Dallas Cowboys holdout running back Ezekiel Elliott is not pleased at owner Jerry Jones' attempt to poke fun at him.

He's back.

The Tour Championship will have many different wrinkles when it returns to Atlanta’s historic East Lake Golf Course this week.

McDONOUGH — The early season action around Henry County has shown Union Grove, Locust Grove, Luella and ELCA as the top contenders early in the season. The Lady Wildcats of Locust Grove have the best record of the local programs with seven victories.

Former five-star recruit Justin Fields will open the season as Ohio State's starting quarterback, first-year coach Ryan Day announced Monday.

Defending champion Clemson is No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason Top 25 for the first time ever.

LOCUST GROVE – The time to dust off the running shoes for local cross country runners in Henry County has officially come to pass and the first meet of the season resulted in a Union Grove High sweep of the Into the Trail meet held at Locust Grove High School.

Josef Martinez scored for the 11th straight match, a Major League Soccer record, and the visiting Atlanta United cruised to a 2-0 win over the Portland Timbers on Sunday night.

Atlanta Braves phenom Ronald Acuna Jr. learned Sunday that he is not bigger than the team.

Rallying from an early four-hole deficit and a two-hole difference after the first 18 holes, Georgia Tech senior Andy Ogletree won the 119th U.S. Amateur Championship Sunday with a 2 and 1 victory over Vanderbilt senior John Augenstein at the Pinehurst Resort.

Tiger Woods birdied three of his first seven holes Sunday, but his rally to qualify for the Tour Championship fizzled as his season ended at the BMW Championship.

Justin Thomas had a finishing touch, too.

The Oakland Raiders' Antonio Brown was absent from practice Sunday, and general manager Mike Mayock sounded fed up with the star wideout.

New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso became the first National League rookie to hit 40 homers in a season when he went deep during Sunday's 11-5 victory over the host Kansas City Royals.

Rafael Ortega, recalled from the minor leagues last week, hit his first career grand slam to lift the Atlanta Braves to a 5-3 win over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.

Former NFL and Texas running back Cedric Benson was killed Saturday night in a motorcycle crash in Austin, Texas. He was 36.

Atlanta Falcons rookie offensive lineman Kaleb McGary will resume on-field work this week in practice but has not been cleared for contact, coach Dan Quinn said Sunday.

Phil Mickelson was evacuated from his hotel room Sunday morning following a fire and had to rush to make his tee time at the BMW Championship.

Liberty coach Hugh Freeze will remain hospitalized for several days as doctors monitor his recovery from a surgery to fight a deadly strain of staph infection, according to ESPN.

The Atlanta Braves got back-to-back home runs from Josh Donaldson and Adam Duvall in the sixth inning and hung on to beat the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 on Saturday.

If momentum means anything at all in auto racing, then Denny Hamlin may be on his way to his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship.

From the moment Justin Thomas began the third round of the BMW Championship, there was a good vibe.

The Boston Red Sox placed left-hander Chris Sale on the 10-day injured list with left elbow inflammation on Saturday, and he could be finished for the season.

The New York Yankees celebrated the Hall of Fame induction of Mariano Rivera on Saturday, welcoming the legendary closer back to the mound.

The Atlanta Braves placed center fielder Ender Inciarte on the 10-day injured list with a right hamstring strain prior to Saturday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Former Ohio State quarterback Tate Martell is now working out at wide receiver for the Miami Hurricanes, according to reports.

Max Muncy and Justin Turner hit back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning to produce a four-run rally and send the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers on their way to an 8-3 win over the Atlanta Braves on Friday.

Newly crowned Atlanta United, fresh off a Campeones Cup title earlier this week, returns to action Sunday with hopes of a positive performance away from Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Tyler Reddick’s No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet had the word “BEAST” in big block letters on its hood Friday night. The car was aptly named.

If positive energy and the right mindset alone were enough to land Clint Bowyer in the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, the Stewart-Haas Racing driver would be leading the championship charge.

On the first attempt at an overtime finish in the 2011 Daytona 500, David Ragan’s life changed.

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson played a late game of King of the Mountain in Friday's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series time trials at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Troubled wide receiver Josh Gordon was reinstated on a conditional basis by the NFL, the league announced on Friday.

Houston Rockets forward P.J. Tucker is the latest to leave Team USA, doing so Friday because of a minor left ankle sprain suffered in practice Thursday.

The Atlanta Braves signed infielder Adeiny Hechavarría to a one-year major league contract for the remainder of the 2019 season, the club announced Friday.

San Diego Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. will likely miss the rest of his impressive rookie campaign due to a back injury.

Los Angeles Chargers All-Pro safety Derwin James suffered a stress fracture of the fifth metatarsal of his right foot and his return to the field is uncertain.

Former major league pitcher Ian Krol was one of four minor leaguers suspended on Friday for violations of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

Tight end Kiel Pollard, a projected starter for South Carolina this season, announced his retirement from football on Friday.

Tiger Woods was unable to keep a mid-round charge going Friday and will have to rally over the weekend at the BMW Championship in order to qualify for next week's Tour Championship.

The 10-seat plane carrying Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his family that caught fire on Thursday "experienced (a) hard landing, bounced, (and) departed runway," the Federal Aviation Administration said Friday in its preliminary incident report.

Mikhail Prokhorov agreed to sell his remaining stake in the Brooklyn Nets and full ownership of Barclays Center to Joe Tsai for an American sports record $2.35 billion.

Former Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson and ex-NFL lineman Rob Sims are teaming their marijuana company with Harvard University to research the benefits of medical marijuana to treat chronic traumatic encephalopathy, more commonly known as CTE, and pain management.

New York first baseman Pete Alonso matched the National League rookie record with his 39th home run, and pitcher Marcus Stroman earned his first victory since joining the team as the visiting Mets outslugged the Atlanta Braves 10-8 on Thursday.

Top-seeded Brett Moffitt held off determined 17-year-old Chandler Smith after a restart with three laps left and took home the trophy in Thursday night’s UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Matt Ryan looked sharp in his preseason debut, going 10 of 14 for 118 yards, but the Atlanta Falcons fell to the visiting New York Jets 22-10 on Thursday night.

Tiger Woods' physical state was in better shape than his game Thursday in the opening round of the BMW Championship in Medinah, Ill.

Justin Thomas began the day in a fog and ended his first round Thursday with a record-tying 65 and a share of the lead in the BMW Championship in Medinah, Ill.

McDONOUGH — Ahead of a high school football game between McDonough High and Locust Grove, one school is issuing an apology over an inappropriate ribbon.