By CHARLES ODUM ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves closed their final home regular-season game with new injury concerns about Freddie Freeman and his status for the playoffs. A recurrence of pain caused by a bone spur in his right elbow forced Freeman to leave the Braves’ 4-1 loss to the San Francisco Giants on…… read more »
By CHARLES ODUM ATLANTA (AP) — On an Atlanta team assured of its best record since 2013, Max Fried has the most wins of any Braves pitcher since 2010. Fried can only hope that will be good enough to land a spot in Atlanta’s postseason rotation. Fried threw 5 1/3 scoreless innings in a strong…… read more »
Cam Killebrew joins Buck and Kincade to talk about his project: A documentary about his father Harmon Killebrew, one of the greatest major league baseball players of all time!… read more »
Peach Bowl LegACy Fund The Peach Bowl, Inc. has joined the fight against childhood cancer by donating $20 million to the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta to establish the Peach Bowl LegACy Fund, which was created in memory of Anna Charles “AC” Hollis to help find a cure for…… read more »
By JAMES ELLINGWORTH DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Saeid Mollaei has been in hiding since he left the Iranian judo team last month, saying he had been ordered to withdraw from the world championships on political grounds. Now he’s training for next year’s Olympics without a guarantee he can compete. Mollaei was the defending world champion,…… read more »
WASHINGTON (AP) — Aníbal Sánchez has seen enough in 14 years in the majors to know when his team needs a lift. He provided one Sunday, pitching seven sharp innings to help the Washington Nationals prevent a three-game sweep and beat the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves 7-0. “I think that’s what we needed right now,”…… read more »
By PAUL NEWBERRY ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Now, the real season begins for No. 3 Georgia. Finishing off a dominating run through their first three games, the Bulldogs romped to a 55-0 win over Arkansas State on Saturday. Jake Fromm threw for 279 yards and three touchdowns before taking the rest of the day off,…… read more »
By PAUL NEWBERRY ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Blake Anderson doesn’t want it to be about him. Yet it’s impossible to ignore his pain. When No. 3 Georgia hosts Anderson’s Arkansas State team on Saturday, the game will come with a stark dose of real life. Anderson’s wife, Wendy, died Aug. 19 after a two-year battle…… read more »
Legendary Georgia Bulldog and NFL Hall of Famer Champ Bailey joins Buck & Kincade to talk about his appearance at the upcoming GRIT Leadership Conference. The conference centers around effective leadership, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Champ takes his NFL experiences and shows attendees of the GRIT Conference what he\’s learned from his years as a player…… read more »
By DAVID GINSBURG BALTIMORE (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers sprayed each other with bubbly, emptied dozens of bottles of beer while drinking very little of it and essentially carried on in a fashion appropriate for a team celebrating its seventh consecutive NL West tile. Certainly, the Dodgers were elated about becoming the first team…… read more »
