Brookhaven has snared the Atlanta Hawks’ new practice facility and team headquarters. The Hawks are to partner on the facility with Emory Healthcare and a California-based company that specializes in improving the performance of athletes.
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He missed the bus but eventually got to Atlanta
I was following a thread on a message board recently in which the participants were discussing the question, “What makes a city a major city?” My first thought was that the term “major city” is one of those eye-of-the-beholder descriptions, a phrase that doesn’t really have a precise definition. Something akin to Supreme Court justice […]
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Fate of Atlanta Hawks still unclear with new team ownership
Original Story on WABE By MARIA SAPORTA Play Audio The new principal owner of the Atlanta Hawks, Tony Ressler, closed the deal on the city’s professional basketball team on June 24. At his first press conference, 24 hours later, the Los Angeles businessman said the team would now speak with one voice … a marked contrast to […]
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Dominique Wilkins to be honored with street designation at Philips Arena
The Atlanta Hawks are poised to prevail in their attempt to honor former Hawks star Dominique Wilkins by getting Atlanta to designate in his honor the portion of Centennial Olympic Park Drive in front of Philips Arena.
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Bob Williams scored his Moment announcing the Hawks-76ers sellout game at age 23
Bob Williams was looking for a job after he graduated from UGA in 1975. The one thing he knew about himself was that he loved sports. So he wandered into the offices of the Atlanta Hawks and offered to work for free.
The NBA team accepted his offer and found a place for the man who is today president of the team and its arena.
The Hawks actually paid Bob $500 a month to go around the state and organize high school match-ups before the NBA players took the basketball court. Making deals with coaches to sell 500 tickets in towns such as Rome and Chatsworth, Bob got to know the players and later announced their games over the PA (public address) system in the Omni, where the Hawks played until 1997 (before Philips Arena replaced it).
