Businessman convicted of cheating ex-NBA star Dwight Howard out of millions in scam to buy WNBA team

NEW YORK (AP) — A Georgia businessman was convicted Friday of scamming former NBA star Dwight Howard out of millions of dollars in a bogus scheme to buy the WNBA's Atlanta Dream. The jury returned its verdict against Calvin Darden Jr. on Friday afternoon after a trial in New York...

Bowles says the Buccaneers will learn from their mistakes in overtime loss to division-rival Falcons

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have no one to blame but themselves for failing to take advantage of an opportunity to tighten their grip on first place in the NFC South. Instead, the three-time defending division champions share the top spot with Atlanta after allowing...

Cousins throws for 509 yards, hits Hodge in OT to give Falcons 36-30 win over Bucs

ATLANTA (AP) — Kirk Cousins sure earned all that money Thursday night. The $180 million quarterback threw for a career-high 509 yards and four touchdowns, the last of them a 45-yard scoring pass to KhaDarel Hodge in overtime that gave the Atlanta Falcons an improbable 36-30 victory...

Too many missed tackles lead to big missed opportunity for Bucs in 36-30 OT loss to Falcons

ATLANTA (AP) — Too many missed tackles led to one huge missed opportunity for a road victory for Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay gave up 509 yards passing and four touchdowns to Kirk Cousins, including a 45-yard touchdown strike to KhaDarel Hodge in overtime that gave Atlanta a 36-30 victory...

Saints visit Arrowhead Stadium after consecutive losses to face unbeaten Chiefs on Monday night

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs head into the fifth week of the regular season as one of two unbeaten teams in the NFL, and a big reason why is their ability to hold or take the lead in the fourth quarter, when games often are on the line. The Saints, who head to Kansas City on...

PFF adds an in-game grading feature to its NFL analysis

Pro Football Focus changed how many fans followed the NFL by providing grades and advanced statistics to help quantify how every player performed on a play-by-play basis from high-profile quarterbacks like Patrick Mahomes to more anonymous guards and linebackers. Now instead of...

US kindergarten vaccination rates dipped last year, and the proportion of children with exemptions hit an all-time high

3-time defending NFC South champion Bucs face Falcons with chance to build off strong 3-1 start

Tampa Bay (3-1) at Atlanta (2-2) Thursday, 8:15 p.m. EDT, Amazon Prime Video BetMGM NFL Odds: Falcons by 1 1/2 Series record: Buccaneers lead 31-30. Against the spread: Buccaneers 3-1, Falcons 1-3. Last meeting: Buccaneers...

Chemical smoke spewing from a Georgia factory is projected to spread toward Atlanta as winds shift

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Heavy smoke was causing low visibility Wednesday along Interstate 20 east of Atlanta as chemicals continued spewing from a beleaguered chlorine facility, and emergency officials warn that smoke from the disaster scene is projected to move toward Georgia's capital city after...

Atlanta rapper Rich Homie Quan died from an accidental drug overdose, medical examiner says

ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper Rich Homie Quan died from an accidental drug overdose, the medical examiner's office in Georgia confirmed. The cause of death for the hip-hop performer, born Dequantes Devontay Lamar, was from a slew of drugs such as fentanyl, alprazolam, codeine and...