Jeff Hart

Jay Reid understands the concept of

Kyle Kendrick allowed only three hits in seven scoreless innings, Carlos Ruiz homered and drove in two runs, and the Philadelphia Phillies shut out the struggling Atlanta Braves 4-0 on Tuesday night.

Breaking down the ballots for the first regular-season AP Top 25 and wrapping up college football's opening weekend.

Since the day Deshaun Watson announced he was taking his football prowess to Clemson, the tall, lanky former Gainesville High quarterback dreamed of the day when he would be able to lead his team into the end zone and a victory.

On a day when Georgia honored some of its best players from the 1980s, the current Bulldogs channeled a lot of what made some those teams the best in program history: hard-hitting defense and a bruising ground game.

Justin Thomas had 353 yards of total offense and DeAndre Smelter caught two third-quarter touchdown passes in Georgia Tech's 38-19 victory over Wofford in both teams' season opener on Saturday.

Former Gainesville High standout Blake Sims is starting at quarterback for No. 2 Alabama against West Virginia.

Jacoby Brissett threw for 291 yards and three second-half touchdowns to help North Carolina State beat Georgia Southern 24-23 on Saturday in the season opener for both teams.

As far as season-openers go, Friday night

Devin Watson connected with Rex Purgason on an 8-yard touchdown pass with 1:30 left in the game to complete a fourth quarter comeback and lead East Hall to a 20-13 win over Wesleyan Friday night in its season-opener.