Saturday's Report: Mercer soccer; Braves-Phillies wrapup, Falcons, UGA; MLB playoff debate, NFL, WNBA/NBA, NASCAR, golf, tennis

Saturday's Report: Mercer soccer; Braves-Phillies wrapup, Falcons, UGA; MLB playoff debate, NFL, WNBA/NBA, NASCAR, golf, tennis

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 Around/About Central Georgia

MSOC-Mercer hosts Furman in first Baba Agbaje Memorial Game

 

Philadelphia vs. Atlanta

The 2020s are starting to feel like the 1990s for the Braves after another playoff flop

Harper shines as Phillies aim for second straight World Series

307 homers, record-setting lineup no match for Phillies’ staff

Expect Braves to be back here again in 11 months

Philadelphia’s money players were money

There's a method to the Phillies’ October madness?

Strider: Braves have to own loss to Phillies, can't blame MLB playoff format

Harper’s postseason has been electric and historic

Phillies were built for this, Braves weren’t

Harper absorbs blow to surgically-repaired elbow

Braves started playoffs as league’s best and most in-demand team

 

Around/About Georgia

Braves pitcher Kyle Wright expected to miss 2024 season after shoulder surgery

Howell, struggling Commanders visit Ridder, Falcons in matchup of 2nd-year quarterbacks

Tebow pushes Bowers for Heisman

UGA stat stuff

 

College football/Friday night

Stanford rallies from 29-point deficit, beats Colorado in 2nd overtime on FG

Brown sparks Tulane rally in 31-21 victory over Memphis

 College Football

No. 8 Oregon at No. 7 Washington is a juicy Week 7 matchup with high-flying offenses, Heisman hype

Iowa State’s Jack Trice Stadium remains only major college football stadium named for a Black man

Heisman watch

MLB playoff format debate

Column-No need to change playoff format

Column: Don’ t blame time off on another Dodgers playoff fiasco

Column-Format penalizes top seeds

With MLB’s best teams eliminated, the postseason format works exactly as intended

Format not to blame for early exits

Column-Houston didn’t have a problem

Column-The MLB Playoff Format Discourse is (Mostly) Dumb

MLB could ‘fix’ its broken playoff format by home teams simply winning more games

Upsets don’t mean there’s a problem with the format

MLB playoff format is not to blame for early exits

Manfred defends new playoff structure

MLB/Baseball

Now who’s the favorite?

In era of bullpens, Arizona rides starters to NLCS

Diamondbacks thriving in postseason atmosphere. Another hostile one awaits for NLCS in Philly

Big-dollar investment in Seager and Semien has boosted Rangers from 102 losses to the ALCS

Deep in the heart of Texas, Astros and Rangers set for Lone Star showdown for spot in World Series

Offseason questions for eliminated teams

Bochy encouraged by Scherzer session, not saying yet if 3-time Cy Young winner will pitch in ALCS

No-name bullpen giving Arizona Diamondbacks a huge lift during unlikely run to the NLCS

Tired of playing waiting game, MLB declares time’s up in RSN fight

Twins are upset, frustrated, ‘but we’re excited’

NFL/Football

First-place Lions, Buccaneers look to improve on fast starts in matchup of one-loss division leaders

Column- Dick Butkus personified Chicago's toughness with the Bears. 'There was no way that guy wasn't going to be great.'

Analysis: Eagles, 49ers clear front-runners in NFC; AFC is more jumbled

Column- SF 49ers told the truth about Dak Prescott. It's not great

Ravens hold lengthy team meeting to address recent blunders: 'Fine line between good and great, and breaking bad'

Cowboys aim to bounce back from big loss against rested Chargers

Cardinals employees accuse Michael Bidwill of creating toxic culture of 'fear,' per report

Sean Payton and the Denver Broncos are still searching for the right chemistry

Eagles will be without Jalen Carter and Darius Slay, while the Jets won’t have D.J. Reed again

Bears have placed leading rusher Khalil Herbert on injured reserve

Winless Panthers simplifying their offense, streamlining play-calling for rookie QB Bryce Young

Auto Racing

Chris Buescher on Round of 8 run: ‘We’re not done’

Bubble Watch: Outlooks for Round of 8 drivers at Vegas

Truex's postseason struggles attest to importance of regular season

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

WNBA holding its own against NFL, MLB, with finals broadcast during busy sports calendar

Hornets’ Miles Bridges turns himself in after arrest warrant issued over protection order

76ers star James Harden says he has ‘lost trust’ in Daryl Morey, front office

Golf

Lexi Thompson falls short in her bid to make PGA Tour cut in Las Vegas

Takeaways from Thompson’s run

Tennis

Jessica Pegula reaches Korea Open semifinals after rallying to beat Claire Liu in three sets

Scoreboards

MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games

NFL scores/games

College football scores, FBS

College football scores, FCS