Staff report |Georgia, coming off its convincing 41-17 win at South Carolina on Sept. 8, remained third in the Associated Press college football poll, but the Bulldogs moved closer to Clemson, which edged Texas A&M 28-27 on the road. The Tigers had 1,430 votes in the weekly poll, compared to 1,407 for Kirby Smart's UGa. team. Alabama remains first and Ohio State is fourth. In other sports news:
- Aaron Rodgers came back from a knee injury and rallied the Green Bay Packers to a 24-23 win over the Chicago Bears. Green Bay trailed 20-0 at halftime after Rodgers suffered an apparent left knee injury in the first half. He threw for 286 yards and three touchdowns. Khalil Mack was also a beast for the Bear’s defense by forcing a fumble and scoring a pick-six of his own. Mack became the first player since 1982 to record a sack, interception, touchdown, forced fumble and fumble recovery in one half ...
- Mayor E. Ben Zahn III in Kenner, La., has banned Nike products from city recreation facilities. On the other hand, Nike's online sales increased 31 percent last week. Meanwhile, the College of the Ozarks, a private college in Missouri, is stripping athletes of Nike gear over the Colin Kaepernick-centered ad campaign. The school president stated, “in their new ad campaign, we believe Nike executives are promoting an attitude of division and disrespect toward America." And Miami's Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson carried Kaepernick’s torch by continuing to kneel during the national anthem. All but a few players have returned to standing or raising fists during the playing of the anthem ...
- Amidst multiple weather delays, the Tennessee Titans’ season opener against the Miami Dolphins was full of bad news. The Titans lost to the Dolphins 27-20, but they also lost three key players to injury. Quarterback Marcus Mariota had an elbow injury, left tackle Taylor Lewan suffered a concussion and tight end Delanie Walker dislocated his ankle ...
- Novak Djokovic of Serbia captured his second grand slam championship of the year by beating Juan Martin del Potro in the U.S. Open tennis final in straight sets. Earlier, he had won Wimbledon. Djokovic now has 14 major titles. On the women's side, 20th-seeded Naomi Osaka of Japan beat No. 17 Serena Williams in straight sets to win her first grand slam title. This final will be remembered for Williams clashing with chair umpire Carlos Ramos in Arthur Ashe Stadium. New York. Williams lost a point and then a game based on Ramos' judgments that she had received coaching during the match. She also smashed her racket and called Ramos "a liaor." She was also fined $17,000 by Open officials ...
- Derrick Loccident of the Central Oklahoma football team lost his foot when he was run over by a train. Oklahoma City police said Loccident, 20, was trying to crawl under a stopped train when the train started moving. Police said the train severed Loccident's foot, but he was able to flag down a nearby person who took him to a hospital. Police say he is expected to survive ...
- Saint Louis freshman Carte’Are Gordon shattered a backboard dunking in practice. Gordon hasn’t played a minute for the Billikens, but he is already drawing comparisons to Shaquille O’Neal ...
- Jones Creek Golf Club in Evans suspended operations indefinitely at 6 p.m. on Sept 9. Jones Creek, which opened in 1985, had been in dispute with Columbia County over runoff on a pond on the back nine ...
- Jim Furyk announced that 6-foot-4 Tony Finau was his last of four captain's picks for the U.S. Ryder Cup team that will play in Paris in a few weeks. Finau tied for 10th at the Masters in April despite dislocating his ankle in the par-3 contest. He finished fifth at the U.S. Open ...
- The Cleveland Cavs have re-signed guard Rodney Hood. In 21 games with Cleveland last season, Hood averaged 10.8 points and 2.6 rebounds in 25.3 minutes per game ...
- Detroit Tigers' television announcers Mario Impemba and Rod Allen have been suspended for fighting one another.
Sources: Associated Press, Augusta Chronicle, CBS, ESPN, New York Times, NBA.com.Contributors: Sam Behzadian, Leeroy Francis, Ceara Hester, Brandson Johnson, Megan Johnson, Ben Marshall and Khadijah Sandifer.