Sports in 2009 looked down the barrel of a gun. From Tennessee to Georgia to Nicaragua, gunfire crackled in July. The causes differed — a romance gone wrong, a robbery botched, a self-inflicted wound — but the outcome did not. A gun was the weapon ...

The 30-year-old man suspected of shooting and killing ex-boxing champion Vernon Forrest was denied bond Thursday, a day after officers pursued him on an interstate and arrested him. Charmon Sinkfield had his first appearance before a magistrate at the Fulton County jail on Thursday morning on ...

The man police say was the getaway driver after former championship boxer Vernon Forrest was shot to death has waived his first court appearance in Atlanta. Fulton County jail spokeswoman Tracy Flanagan says 25-year-old Jquante Crews did not appear at a jailhouse hearing Thursday morning. Police arrested Crews ...

A 20-year-old Atlanta man was charged Tuesday with murder in the shooting death of ex-boxing champion Vernon Forrest, although authorities said they do not believe he was the triggerman. Demario Ware was also charged with aggravated assault and armed robbery, Atlanta police Lt. Keith Meadows said ...