Jeff Hart

There were times during Missouri's 62-10 win over Southeastern Louisiana when offensive lineman Max Copeland had to collect himself and keep a promise he made to his dad.

Junior Jessica Thomas pitched a complete game for Flowery Branch to lead the Lady Falcons to a 4-2 win over Winder-Barrow in Region 8-AAAAA girls softball action.

Taking advantage of a late yellow flag, Denny Hamlin got a boost from his pit crew and held off Jeff Gordon in a green-white-checkered finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday night.

Even after sending three starting defenders from last year's national championship team to the NFL as first-round draft picks, second-ranked Alabama Tide threw around eighth-ranked Michigan while pounding Denard Robinson in a season-opening 41-14 victory Saturday night.

Sammy who? DeAndre Hopkins set a school record with 13 receptions, filling the void left by star receiver Sammy Watkins, and Andre Ellington rushed for 231 yards to lead No. 14 Clemson to a 26-19 victory over Auburn in the season opener Saturday night.

The NFL and its on-field referees union failed to reach an agreement when they met Saturday, and the league said it's proceeding with replacement officials.

Georgia Southern sophomores Ezayi Youyoute and Dominique Swope each ran for three touchdowns and more than 100 yards as the Eagles piled up 557 rushing yards and crushed Jacksonville 58-0 in the teams' opener Saturday night.

Cliff Lee threw five-hit ball over seven scoreless innings, leading the Philadelphia Phillies past the slumping Atlanta Braves 5-1 on Saturday.

Commerce piled up 398 yards rushing and did not attempt a single pass in taking a 22-7 win over arch-rival Jefferson Friday night.

East Hall scored 29 second half points to erase a halftime deficit and beat Chattoga 29-21 Friday night.