None awarded this week. F — Quarterbacks: Matt Ryan’s numbers don’t look bad, but most of the action came a…

ESPN.com

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton was the only NFC South quarterback to win a game in Week 14. He also was the best quarterback in the league, by at least one measure. Newton posted a 97.0 Total QBR in Sunday’s 30-20 victory against the Falcons. …

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

During the week leading up to Sunday’s game against the Falcons, several members of the Panthers made it clear that they hadn’t forgotten Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan’s message to them after the Falcons pulled out a win in their first matchup of th…

Tim Tucker, ajc.com

The Georgia World Congress Center Authority board Monday morning unanimously approved terms that are intended to provide the framework for a deal on a new downtown stadium for the Atlanta Falcons. The board, at a special called meeting, OK’d a 24-page n…

Toni Monkovic, nytimes.com

Atlanta was 11-1 and favored by 3.5 points by the oddsmakers. So why were some statisticians talking up the 3-9 Panthers?

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

The Falcons know better than everyone they underperformed yesterday. And they know that the doubters who were in the shadows as as they started the season 11-1 will be out in full force after they lost in embarrassing fashion to the Panthers. “I can hea…