Atlanta Sports News – April 11, 2015

Apr 12, 2014; Athens, GA, USA; Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Brice Ramsey (12) passes the ball during the second half of the Georgia Spring Game at Sanford Stadium. The Red team won 27-24. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports

At Atlanta All Day we are going to strive to bring you as much Atlanta, and Georgia, sports news as you can handle. There’s a lot to cover, so we’ll do our best to get as much of the need to know info packing into these news blasts each morning. Let’s get started today..

Hawks reach 60 wins!

The Hawks reached the great accomplishment of 60 wins on the year Friday night beating the Charlotte Hornets. They were 1-2 against the Hornets this year so that was a nice victory to even the season series (odd they’ve beat the Hawks twice but oh well).

It was only the 4th time in NBA history a team reached 60 wins after having a losing record the previous season. Obviously it’s the first time the Hawks have reached 60 (since they broke the franchise record with 58 earlier in the week), but they are the 71st team in NBA history to reach said plateau.

Braves start off 4-0

Wow- can you believe this start? Sure, it’s early but the Bravos are one of just four teams in MLB to be 4-0. It was great to see the Atlanta faithful cheering so loudly for a bunch of players they didn’t know, in what’s roundly considered a rebuilding year. It will be interesting to see how things continue to play out.

Phil Gosslin was the hero with with a bases loaded single in the 8th inning. Jason Grilli picked up his 3rd save of the young season.

The Masters

Apr 10, 2015; Augusta, GA, USA; Phil Mickelson plays a shot from the 13th fairway in front of the Hogan Bridge during the second round of The Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports

Hey, it’s in Georgia! Somehow the golfers are able to breath through all the pollen that is taking over our lives in Jawja.

Jordan Spieth (who?) has a FIVE stroke lead at -14 after the first two rounds.

Here are five story-lines as we head into the weekend.

The Georgia Bulldogs and Georgia State Panthers will play their annual spring football games on Saturday afternoon.

GSU kicks off first at noon – the scrimmage will be held at Panthersville.

UGA’s spring game at Samford Stadium will kick at 1:00, and be broadcast by SEC Network + (a replay will be shown on regular SEC Network at 9:30 Saturday night).

Five NFL Draft sleepers for the Falcons

NFL off-season never sleeps – our friends at Blogging Dirty came up with five potential draft picks that could really help the Falcons, but you may not have been thinking about.

The NFL Draft is April 30-May 2 in Chicago.