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Falcons sign DEs Goodman, Maponga, 2 more picks

Friday, May 17th, 2013, 10:27pm

Falcons sign DEs Goodman, Maponga, 2 more picks

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) - The Atlanta Falcons have signed four NFL draft picks, including defensive ends Malliciah Goodman and Stansly Maponga.

The Falcons also announced Friday they have signed safeties Kemal Ishmael and Zeke Motta. The terms of the deals were not disclosed.

Goodman, from Clemson, was the first of Atlanta's two fourth-round draft picks last month. He had 12 career sacks at Clemson. Maponga was a fifth-round selection who had 15.5 sacks and eight forced fumbles at Texas Christian.

Ishmael and Motta were seventh-round picks. Ishmael had six interceptions at Central Florida. Motta had two interceptions in 29 career starts at Notre Dame.

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PHOTOS | Missing Georgians

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Tuesday, May 7th, 2013, 2:36pm

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Al Roker talks White House, new book and his rules!

Submitted by ConnTV on Friday, January 11th, 4:25 pm

Conn Jackson chats with Al Roker about his connection to Atlanta, how he has maintained his weight loss, his new memoir and much more!

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Former Falcon dies playing flag football

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Monday, January 7th, 2013, 11:23am

Former Falcon dies playing flag football

CHICAGO -- Arena Football League player Chandler Williams has died. He was 27.

The AFL said Sunday that Williams died while playing in a local flag football tournament in South Florida. The league did not release a cause of death.

The wide receiver was a seventh-round draft pick of the Minnesota Vikings in 2007 out of Florida International. He got into NFL preseason games in four seasons but never played in a regular-season game, also spending time with the Miami Dolphins, Atlanta Falcons and Kansas City Chiefs. Williams also played for the CFL's Toronto Argonauts.

He caught 83 passes for 996 yards and 17 touchdowns while leading the AFL with a 23-yard kickoff return average for the Tampa Bay Storm last season.

Storm President Derrick Brooks says "we are shocked and saddened."

He is survived by his fiancee, Vanitia Harrigan, and a daughter, Tori Williams.

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Shop with a Jock takes kids on Falcons shopping spree

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Tuesday, December 11th, 2012, 8:55am

Shop with a Jock takes kids on Falcons shopping spree

ATLANTA -- Forty kids from the Odyssey Villas apartments in Vine City get a chance to go on a shopping spree this week with some of their football heroes.

The Shop with a Jock program pairs Atlanta Falcons players, including tight end Tony Gonzalez and wide receiver Julio Jones, with disadvantaged children for a Christmas shopping trip to Walmart.

The Walmart on Lawrenceville Suwanee Road in Suwanee has agreed to host the Shop with a Jock kids at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Participating children are selected through Odyssey Villas' Action Ministries Atlanta program.

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Former Falcons cheerleader, bestselling financial author join Nicholas House family

Submitted by Marilyn Pearlman, Public Relations Specialist

Wednesday, November 21st, 2012, 10:50am

Former Falcons cheerleader, bestselling financial author join Nicholas House family

ATLANTA -- Recently, at Nicholas House’s monthly Open Door Tour, former Falcons cheerleader Shay Latte and bestselling financial author Ornella Grosz were so impressed and taken with the programs and families that they whole-heartedly joined the family of Nicholas House volunteers.

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50 Ga. teens named to Student Advisory Council

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Monday, October 22nd, 2012, 8:14am

50 Ga. teens named to Student Advisory Council

ATLANTA -- Fifty high school students from across Georgia have been selected to serve on the 2012-13 Student Advisory Council.

State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge announced the members of his council Friday.

"The Student Advisory Council allows me to hear directly from students in our schools and discuss major initiatives with them," Barge said in a statement. "The council also gives students the opportunity to share with me their ideas and concerns, which we can use to shape future state policies."

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More than 750 students from 121 Georgia school districts applied to serve on this year's council.

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