By BARRY WILNER CANTON, Ohio (AP) — For a while Thursday, Vic Fangio didn’t know if his long-awaited debut as a head coach would happen in the Hall of Fame game. Fangio finished team meetings, then headed to a hospital because of a kidney stone. Though determined to lead his new team, the Denver Broncos,…… read more »
WASHINGTON — Josh Donaldson homered against Sean Doolittle in the top of the 10th inning, and the Atlanta Braves pulled out a 5-4 victory over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday to take two of three in the series and pad their NL East lead to 6 1/2 games. After the Nationals scored twice in the…… read more »
By Matt Weitz ATLANTA – Former Falcons Tight End Tony Gonzalez and former Georgia Bulldog Champ Bailey will be enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this Saturday in Canton, Ohio along with a number of other former players. Tony Gonzalez played the majority of his career with the Kansas City Chiefs playing there…… read more »
By The Associated Press Atlanta Braves (62-44, first in the NL East) vs. Washington Nationals (56-49, second in the NL East) Washington; Monday, 7 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Dallas Keuchel (3-3, 3.50 ERA) Nationals: Patrick Corbin (8-5, 3.25 ERA) LINE: Nationals favored by 1 1/2 runs; over/under is 9 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: Washington…… read more »
BOSTON (AP) — Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz is out of the hospital following three surgeries after being shot in the back at a bar in the Dominican Republic. The Red Sox said Saturday that they’ve been told Ortiz has been released from Massachusetts General Hospital. The team said there will be an update…… read more »
Georgia Tech Athletics THE FLATS – Georgia Tech linebacker David Curry was granted a sixth year of athletic eligibility by the NCAA on Thursday. With the additional year granted, Curry becomes a junior eligibility-wise and will have two seasons of eligibility remaining. He was granted the additional year due to not playing in two of…… read more »
Fans can register FREE for presale that begins on Friday, July 26 THE FLATS – Single-game tickets for each of Georgia Tech’s first six home games of the 2019 season will go on sale on Wednesday, July 31 at 9 a.m. The six games that will go on sale on a single-game basis on July…… read more »
By SCOTT KING CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox have become the first team in the major leagues to extend protective netting from foul pole to foul pole, starting Monday night against the Miami Marlins. The extra netting at Guaranteed Rate Field was in place for Chicago’s first home game since the All-Star break.…… read more »
By DOUG ALDEN LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Kevin Harvick used a late bump and run to win last year at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Repeating required another bump, but there was little time for a run before Harvick crossed the finish line 0.210 seconds ahead of Denny Hamlin on Sunday. “It turned into a…… read more »
By GREG BEACHAM LAS VEGAS (AP) — From his first-round knockdown punches to his tenacious 12th-round finish, Manny Pacquiao gave yet another one-sided thrashing to Father Time. Keith Thurman was a whole lot tougher to beat, but the 40-year-old Filipino senator managed to win that vote as well. Pacquiao floored Thurman early and persevered…… read more »
