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Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied, has died. He was 83.

The Mets are headed to the postseason after Francisco Lindor's two-run homer in the ninth capped a wild back-and-forth over the final two innings, giving New York an 8-7 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday.

Denny Hamlin had problems with pit road

The Atlanta Braves are hosting the New York Mets in a doubleheader that will decide the final two NL wild-card spots, a day after the scheduled end of the regular season

Georgia High School Association executive director Tim Scott told the AJC on Monday that they are discussing postponing the football playoffs one week.

Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, died Monday from brain cancer, the league announced. He was 58.

Mother Nature decided to participate in the Week 7 high school football schedule, forcing teams to play on Wednesday, Saturday, and Monday.

The baseball season is going extra innings.

Ross Chastain finally got to smash a watermelon for the first time this season Sunday at Kansas Speedway.

The Atlanta Braves squandered a chance to clinch a postseason berth, losing to the playoff-bound Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Sunday in what was supposed to be the final day of the regular season.