Friday's Report: HS football, scores; Braves, UGA, Dream, Falcons; MLB, WNBA, college football, NFL, golf, tennis, hockey

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High Schools
🏈🏈🏈Football🏈🏈🏈
Howard 20, Spalding 13
Northeast 59, Rutland 19
Troup 49, Westside 0
🥎 🥎 🥎 Softball🥎 🥎 🥎
ACE Charter 12, Dublin 0
FPD 6, Stratford 0
Gatewood 7, Brentwood 1
Houston County 2, Veterans 0; Houston County 4, Veterans 1
Peach County 9, Troup 8
Perry 14, Warner Robins 0
Tattnall 7, John Milledge 4
Windsor 5, Piedmont 4
🏐 🏐 🏐 Volleyball 🏐 🏐 🏐
Central 2, Rutland 1 (25-21, 21-25, 15-11)
🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽
W-Mercer 0, The Citadel 0
Pro
⚾ ⚾ ⚾MLB ⚾ ⚾ ⚾
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Around/About Georgia
Braves hit 3 homers, including 3-run shot by Harris, and beat Phillies
Kerr the reason 'everything fell into place' for Braves to fight off Phils
Sale's pitch to Weiss pays off: Lefty bookends Braves' Wild Card Series win
Student survives falling 8 stories while dancing on sofa after Georgia’s win over Oklahoma
Smart opens up about Curtis: ‘Everything everybody thought has been true’
Curtis returns to Athens as Vanderbilt’s starter after flipping from Georgia
Falcons, DT Gervon Dexter Sr. agree to terms on four-year contract extension
Robinson named NFC Offensive Player of the Week
Dream star forward Angel Reese voted WNBA Defensive Player of the Year
MLB Playoffs/NL
Inside Padres hometown hero's emotional return after two years of injury
Dodgers eying a 3rd straight World Series title as NLDS opener nears
The Padres streak into October playing their best ball. They’re even ready for the mighty Brewers
MLB Playoffs/AL
With their playoff slump broken and a pope on their side, the White Sox want more this October
MLB-best Brewers score in bunches but rarely homer, upending baseball’s launch-angle revolution
Having bashed Boston without Judge, Yankees turn attention to AL Division Series vs. pesky Rays
Guardians name Parker Messick starter for ALDS Game 1 vs. White Sox, Gavin Williams for Game 2
Baseball/MLB
MLB attendance rises for 4th straight year to 71.75 million, boosted by Rays’ return to Trop
Astros face another shake-up as Joe Espada’s contract expires after wild-card sweep
Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo returns for 11th season with franchise
WNBA/Women’s Basketball
Wilson scores 36 points as the Aces send the Fever home again with a 94-83 in Game 3
College Football/SEC
Saban reveals Alabama secretly recorded him, teases Tagovailoa conversation in new doc
The gift Florida never got keeps paying off: Thank you, Lane Kiffin
Venables stands by John Mateer: 'John's our starting quarterback'
What Tennessee injury report means for Faizon Brandon, George MacIntyre vs Auburn
Texas has a $50M roster and a TikTok mindset
Sarkisian calls $50 million valuation ‘'inaccurate'
Auburn faces noise, rain and Tennessee. none of it can become an excuse
Texas lit cigars. This performance should've set off alarms
'They don't know me': Why Taylor says he's sticking with Mississippi State
Goodman: Just in time for Auburn, Tennessee has another snitch
College Football/ACC
America missed college football's best QB in September. Now, it's Darian Mensah time
College Football/Thursday
Jackson throws 4 TD passes, runs for TD in OT as UNT beats Tulsa
Jones has 155 yards rushing and a TD, Peters adds pick-6, New Mexico State beats Western Kentucky
College Football
CFP leaders continue to discuss 24-team model amid negotiating window
Tre Lamb: "Play calling is kind of like being a fighter pilot"
Ferentz compares Jeremiah Smith to Saquan Barkley, Randy Moss
New Iowa starter Hank Brown’s winning TD pass against Michigan a sign of trust built with receivers
Oregon's most savage takedown of USC had nothing to do with Dan Lanning's trash talk
Wisconsin seeks to build on its momentum after dramatic comeback at Penn State
College Sports, the changing landscape
Izzo on placing limitations on coach movement and buyouts: ‘That’s all fair’
Bad college football coaches have it good with Protect College Sports Act
NFL/NFC
Romano: Is it too much to ask for the Buccaneers to offer a reason to believe?
Bears coach Ben Johnson is considering his options at quarterback
Cowboys acquire disgruntled cornerback Joey Porter Jr. from Steelers for 2 draft picks
NFL/AFC
Cousins silences placeholder talk as the undefeated Raiders roll into Chiefs game
Henry says the Titans did little to keep him when he left in free agency for Baltimore
Colts QB Daniel Jones heads to London looking to clean up his mistakes after a 3-turnover game
Willis and the 0-3 Dolphins aren’t panicking ahead of their matchup with the unbeaten Vikings
College Basketball/SEC/ACC/South
NCAA reducing fields for NIT, WBIT to 24 teams starting in 2027
Big East men's basketball preseason poll: UConn picked to win conference
NBA/Basketball
Pistons, Jalen Duren agree on 5-year, $200M contract, AP source says
Golf
The Americans have won another Presidents Cup. What matters is whether they can win the Ryder Cup
Tennis
Eala eyeing LA Olympics if she takes tennis gold at the Asian Games
Soccer
Infantino loses support of his home nation Switzerland for FIFA presidential campaign
Potential sanctions against Man City could range from fines to expulsion from the Premier League
Hockey
Igor Shesterkin becomes the 18th NHL goaltender to score a goal and first to do it for the Rangers
High school/youth sports
High school football coaches use USC vs. Oregon incident as a teaching moment
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