Author: Gary Butts

Bryce Elder threw a six-hit shutout for his first career complete game, and the Atlanta Braves defeated Washington 8-0 Monday night to close within one game of the first-place New York Mets in the NL East and hand the Nationals their 100th loss of the season.  Atlanta made the defending World Series champion’s customary trip to the White House on […]

 CeeDee Lamb was angry with himself in the second quarter after dropping a wide-open pass and costing the Dallas Cowboys a possible touchdown. It was just embarrassing. The star receiver more than made up for it with the game on the line, making a one-handed TD catch with 8:30 to play to cap a go-ahead drive that gave the Cowboys […]

Georgia Tech fired athletic director Todd Stansbury and head football coach Geoff Collins on Monday.  Collins was in his fourth season as coach. The Yellow Jackets have lost nine straight games to FBS opponents dating to last season and are coming off a 27-10 loss to UCF.

 Ronald Acuña singled home the go-ahead run in the 11th inning and the Braves stayed close in the NL East race, outlasting the Phillies 8-7 Sunday in a game that took over six hours to complete because of a two-hour rain delay.  The Braves split the four-game series and remained 1 1/2 games behind the division-leading New York Mets. They’ll […]

Laviska Shenault caught a momentum-changing 67-yard touchdown pass from Baker Mayfield in the fourth quarter, Marquis Haynes returned a fumble 44 yards for a touchdown and the Panthers defeated the New Orleans Saints 22-14 to snap a nine-game losing streak.  Cordarrelle Patterson more than did his part, rushing for a career-high 141 yards and one touchdown, and the Falcons beat […]

Saturday’s primetime showdown in Death Valley is officially a top-10 matchup according to polls. The Coaches Poll and the AP poll kept Clemson at No. 5 and NC State moved up No. 10 to seal the marker for the event that will bring ESPN’s College GameDay to town (the game at 7:30 p.m. on ABC).  It was Georgia’s turn to […]

High School Football Scores Walhalla 8 BHP 44 F Seneca 34 Woodmont 26 F West Oak 42 Calhoun Falls 8 F Riverside 14 Daniel 56 F Palmetto 21 Pendleton 27 F Easley 42 Southside 0 F Pickens 42 Liberty 7 F

Ranger Suárez pitched six sparkling innings, and the Philadelphia Phillies continued their push toward the club’s first playoff berth in a decade with a 1-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Thursday night.  The Braves (93-57) fell 1 1/2 games behind the idle New York Mets for the NL East lead. The two teams meet in Atlanta next weekend for […]

Jacoby Brissett threw two touchdown passes, Nick Chubb ran for a score and Cleveland bounced back from its epic meltdown by finishing off the rival Pittsburgh Steelers 29-17 on Thursday night.