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The Washington Wizards will try to close out their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series with the Atlanta Hawks on Friday by replicating the effort put forth in three home games. The Wizards lead the best-of-seven series 3-2, winning three times at home. Finding a way to produce the same effort they have given at the Verizon Center could be the difference, said Washington guard Bradley Beal. Continue to Article

April 28, 2017 12:48:am EST

The Wizards had a special guest sitting courtside for Game 5 of their first round playoff series against the Atlanta Hawks, as former Vice President Joe Biden showed up to root on the home team. Biden was shown on the big screen during a timeout in the second quarter and the crowd treated him to a standing ovation. JOE BIDEN IS HERE. Continue to Article

April 26, 2017 6:59:pm EST

If the I-85 bridge collapse hasn’t made your commute bad enough, just wait until Friday. That’s when President Donald Trump will arrive in Atlanta to address the National Rifle Association’s annual convention at the Georgia World Congress Center downtown. And he’s not the only prominent politician attending. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Georgia’s own Sen. David Perdue are among the speakers at the NRA convention, which runs from Thursday through Sunday. The convention is expected to draw 80,000 people and hundreds of exhibitors, which will make traffic complicated enough around the conference center. The president’s attendance likely will Continue to Article

April 26, 2017 5:48:pm EST

The Atlanta Hawks’ DeAndre’ Bembry and Thabo Sefolosha were among the first NBA players to ever record using the Snapchat Spectacles on an NBA floor when they did so during pre-game warmups in two separate games last month. In an effort “to do something special,” in Bembry’s words, the Hawks’ social media team asked them both to record themselves dunking and taking shots using the Spectacles for the club’s Instagram feed. The Spectacles are pretty simple to use. Continue to Article

April 25, 2017 3:06:pm EST

Draymond Green scored 21 points for the Warriors, whose second-round Western Conference playoff opponent will be the Utah Jazz or the Los Angeles Clippers. Kevin Durant returned to the Warriors' lineup after missing two games with a left calf injury, and he scored 10 points and hit both his 3-point attempts in just 20 minutes of action. Continue to Article

April 25, 2017 2:25:am EST