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.

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.

This allowed Lanier to keep his three starters ( Nolan Ryan, Bob Knepper, and Mike Scott ) sharp and to slowly work in rookie hurler Jim Deshaies.

" Mike Clark, of USA Today, gave the film three out of four stars, writing, " Crystal is funny enough to keep Ryan from all-out stealing the film.

* The scenes where Mike speaks to the Union representatives were all shot at the same desk in the same room, with veteran voice-over artist Will Ryan playing all the representatives.

He is known for his roles as teenage father Ricky Baker in the 1991 film Boyz n the Hood, groom-to-be Lance Sullivan in the 1999 film The Best Man, as Tracy Reynolds, NBA star in the 2002 film Like Mike, and as the Visitor Ryan in the 2009 TV series V.

Along with these players, several others were allowed to enter free agency including Mike Comrie, Marc-Antoine Pouliot and Ryan Potulny.

* Mike Ryan, Major League Baseball player

* Mike Ryan, catcher and coach with the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, and Pittsburgh Pirates

Notable alumni are Larry Bowa, Ryne Sandberg, Mike Schmidt, Ryan Howard, and Jimmy Rollins.

Currently all games are carried on a network of radio stations with Mike Antonellis providing the play-by-play, with the flagship WVAE / WBAE and select TV games on NESN with Eric Frede play-by-play and former Red Sox relief pitcher Ken Ryan.

The main characters were four undergraduate students sharing a house: violent punk Vyvyan ( Adrian Edmondson ), pompous would-be anarchist Rick ( Rik Mayall ), long-suffering hippie Neil ( Nigel Planer ), and the suave and diminutive Mike ( Christopher Ryan ).

Steve Banks, Ryan Clarke and Mike Berry were teenagers when they first began playing.

" Nowhere ", " Surrender ", " Casa Dega " ( Demo ) and " Refugee " ( alternate take ) were mixed by Mike Campbell and Ryan Ulyate in late 2009 / early 2010, while " Casa Dega " and " It's Rainin ' Again " were the same versions featured on the Playback box set.

The most recent players to reach the milestone are Ryan Braun and Mike Trout, both achieving the feat during the 2012 season.

Richardson was initially to have been involved ( in the role of Mike, ultimately played by Christopher Ryan ), but was not due to differences between him and the show's producer, Paul Jackson.

* Mike Ryan, catcher with the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, and Pittsburgh Pirates

* Mike Ryan, NHL player, Buffalo Sabres

Ryan is perhaps best known for his role as Mike " The Cool Person " in the BBC comedy series The Young Ones.

Ryan was the only Young Ones cast member who was not already well known in British comedy circles ; he was a last-minute replacement for Peter Richardson, for whom the role of " straight man " Mike was originally intended along with The Comic Strip members Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Planer and Alexei Sayle.

Those pitchers are: Eduardo Rodríguez hit a triple in 1973, Fergie Jenkins and Tom Murphy both hit singles in 1974, catcher Buck Martinez as a pitcher singled in 1979, Mike Jeffcoat hit a double in 1991, Roger Clemens and Ryan Hancock both hit singles in 1996, John Wetteland doubled in 1997, Bobby Korecky hit a single in 2008, and Andy Sonnanstine hit an RBI double in 2009.

Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo ( baseball ) | Mike Rizzo holds Ryan Zimmerman's Silver Slugger Award.

Former UND students who have gone on to notable careers in athletics include former NBA player and current NBA coach Phil Jackson, ice hockey player who played in the 1980 Winter Olympics " Miracle on Ice " game Dave Christian, NHL professional ice hockey players Ed Belfour, Tony Hrkac, Jonathan Toews – captain of the Chicago Blackhawks, Zach Parise – New Jersey Devils, Travis Zajac – New Jersey Devils, T. J. Oshie – St. Louis Blues, Ryan Bayda – Pittsburgh Penguins, Drew Stafford – Buffalo Sabres, Brian Lee – Ottawa Senators, Matt Smaby – Tampa Bay Lightning, Matt Jones – Toronto Maple Leafs, Mike Commodore – Columbus Blue Jackets, Jason Blake – Anaheim Ducks, Ryan Johnson – Vancouver Canucks, NFL professional football players Jim Kleinsasser – and Dave Osborn, both of the Minnesota Vikings, CFL professional football players Weston Dressler, David Griswold – Saskatchewan Roughriders.

