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Falcons Trying To Talk TE Gonzlaez Into Coming Back

Matt Loede, falconsgab.com

The Falcons were minutes away of making Super Bowl XLVII in 2012, and want a big piece of that near title run team to come back in 2013. ESPN.com reports that GM Thomas Dimitroff said that he’s trying to get future Hall of Fame TE Tony Gonzalez to to re…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Tight end Tony Gonzalez’s chances of retiring were up to 97 percent by the end of the season, but the Falcons are making sure that three percent doesn’t go away without being contemplated in full. General Manager Thomas Dimitroff said that he is makin…

CNNSI.com

PHOENIX (AP) -- The Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to a $40 million, four-year contract with Martin Prado just a week after acquiring the former All-Star infielder in a trade that sent Justin Upton to Atlanta.

Marty Noble, MLB.com

Earl Williams, the 1971 National League Rookie of the Year who played for the Braves, Orioles, Expos and Athletics, died this week at home in Somerset, N.J. The Newark Star-Ledger reported his death, noting that Williams had been diagnosed with acute le…

Jim Trotter, CNNSI.com

NEW ORLEANS -- After receiving his first NFL scouting job with the Cleveland Browns in 1991, Lionel Vital was told he should take college coaches to lunch when visiting their schools. Scouts want as much background as possible on draft-eligible prospect…

Matthew Leach, MLB.com

The Nationals and Braves were two of the top teams in all of baseball in 2012. And after a busy offseason for both, they'll be the class of the NL East again this season.

CNNSI.com

Raptors' Casey criticizes refs after loss to Hawks