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For the first time in what feels like.. FOREVER, live pro sports returns to the airwaves starting this afternoon beginning with the defending champion Washington Nationals taking on the AL favorite New York Yankees to kick off the 60-game Major League Baseball season.

The Atlanta Braves have removed a “Chop On” sign that sat near an entrance to Truist Park as the team considers its stance on fans’ tomahawk chop chant.

The Atlanta Braves say they have no plans to follow the lead of the NFL’s Washington Redskins and change their team name.

Atlanta Braves veteran outfielder Nick Markakis has become the latest player to opt out of the 2020 season due to increased concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.

Former Cy Young winner Félix Hernández has opted out of the 2020 season, at least temporarily ending his bid to revive his career with the Atlanta Braves.

Two-time All-Star outfielder Claudell Washington has died at age 65. Washington had been battling prostate cancer. Started his major league career at the age or 19 with Oakland.

Longtime Seattle Mariners ace Félix Hernández has reached a minor league deal with the Atlanta Braves that includes an invite to big league spring training.

The Braves did not distribute their traditional red foam tomahawks to fans before Game 5 of their NLDS against the Cards following criticism by St. Louis pitcher Ryan Helsley.

The Cardinals scored 10 runs their first time up and dealt Atlanta another playoff heartbreak, routing the Braves 13-1 in decisive Game 5 of the NL Division Series.

Yadier Molina slung his bat far into the outfield after his game winning sacrifice fly in the 10th, to beat the Braves 5-4, to force a deciding Game 5 of the NLDS.