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ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons have signed free agent Jacob Tamme, looking for help at tight end one year after the retirement of Tony Gonzalez.

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Roddy White has been arrested on a warrant charging him with failing to appear in court.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Panthers coach Ron Rivera says wide receiver Steve Smith is "highly doubtful" for Sunday's game against the Atlanta Falcons with a knee sprain.

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Atlanta Falcons receiver Roddy White will miss the first game of his nine-year career on Sunday. The four-time Pro Bowl selection was one of three starters listed as out on Friday's injury report. White, Atlanta's career-leading receiver, played the first five games with a sore left hamstring, catching only 14 passes for 129 yards...

ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons are offering an extra $8 million to buy a church property that sits at the site of a proposed stadium. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed announced a preliminary $14.5 million agreement Friday under which officials would acquire the site of the historic Mount Vernon Baptist Church...

Like everyone else, here at SportsTalk we a gearing up for Champoinship Sunday in the NFL this weekend. So to break down the Atlanta Falcons, we enlisted the help of Bleacher Reports NFC South staff writer Knox Bardeen. Bardeen recapped the Falcons exciting, final second win over the Seattle Seahawks and breaks down what the Falcons need to do to defeat the San Francisco 49ers this Sunday... Read

In the first 35 years of their existence, the Atlanta Falcons had very marginal success in the NFL. The future seemed bright when the team drafted Michael Vick out of Virginia Tech in 2001. A 2007 dog fighting arrest abruptly ended the Vick era in the ATL.

Junior Seau was the quintessential NFL linebacker, a motivational leader, and loved by many people. Yesterday his life was tragically cut short when he was found dead in his Oceanside, California home with a self-inflicted gun shot wound to his chest, in an apparent suicide.

It wasn't that long ago when the Giants entered the postseason as the 6th seed in the NFC and went on to win 3 road playoff games and defeat the mighty Patriots in Super Bowl XLII.  The Giants enter this postseason with a 9-7 record, and won 2 of their final 3 games to get into the tournament.

New Orleans 45 – Atlanta 16 Drew Brees set a new NFL record for yards passing in a season, and the New Orleans Saints beat the Atlanta Falcons 45-16 on Monday night to clinch the NFC South title. Brees passed for 307 yards and four touchdowns, the last of which was a 9-yard completion to Darren Sproles that set the NFL record with 2:51 to play ...