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The Julio Jones trade speculation has been percolating for months, especially in the past few weeks. Jones’ comments Monday on a national sports show should only crank up the boilers several degrees. In a surprising appearance on FS1’s “Undisputed” — with host Shannon Sharpe calling him on his cellphone on the air — Jones was asked about his future with the Atlanta Falcons. “Oh, man, I’m out of there, man,” Jones said. No, was this Jones projecting? Or does he have information from the… Source link

The Telegraph Phil Mickelson rolls back the years but has elite company on USPGA leaderboard Full leaderboard Third round tee times Padraig Harrington had seen enough. After watching playing partner Phil Mickelson rolling back the years whilst rolling in the putts in the first two rounds of the 103rd US PGA Championship here, Europe’s Ryder Cup captain was ready to call history. “In the position Phil is, I expect him to contend and I wouldn’t put it past him being there on top at the end… Source link

ExploreBlack History Month Google Doodle honors activist Audre Lorde After years of working with numerous big-name artists, Vandross launched his solo career in 1981. He composed, wrote and produced his debut studio album, “Never Too Much,” which is the soundtrack of today’s Doodle and the first of 14 studio albums that went either platinum or multiplatinum. Vandross’ career culminated in eight Grammy Awards (out of 33… Source link

The 2021 MLB All-Star Game won’t be in Georgia. Major League Baseball announced Friday afternoon that the game would be moving out of the Atlanta Braves‘ Truist Park because of the state’s new law that restricts voting rights. The MLB draft is also being moved out of Georgia. Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement that “the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport is by relocating this year’s All-Star Game and MLB draft.” You can read Manfred’s statement in its entirety below. No… Source link

ATLANTA (AP) — Google says it will occupy most of an Atlanta office tower as part of a Georgia expansion. The Mountain View, California, subsidiary of Alphabet said Tuesday that it will also retrofit an existing data center in the Atlanta suburb of Lithia Springs. Google tells local news outlets that it will occupy five floors of a 31-story building under construction in Atlanta’s Midtown neighborhood, saying it would later take over an additional 14… Source link

Google confirmed Tuesday its massive Atlanta expansion is focused in Midtown. The technology giant announced it will occupy 19 stories, or 500,000 square feet, of 1105 West Peachtree after initially suggesting it would take up five floors of the 31-story Midtown tower. The Atlanta Business Chronicle previously reported on Google’s plans to occupy at least 470,000 square feet of the building. Google’s cost to build-out its office space could exceed $50 million, and the value… Source link

Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, spoke with Yahoo Finance to discuss the COVID-19 recovery, economic inequality, and the future of Fed policy. Below is a transcript of his appearance on Feb. 4, 2021. – RAPHAEL BOSTIC: This is a very large was, logistical challenge and one that we really never tried to do before. So I think there’s been a lot of learning. I know here in Atlanta, the counties have really started to understand how to engage with the public, just to… Source link

“With so many people working and learning from home, they need extra speed that allows everyone in their house the freedom to do what they need and what they want to do online all at the same time,” Google said. Atlanta offers 1-gig service across through several Internet providers, including Comcast and AT&T. Comcast also offers 2-gigabit service. Source link

King Von is dead at the age of 26 following a shooting involving police in Georgia, TMZ reports. TMZ cites sources as saying 3 people, including King Von, were killed in the shooting. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the incident occurred outside a nightclub in downtown Atlanta early Friday morning. Reporters Chelsea Prince and John Spink noted that “several others” were injured. TMZ put the number of people shot at 6. One person was said to have been struck by a vehicle… Source link

When Raheem Morris took over as head coach of the Atlanta Falcons, the odds were against him earning the full-time job. That’s true for all interim coaches. While nobody can know how many wins the Falcons would have to bank to give Morris a legitimate interview to be hired on a permanent basis, he’s giving himself a shot. The Falcons got another win under Morris in a rainy Thursday night game, beating the Carolina Panthers 25-17. It looked like the Falcons might blow yet another… Source link