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Sunday's Report: Alumni Update: Mary Persons; Falcons; NFL game day, MLB playoffs, WNBA playoffs, NASCAR, colleges, soccer, WWE

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Alumni Update

Mary Persons’ Dee Williams has battled his way to the NFL and Seattle

Around/About Georgia

Falcons host Seahawks in meeting of teams heading in opposite directions

Lorenzo Carter placed on IR, Kevin King signed to roster

London making his 'outlandish' dreams a reality

 Simmons questionable, 2 defensive starters ruled out for Sunday

NFL/USFL/UFL/Football

Maye and the skidding Patriots could find a favorable matchup overseas against the Jaguars

The much-anticipated Saquon Barkley Show returns to MetLife Stadium as the Eagles face the Giants

Purdy and Mahomes have undergone a stylistic switch headed into Chiefs-49ers Super Bowl rematch

Adding Cooper among reasons Allen looks forward to 100th start, as Bills set to host Titans

Daniels and the Commanders host the Panthers in a matchup of teams going in different directions

Rams, coming off bye week, hope to get offense on track against struggling Raiders

Russell Wilson returns, Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams reunite as the Steelers host the Jets

Tomlin's plan to keep QB decision 'in-house' apparently spoiled by Pickens

Fields says he hasn’t played well enough for Steelers to not consider Russell Wilson at QB

Richardson hopes to return from injury when the Colts host the Dolphins

Struggling Panthers rule out 6 players for Sunday’s game at Washington, 3 others listed as doubtful

Baseball/MLB

Soto’s 3-run homer in 10th sends Yankees past Guardians 5-2 and into World Series for 41st time

American League Championship Series MVPs

American League Championship Results

Dodgers to employ parade of relievers against Mets with chance to clinch record 25th pennant at home

College Sports

Clemson approves an athletic fee of $150 per semester for students starting next year

WNBA

Finals reach decisive Game 5 for first time since 2019 as Liberty and Lynx head to New York

Ionescu’s 3-pointer is latest iconic last-second shot in WNBA Finals history

Auto Racing

NASCAR Las Vegas Cup playoff starting lineup 2024: Christopher Bell on pole; Tyler Reddick second

Soccer

Major League Soccer playoffs in flux, Inter Miami on the brink of history heading into Decision Day

Boxing/MMA/UFC/WWE

WWE SmackDown results, highlights for Friday: Roman Reigns acknowledges Solo, Motor City Machine Guns debut

Scoreboards

NFL scores/games

College football scores/games

NBA scores/games