Sunday’s Report: GIAA volleyball playoffs, area colleges; Falcons go for third straight, Braves; It’s NFL day, colleges, MLB playoffs, WNBA, NASCAR
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High Schools
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GIAA playoffs
King’s Academy 3, FPD 0; FPD vs. Walhalla
St. Andrews 3, Piedmont 0
St. Anne-Pacelli 3, Mount de Sales 0
Tallulah Falls 3, Stratford 0
🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
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W-Georgia College 0, USC Beaufort 0
M-GMC 7, Andrew 0
M-Middle Georgia State 2, Blue Mountain 2
🏐 🏐 🏐 Volleyball 🏐 🏐 🏐
Mercer 3, Furman 0 (25-21, 25-15, 25-21)
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Around/About Central Georgia
Around/About Georgia
Falcons aim for third straight win vs. NFC South foe against struggling, injury-riddled Panthers
'The guys just don't blink': How resiliency in close games is forming the Falcons identity
Falcons add Nate Landman to active roster, make additional moves
About the Panthers and Falcons
College Football/South
North Carolina football player Tylee Craft dies from rare lung cancer at 23
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Undefeated Vikings can trace much of their early success back to the work done in free agency
Column: Steelers' switch to Russell Wilson is only a matter of time
Jaguars TE Engram ‘trending’ toward playing vs Bears in London after missing games with leg injury
Wright prepared for Hurricane Milton, then for the Seahawks as the 49ers’ new kicker
Concussion protocol was followed when Bills QB Josh Allen was evaluated in Houston, league says
Eagles return from bye needing a win against struggling Browns
ABC will air 6 additional ‘Monday Night Football’ games starting this week with Bills-Jets
Baseball/MLB
Thomas hits grand slam off Skubal, Guardians down Tigers to reach ALCS
Rookie manager Carlos Mendoza’s magic touch has helped resurgent Mets reach NLCS
Senga’s comeback to continue with start for Mets in Game 1 of NLCS vs Dodgers
Clay Holmes rediscovers form a month after being pulled from closer’s role as Yankees prep for ALCS
After going from 106 losses to the playoffs, the Royals already are aiming for more next season
Padres muster no offense to support Yu Darvish’s inspired pitching in NLDS loss to Dodgers
Mets go from rock bottom in May to a playoff roll in October. Dodgers up next in NLCS
Sunday: NL-NY at LA, 8:15 p.m., Fox
Monday: NL-NY at LA, 4:08 p.m., Fox/FS1; AL
Cleveland at NY, 7:37 p.m., TBS/TruTV
Tuesday: AL-Cleveland at NY, 7:37 p.m., TBS/TruTV
WNBA
WNBA has just 1 Black head coach but more could come from a pool of strong assistants in the league
Stewart and the Liberty look to bounce back and even WNBA Finals series against the Lynx
NBA
Jack Nicholson, Spike Lee and Billy Crystal set to become basketball Hall of Famers as superfans
Auto Racing
A.J. Foyt still drawing big crowds on or off the track in Indianapolis
NASCAR playoffs roll into reconfigured Roval, tight turns may create ‘chaos’ in elimination race
Van Gisbergen sweeps Charlotte qualifying as Kiwi overshadows Cup playoff drivers on The Roval
Tennis
Djokovic and Sinner reach Shanghai Masters final. Sabalenka rallies over Gauff at Wuhan
Hockey
Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov will miss 2-3 weeks with a lower-body injury
High school/youth sports
Soccer
George Baldock’s family confirm soccer player drowned while swimming
Pochettino era of US soccer begins against Panama, with eyes on 2026 World Cup
Peru upsets Uruguay 1-0 and ends winless run in South American World Cup qualifying
Scoreboards