Monday's Report: HS 🏈schedule, Russell Henley; UGA follow-ups galore, Braves fall, Dream win; MLB pennant races; College 🏈's busy weekend/SEC/ACC/nat’l, ESPN/DirecTV, US Open, Tour
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M-Mercer 0, North Florida 0
W-North Florida 2, Mercer 1
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Philadelphia 3, Atlanta 2, 11 inn.
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Around/About Georgia
Newcomers blend in well on Georgia team that again looks like it has right stuff
Takeaways from Dogs and Tigers
Smart dazzled by Starks’ pick: ‘May be one of the best defensive football plays I’ve ever seen
Georgia's new transfer WRs make their mark
Phillies outlast the Braves in the 11th as Castellanos plays the hero
Charles, Howard power Dream over Sparks
Finish what we started': Atlanta as Final Four host
Baseball/MLB
Must-watch series over regular season's final month: Division races, wild cards on the line
White Sox add to their indignities by setting franchise record with 107th loss
Darren Baker, son of longtime manager Dusty Baker, called up by Nationals and gets 1st MLB hit
Swanson gets 4 hits as the surging Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals
College Football/South
Napier doesn’t ‘have a ton of excuses’ after ‘embarrassing’ loss
Mullen appears to shade Napier during blowout
Tennessee fan gets into argument with wife live during Vols postgame radio show
Pavia's ability among lessons learned from Vanderbilt win over Virginia Tech
Beamer, South Carolina's offense have work to do
DeBoer far from only Alabama newcomer to shine in season-opening romp
Almost a year after righting a wrecked car, Louisville receiver Jadon Thompson catches 2 TD passes
Taylor scores three touchdowns to guide North Carolina Cental past Alabama State
Peasant’s score leads Middle Tennessee State to a thrilling win over Tennessee Tech
College Football
Southern Cal scores in final seconds for thrilling win over LSU
AP Top 25 Takeaways: Clemson’s feeble performance against Georgia confirms demise of Dabo’s Tigers
Robert Morris CB pulls off wild one-handed rolling pick for early interception of the year candidate
New Penn State coordinator makes imprint in season-opening win over West Virginia
Transfer QBs Ward of Miami, Pavia of Vanderbilt and others make immediate impact with new teams
Saban curses on 'College GameDay' in response to Ohio State's $20 million team
Broadcast
ESPN networks, ABC and Disney channels go dark on DirecTV on a busy night for sports
Tennis
Gauff loses at the U.S. Open to Emma Navarro, ending her title defense with 19 double-faults
A wrong replay at the US Open leads a chair umpire to get a call wrong on a video review
Open is wide open on men's side. So we ranked who's most likely to win
Football/NFL/USFL
49ers’ Pearsall out of hospital after shooting during attempted robbery
Chiefs’ Andy Reid on new NBC in-game interviews: ‘I’ve got to do it ... but don’t expect much’
The Steelers have mangled the WR position -- and don't appear to have any plan in place
With 'crazy' Ravens schedule, NFL puts money above player safety
WNBA
Wilson has 41 points, 17 rebounds as Aces beat Mercury
Reese becomes WNBA’s single-season rebounding leader in loss to Lynx
Clark scores 28, Fever overcome Arike Ogunbowale’s record-tying 9 3s and beat Wing
Basketball/NBA
Cuban admits he didn't see Jalen Brunson as 'captain material' on Mavericks
Golf
Scheffler caps off record season with FedEx Cup title and $25 million bonus
Scheffler completes his tour de force
Ryu rebounds from 3rd-round meltdown to win the FM Championship
Auto Racing
Briscoe holds off Kyle Busch in Southern 500 to advance to NASCAR Cup playoffs
Truex Jr. makes NASCAR playoffs after crashing out early at Darlington
Hockey
Sudden death of ‘Johnny Hockey’ means more hard times for beleaguered Columbus Blue Jackets
College Sports, the changing landscape
National College Players Association opposes $2.8 billion NCAA-House settlement
David West, still fighting for athletes, objects to landmark House settlement with NCAA
Scoreboards