NCAA’s $2.78 billion plan to pay college athletes gets preliminary approval
A judge has granted preliminary approval to a $2.78 billion legal settlement that would allow colleges and universities to pay athletes.
National Sports
Major League Baseball legend Pete Rose dies at 83
Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied, has died at 83.
Basketball legend Dikembe Mutombo dies of brain cancer at 58
Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, has died of brain cancer at the age of 58.
Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre says he has Parkinson’s disease
Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre says he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
Bama’s Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Bryce Young benched by Carolina Panthers
Quarterback Bryce Young, who won the 2021 Heisman Trophy at Alabama, has been benched in his second season with the Carolina Panthers.
Alabama moves up to four in the AP Top 25
AP Top 25
The Associated Press The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sep. 2, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. Georgia (57) 1-0 1545 1 2. Ohio St. (5) 1-0 1478 2 3….
Georgia No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25; Alabama No. 5
The AP Preseason Poll is released and the Crimson Tide find themselves ranked 5th headed into the 2024-25 season.
Braves 2B Ozzie Albies expected to miss about 8 weeks with broken wrist
Atlanta Braves
In the Braves game on Sunday against St. Louis second baseman Ozzie Albies broke his wrist and is expected to be out for eight weeks.
Xander the Great! Schauffele wins the British Open for his 2nd major this year
At Royal Troon Golf Club in Scottland Xander Schauffele won the second major of his career and his second this season.
Dunlap becomes first player in PGA Tour history to win as an amateur and a pro in the same year
PGA Tour
Former Alabama Golfer, Nick Dunlap, becomes the first player in PGA Tour history to win as an amateur and a professional in the same year.