* Oral history interview with Mike Busha, a member of the 6th Marine Division during the Battle of Okinawa from the Veterans History Project at Central Connecticut State University

Einsteinium was first identified in December 1952 by Albert Ghiorso and co-workers at the University of California, Berkeley in collaboration with the Argonne and Los Alamos National Laboratories, in the fallout from the Ivy Mike nuclear test.

The earliest authorized edition of the Lewis and Clark journals reside in the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library at the University of Montana.

* A Talk With Mike Moore podcast interview from La Trobe University

Nial ( from " Nested Interactive Array Language ") is a high-level array programming language developed from about 1981 by Mike Jenkins of Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

However, Mark Witton and Mike Habib, of the University of Portsmouth and Johns Hopkins University, respectively, argue that pterosaurs used a vaulting mechanism to obtain flight.

Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983 ( with the current line up solidifying in 1985 ), the band's four members — Trey Anastasio ( guitars, lead vocals ), Mike Gordon ( bass, vocals ), Jon Fishman ( drums, percussion, vocals ), and Page McConnell ( keyboards, vocals )— performed together for over 20 years before breaking up in August 2004.

Phish was formed at The University of Vermont in 1983 by guitarists Trey Anastasio and Jeff Holdsworth, bassist Mike Gordon and drummer Jon Fishman.

In 2010, Mike Habib, a professor of biomechanics at Chatham University, and Mark Witton, a British paleontologist, undertook a further investigation into the claims of flightlessness in large pterosaurs.

Jones would leave the team at the end of the season to coach at the University of Hawaii and the Chargers would name former Oregon State University head coach Mike Riley as their new head coach.

On the other hand, Professor Mike Parker Pearson of Sheffield University has suggested that Stonehenge was part of a ritual landscape and was joined to Durrington Walls by their corresponding avenues and the River Avon.

However, back-up quarterback Mike Livingston of Southern Methodist University fame engineered five wins of the next six starts, with Dawson coming off the bench in the second half of the sixth to clinch the win.

Kansas City running back and future University of Southern California Athletic Director Mike Garrett, the 1965 Heismann Trophy recipient was the top rusher of the game, recording 11 carries for 39 yards and a touchdown.

* Savage, Mike ; Class Analysis and Social Transformation ( London: Open University Press, 2000 ).

In 1994 Edgar Matias and Mike Ruicci of the University of Toronto, debuted the " wrist computer.

*" Pilot waves, Bohmian metaphysics, and the foundations of quantum mechanics ", lecture course on de Broglie-Bohm theory by Mike Towler, Cambridge University.

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.

The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library at the University of Montana, Missoula is named after him and his wife Maureen, as was his request when informed of the honor.

* Guide to the Mike Mansfield Papers at the University of Montana Contains his congressional and unofficial ambassadorial papers, along with audio, moving image, and photographs.

The deal was made and executed by the current board of trustees of the Greater Boston YMCA and Northeastern University Corporation, with the support of the mayor of Boston Tom Menino and City C. Mike Ross.

* Mike DuBose-Former University of Alabama head football coach.

* Mike Davis, University of Alabama-Birmingham Men's Basketball Head Coach

* Dederick Lee, who led Clarksville to back to back championships in the Class 4A boys state basketball title last year ( 2011 ) and this year ( 2012 ), has orally committed to play for coach Mike Anderson and the University of Arkansas Razorbacks.