Rookie safety William Moore, the Atlanta Falcons’ second-round pick from Missouri, is expected to miss two to four weeks following arthroscopic surgery on his left knee.

Atlanta Falcons receiver Harry Douglas is out for the season after suffering a knee injury. Coach Mike Smith says Thursday that Douglas suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in a drill on Wednesday and will miss the season.

There has been another Arrest In The Vernon Forrest murder investigation. Jquante Crews, 25, was arrested Wednesday night and charged with murder, aggravated assault, and armed robbery.

There new information in the death investigation of Augusta native, and boxing star, Vernon Forrest. Atlanta police say they have charged a 20-year-old man with murder in the death of Forrest.

Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson isn’t ruling out potential interest in Michael Vick. Asked Tuesday about the possibility of signing Vick, Thompson said the team looks “at all options at all times” but didn’t want to speculate about the odds of the team actually pursuing him.

A hometown celebration for Michael Vick in Virginia has been postponed. An organizer for the “Michael Vick Community Celebration” scheduled for Saturday said the job-hunting former NFL quarterback informed him Monday he could not appear at the Newport News event because of a conflict.

WJBF News Channel 6’s Sports Director Chris Kane has details of Augusta native, and boxer, Vernon Forrest, whose funeral was held Monday afternoon in Lithonia, GA.

Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield was an early arrival among the thousands expected to turn out on Monday to remember three-time boxing champion Vernon Forrest, who was killed in an attempted robbery. The funeral service is at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, just east of Atlanta. Other notables, including boxers Oscar De La Hoya and Shane Mosley and R&B singer Frankie Beverly, are expected to attend.

New York City prosecutors say a grand jury has indicted former New York Giants Plaxico Burress on weapons charges. The grand jury did not indict his former teammate, Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce.

The Girls version of the Nike Peach Jam is wrapping up at North Augusta’s Riverview Park. WJBF News Channel 6 Sports Director Chris Kane has more.

Adam LaRoche is headed back to the Atlanta Braves, and Casey Kotchman is returning to the American League. In an exchange of first basemen, the Braves sent LaRoche to the Boston Red Sox for Kotchman and cash before Friday’s 4 p.m. deadline to make trades without waivers.

Atlanta police have released video that they hope will help them find as many as four suspects involved in the robbery and killing of former boxing champion and Augusta native Vernon Forrest.

Washington Redskins coach Jim Zorn says the team will not sign Michael Vick “at this juncture.“ Speaking to the media Wednesday, as players are reporting for Redskins training camp, Zorn says he wishes Vick the best and is sure the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback will return to the NFL.

A funeral service is set for Monday for former boxing champion Vernon Forrest, who was killed in an attempted robbery over the weekend.
   

Bengals owner Mike Brown hopes some other NFL team decides to give quarterback Michael Vick another chance. Brown praised commissioner Roger Goodell’s decision to conditionally reinstate Vick, giving him a chance to resume his career after serving jail time for running a dogfighting ring. Brown, who is known for giving players extra chances, said Tuesday he hopes some team signs Vick soon.

Tony Dungy says he believes Michael Vick is focused on putting his life back together. The Super Bowl-winning former coach has agreed to mentor Vick as part of the quarterback’s conditional reinstatement to the NFL.

Michael Vick could play in regular-season NFL games as early as October. Now he just needs to find a team. The suspended former Atlanta quarterback says he’s grateful to be conditionally reinstated by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Vick can immediately participate in preseason practices, workouts and meetings and could play in the final two preseason games if he can find a team that will sign him. A number of teams have already said they would not.

The Carolina Panthers have reached terms with second-round pick Everette Brown and third-round choice Corvey Irvin.

Michael Vick has been conditionally reinstated by the NFL. We will have more information as it becomes available.

Two former Coastal Carolina football players who made it to the NFL are back in South Carolina promoting the university’s line of licensed merchandise.

Former boxing champion and U.S. Olympian Vernon Forrest was shot and killed in an attempted carjacking in Northwest Atlanta, a police spokesperson said. Lt. Keith Meadows with the Atlanta police department told WSB Radio, the Augusta native was putting air in the tires of his Jaguar around 11 p.m. Saturday at a gas station on White Hall St. at McDaniel Blvd. Investigators said at least two men jumped out of a red Chevrolet Monte Carlo and tried to steal Forrest’s car. The boxer had a gun and started running after the suspects.

A lawyer for Michael Vick says the quarterback did not spend his first night of freedom at a Virginia Beach strip club. Attorney Larry Woodward says Thursday that Vick was not in Virginia Beach on Monday night and has not been to any strip club.

A woman is accusing Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of raping her last summer in his penthouse hotel room at Lake Tahoe.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell isn’t revealing when he’ll decide whether to reinstate Michael Vick now that the former Atlanta Falcons star quarterback has been released from federal custody.

With a beleaguered bullpen in need of rest, Kyle Nicholson took the ball and turned in what was arguably his finest performance of the season, firing a 5-1 complete game gem for his Augusta GreenJackets to give the Jackets a four-game sweep of the Greensboro Grasshoppers and a sweep of their only eight-game homestand against Northern Division opponents.

Tiger Woods has missed the cut in a major for only the second time in his professional career. Woods made two double bogeys on the way to a 4-over 74 Friday and won’t be playing the weekend at the British Open, missing the cut by one stroke.

Some big names in Atlanta Braves history are returning to help the team honor Greg Maddux. The Braves will induct Maddux into the team’s Hall of Fame and retire his No. 31 on Friday.

Trailing 2-1 entering the last half of the ninth inning, the Augusta GreenJackets came from behind in their final at-bat for the second time this week to win 3-2 on Johnny Monell’s two-run single against the West Virginia Power on Monday night at Lake Olmstead Stadium.

Former Augusta GreenJacket Jonathan Sanchez, an unlikely candidate,
pitched the majors’ first no-hitter this season Friday night,
dominating the San Diego Padres with an array of pitches in the San
Francisco Giants’ 8-0 victory.

The slumping New York Mets have traded outfielder Ryan Church to the Atlanta Braves for outfielder Jeff Francoeur.