Falcons fullback Keith Smith discusses his battle with COVID-19 and his recovery.

Falcons left tackle Jake Matthews gives a review of scrimmage 4 and the play of RB Todd Gurley.

AJC photos from the 2020 Tour Championship golf tournament.

Tommy Palmer, the founder and former host of the Georgia High School Scoreboard Radio Show, died Thursday night after a long battle with lung cancer, the Georgia High School Association and GPB Sports announced on Twitter.

Maybe I have this backward, or upside-down, or some amalgam of both. Ahead of a Labor Day weekend that includes the Kentucky Derby plus the NBA and NHL playoffs but only a smattering of college football, it’s easy to get confused. It’s possible I’m most confused about the Braves.

The projection for Georgia Tech’s season by ACC media members is decidedly dim. In a poll of 134 members released Friday, the Yellow Jackets were picked to finish last in the 15-team league.

In this episode of the award-eligible Southern Fried Soccer podcast, host Doug Roberson (@DougRobersonAJC) is joined by Julia Poe (@jpoe24601) of the Orlando Sentinel to discuss Atlanta United’s MLS game at Orlando City on Saturday.

Atlanta United will play Orlando at Exploria Stadium at 8 p.m. Saturday. The game will be broadcast by Fox, can be heard on 92.9FM and/or you can follow Doug Roberson’s coverage on twitter (@DougRobersonAJC).

Clarkston on Thursday became the 10th football team to cancel its GHSA fall football schedule.

Here is where Georgia teams stand in several national polls heading into the first weekend of the regular season.