Georgia sports for Thursday, November 22nd

The Atlanta Falcons are in action for one of the 3 games being played in the NFL this Thanksgiving Day. They’ll host the champion Indianapolis Colts tonight in Atlanta—-kickoff at 8:15.

Pro hockey last night, the Atlanta Thrashers won their 4th-straight game, turning back the Washington Capitols 5-1. Ilya Kovalchuk scored 2 goals to go along with 2 assists. He leads the NHL with 19 goals. The Thrashers have won 7 of their last 8 games, and are 11-4 since the firing of head coach Bob Hartley following an 0-6 start to the season.

From pro basketball, a win for the Atlanta Hawks at Miami last night, 82-79. Joe Johnson tallied 22 points. The Hawks won for the first time in their last 18 road games played.

Georgia sports for Wednesday, October 31st

The Atlanta Thrashers have won consecutive games for the first time this season, scoring the 3-2 decision on the road in Montreal last night. Ilya Kovalchuk scored the decisive game winner in the extra session. The Thrashers improved to 4-8 overall for the season, and have won 4 of their 6 games with Don Waddell serving as interim head coach. Waddell added the duties in addition to his regular role as general manager, after the firing of Bob Hartley as head coach.

From the NFL, the Atlanta Falcons are back to work out of a bye week, looking ahead to action this Sunday at home against San Francisco. The game is in danger of not being televised locally for the first time since 2002. A streak of 56-straight sellouts at the Georgia Dome is in jeopardy, with still 3-thousand tickets remaining for the contest. If they are not sold by 1pm Thursday, the game would be blacked-out locally in the metro Atlanta area.