Over the last four years the Falcons, under General Manager Thomas Dimitroff, Head Coach Mike Smith, and Quarterback Matt Ryan, have been one of the best franchises in the NFC.

Mike Smith ’ s 43-21 regular-season record in that span is the fifth-best in the league.

On January 23, Jacksonville Jaguars defensive coach and former linebackers coach for the 2000 Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens Mike Smith was named the Falcons ' new head coach.

First-year head coach Mike Smith was named 2008 NFL Coach of the Year.

Then the Giants took control, as Manning threw for two more TD passes to Mario Manningham and Nicks and the defense completed its shutout of the Falcons to give the New York Giants the win, 24-2, and the Falcons their third straight playoff loss with Matt Ryan and Mike Smith.

* 1965 – Mike E. Smith, American jockey

The team at IBM involved in cipher design and analysis included Feistel, Walter Tuchman, Don Coppersmith, Alan Konheim, Carl Meyer, Mike Matyas, Roy Adler, Edna Grossman, Bill Notz, Lynn Smith, and Bryant Tuckerman.

* Lead alto saxophone – Brad Leali, Mike Smith, Jon Gordon, Ned Goold, Geoff Burke

The Astrodome was host to the 1986 All-Star Game in which Astros Mike Scott, Kevin Bass, Glenn Davis, and Dave Smith represented the host field.

Smith made his mark early on in the 2009 NFL Draft by acquiring talent such as Eugene Monroe, Terrence Knighton, Derek Cox, Eben Britton and Mike Thomas, who all made significant contributions in their rookie years.

* 1973 – Mike Smith, American guitarist ( Snot, Limp Bizkit )

In 2009, Mike Richard John Smith filed a Canadian Patent application ( Canadian Patent number: 2675044 ) indicating the screw type propeller is inefficient due to the screw type blade orientation of the propeller which when in operation for forward movement substantially moves the fluid ( for a boat the fluid is water ) sidewardly, rotationally, and rearwardly wherein moving the fluid sidewardly does not move the boat forward, thus contibuting to the inefficiency of the screw type propeller.

By his middle period, sexual freedom and the elimination of sexual jealousy were a major theme of Stranger in a Strange Land ( 1961 ), in which the progressively minded but sexually conservative reporter, Ben Caxton, acts as a dramatic foil for the less parochial characters, Jubal Harshaw and Valentine Michael Smith ( Mike ).

* 1977 – Mike Smith, American baseball player

* Into the Simpson Desert: Join veteran desert archaeologist Dr Mike Smith on an expedition into the remote southern Simpson Desert ( 2007 )-includes audio blog, expedition slideshow and photo diary, National Museum of Australia

Their secondary was led by Pro Bowl cornerbacks Dennis Smith and Louis Wright, along with Mike Harden, who intercepted 6 passes and returned them for 179 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Other prominent games developers include Julian Gollop ( Chaos, Rebelstar, X-COM series ), Matthew Smith ( Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy ), Jon Ritman ( Match Day, Head Over Heels ), Jonathan " Joffa " Smith ( Ping Pong, Batman: The Caped Crusader, Mikie, HyperSports ), The Oliver Twins ( the Dizzy series ), Clive Townsend ( Saboteur ), Sandy White ( Ant Attack, I of the mask ), Pete Cooke ( Tau Ceti ), Mike Singleton ( The Lords of Midnight, War In Middle Earth ), and Alan Cox.

* August 27 – Mike Smith, Canadian actor

Due to the band's lack of creative control on the first album, Smith exerted a greater influence on the recording of The Cure's second album Seventeen Seconds, which he co-produced with Mike Hedges.

Eight former members of the Islanders have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, seven of whom — Al Arbour, Mike Bossy, Clark Gillies, Denis Potvin, Billy Smith, Bill Torrey and Bryan Trottier — were members of all four Cup winning teams.

Despite having coached the Rangers to a regular season first place finish and the Stanley Cup, head coach Mike Keenan left after a dispute with General Manager Neil Smith.

Young goaltender Mike Smith was promoted to the NHL to serve as Marty Turco's backup.

