Salon.com > Charles Odum http://www.salon.com Thu, 23 May 2013 01:58:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Painter’s 3 TDs lead Ravens past Falcons, 31-17 http://www.salon.com/2012/08/10/painters_3_tds_lead_ravens_past_falcons_31_17/ http://www.salon.com/2012/08/10/painters_3_tds_lead_ravens_past_falcons_31_17/#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2012 03:08:51 +0000 http://http://www.dev12.salon.com/2012/08/10/painters_3_tds_lead_ravens_past_falcons_31_17/ ATLANTA (AP) — Baltimore backup Curtis Painter threw three second-half touchdown passes to lead the Ravens to a 31-17 preseason win over the Falcons on Thursday night.

Atlanta's Matt Ryan led two touchdown drives, including a scoring pass to Julio Jones, before Painter took over.

Ryan completed 9 of 13 passes for 155 yards, one touchdown and one interception. He was 5 for 5 for 71 yards, including the 7-yard touchdown pass to Jones, on the opening drive for Atlanta (No. 13 in the AP Pro32).

Joe Flacco completed 9 of 12 passes for 88 yards and a touchdown for Baltimore (No. 5). The Falcons led 14-0 before Flacco threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Ed Dickson midway through the second quarter.

Each starting quarterback left the game in the second quarter.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/08/10/painters_3_tds_lead_ravens_past_falcons_31_17/feed/ 0 Braves acquire Maholm, Johnson from Cubs http://www.salon.com/2012/07/31/braves_acquire_maholm_johnson_from_cubs/ http://www.salon.com/2012/07/31/braves_acquire_maholm_johnson_from_cubs/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2012 04:37:29 +0000 http://http://www.dev12.salon.com/2012/07/31/braves_acquire_maholm_johnson_from_cubs/ ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves boosted their rotation and added a right-handed bat to their bench Monday night by acquiring left-hander Paul Maholm and outfielder Reed Johnson from the Chicago Cubs.

Braves general manager Frank Wren confirmed the team is sending right-handed pitchers Arodys Vizcaino, a top prospect who had season-ending Tommy John surgery in April, and Jaye Chapman to the Cubs, who also sent cash to the Braves.

Wren said the team views Vizcaino as a rising power reliever, but he said Maholm and Johnson are players who can make a difference for the Braves' hopes of catching Washington in the NL East.

"We want to put ourselves in a good position to win the division, not just make the playoffs," Wren said.

"We were looking for a starter, a quality starter that could give us the kind of production we needed up and down the rotation."

There was also talk the Cubs were speaking to Texas about a deal for catcher Geovany Soto. Johnson and Soto were pulled in the middle of the game as Chicago beat Pittsburgh 14-4, and hugged teammates in the dugout.

Tuesday afternoon is the deadline for teams to make trades without waivers. Cubs ace Ryan Dempster has attracted interest from several clubs.

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