ATLANTA, Ga. -- On Friday afternoon Jeff Hullinger was assigned a 'simple' task by producers after the afternoon editorial meeting.

The task was to "find something interesting and something unusual" relating to the Final Four weekend festivities. Hullinger obliged.

He checked every venue, shook hands and spoke with an abundance of out-of-towners and this video chronicles his sporting journey.

ATLANTA, Ga. -- We received an email from a Grant Park homeowner stating that she is impacted by the new Summerhill  initiative aimed at preventing Braves fans from parking in surrounding neighborhoods and forcing them to park in paid lots.

She shouldn't be impacted.

But here is where it gets interesting -- Karen Futch owns a home in Grant Park -- we'll let her explain.

"Across the street is Summerhill, where we stand now is Grant Park- -Grant Park does not have to pay any kind of parking permits but I do because I'm across the street from Summerhill

Jeff Hullinger replied,"You're in Grant Park- -you don't have to pay!

Karen added, "That's correct!."

While Karen Futch of Grant Park was at work two days ago,a sign goes up in front of her Connally Street home, a few blocks from Turner Field. It proclaims parking rules for the new Braves season, thus, impacting Karen and her neighbors

(WXIA) -- Atlanta commuters may have noticed hundreds of bikers heading to the state capitol on Tuesday morning.

The ride was to raise awareness of safety for those who ride bikes to get around.

Atlanta cyclist Ryan Barnett remembers a horrifying experience - an evening accident on a beautiful summer day that almost cost the man his life. He was run over by a truck.

"I grew up riding bikes here in Atlanta and raced to the professional level and was hit by a car by in 2008," Barnett said.

The biker told 11Alive he was paralyzed from the chest down, and suffered a cracked skull, pelvis and ribs. Barnett spent nearly two months going through rehab at the Shepherd Center.  

Barnett, also a family man was at the top of his game - competing around the country. Now, he is bound to a wheelchair, making it his mission to get the word out to those on the road about the dangers that could lie on the road.