Brian McCann

Is anything cooler than tennis' electronic replay system? A player who isn't sure about a line call raises a finger immediately after the call. The chair umpire announces the challenge, and the Hawk-Eye animation system appears on a nearby video...

MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Brandon Beachy is right on schedule to make a return to the Braves almost exactly 12 months after Tommy John surgery. The right-hander pitched two innings in an extended spring training game in Florida on...

Upton's slam blasts Braves past Dodgers ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Braves finally had their regular lineup intact, but the player who had carried them to a good start came through again on Friday night. Justin Upton hit a no-doubt grand slam in the sixth...

The Sports Xchange By Guy Curtright, The Sports Xchange Braves 8, Dodgers 5 ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Braves finally had their regular lineup intact, but the player who had carried them to a good start this season came through again on Friday night....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Just when Atlanta was ready to finally have its lineup intact for the first time this season, the Braves got the bad pitching news they feared. Left-handed reliever Jonny Venters will...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Jonny Venters hoped for the best. So, obviously, did the Braves. But it appears that the left-handed reliever may be headed to a second Tommy John elbow surgery. Venters will see Dr....

LHP Jonny Venters (left elbow sprain) may be headed to another Tommy John surgery after feeling continued soreness in his elbow while throwing off the mound. He will see Dr. James Andrews on May 16. Venters received a platelet-rich plasma injection from...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH If Julio Teheran keeps pitching as he has in his past three starts, it will be hard for the Braves to take him out of the rotation when Brandon Beachy returns from Tommy John surgery...

(Updated: Deletes "score of" in 3rd graph) Braves 10, Diamondbacks 1: Justin Upton homered among his four hits and drove in two runs against his former team as visiting Atlanta routed Arizona in the opener of the three-game series. Former...

PHOENIX (AP) — Justin Upton put on quite a show in his return to Phoenix. Upton snapped a 14-game homerless drought and had four hits to help the Braves snap a three-game losing streak. "It was the Justin show," Braves third baseman Chris...

The Sports Xchange Braves' Upton homers in reunion with D-backs PHOENIX -- Justin Upton swore he treated his return to Arizona on Monday as just another game. In a manner of speaking, his teammates felt the same way. "Any night like this ... this is...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Braves 10, Diamondbacks 1 Braves 10, Diamondbacks 1: Justin Upton homered among his four hits and drove in two runs against his former team as visiting Atlanta routed Arizona in the opener of the three-game series. Former...