On February 26, 2008 just hours before the trade deadline, the Stars traded for All-Star center Brad Richards from the Tampa Bay Lightning for backup netminder Mike Smith, and forwards Jussi Jokinen, and Jeff Halpern.

In 1982 Bob Smith ( Wolfman Jack ), ran into a radio engineer friend named Mike Venditti and he told Venditti that no one had been able to get XERF back on full power with its old RCA 250 kW transmitter, because RCA did not have any manuals relating to the equipment.

During his days in Atlanta, Aaron reached a number of milestones ; he was only the eighth player ever to hit 500 career home runs, with his 500th coming against Mike McCormick of the San Francisco Giants on July 14, 1968 — exactly one year after former teammate Eddie Mathews had hit his 500th.

On January 10, 2012, former Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey was named head coach of the Jaguars.

* 2005: Mike Luckovich, editorial cartoonist for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

* 2001 Mike Luckovich ( Atlanta Journal-Constitution )

* In the first major sporting event in New York City since the attack, a baseball game at Shea Stadium, the New York Mets ' Mike Piazza hits a two-run, game-winning home run in the bottom of the eighth inning against the Atlanta Braves to defeat the Braves, 3-2.

Homestar Runner was brought to life in Atlanta in 1996 by two University of Georgia students, Mike Chapman and Craig Zobel, who were working summer jobs surrounding the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Despite this, and a 36 – 46 record, the Pacers had a very strong finish to the season, which included a desperate attempt to steal the 8th seed from the Atlanta Hawks, and dramatic improvement in forwards Danny Granger and Mike Dunleavy.

Printed copies of the petition and Facebook group membership were mailed to Richmond Braves general manager Bruce Baldwin, Atlanta Braves Vice President Mike Plant, Richmond Mayor ( and former Virginia governor ) L. Douglas Wilder and Richmond City Council President Bill Pantele.

* Mike Devereaux, professional baseball player with World Series rings with Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves

Carl Yastremski's son Mike Yastrzemski was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the third round in 1984 and eventually played for the White Sox Triple-A affiliate.

* Mike Minor ( baseball ), Atlanta Braves Pitcher

* Mike Bettes, meteorologist for The Weather Channel in Atlanta, Georgia

The others are Davey Johnson of the Philadelphia Phillies, Mike Ivie of the San Francisco Giants, Ben Broussard of the Cleveland Indians, and Brooks Conrad of the Atlanta Braves.

Having drawn the ire of some fans after losing their first round bout at the hands of Atlanta, head coach Mike Thibault was under the gun to engineer a deep postseason run in the pursuit of an elusive title.

Carter hit two home runs and recorded the final out of the Series, taking a throw to first base from reliever Mike Timlin to nab Otis Nixon of the Atlanta Braves.

Storm was born in Oak Park, Illinois, and is the daughter of sports executive Mike Storen, who was a commissioner of the American Basketball Association, general manager of that league's Indiana Pacers, Kentucky Colonels and Memphis Sounds franchises, and president of the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA.

In September at Atlanta, team spokesman Mike Arning announced that Office Depot will not be Stewart's sponsor in 2013.

* 1993: Mike Toner, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, " for ' When Bugs Fight Back ,' a series that explored the diminishing effectiveness of antibiotics and pesticides.

* Mike Johnson ( offensive lineman ) ( born 1987 ), American football player for the Atlanta Falcons, 2010 –

Mike Smith, current Atlanta Falcons head coach, also attended ETSU.

Four other players, Mike Ivie of the San Francisco Giants ( 1978 ), Darryl Strawberry of the New York Yankees ( 1998 ), Ben Broussard of the Cleveland Indians ( 2004 ), and Brooks Conrad of the Atlanta Braves ( 2010 ), would go on to equal Johnson's feat.

* Mike Smith ( American football coach ) ( born 1959 ), head coach of the Atlanta Falcons

In 1999, IPFL was headed by a new commissioner, Mike Storen, and the league offices were moved to Atlanta.

* 1995: Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Constitution

* 2006: Mike Luckovich of Atlanta Journal-Constitution, " for his powerful cartoons on an array of issues, drawn with a simple but piercing style.