FALCONS

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley has been suspended for the entire 2022 season after he bet on NFL games, including those involving his own team, according to reports.

A SpaceX rocket has carried 52 Starlink internet satellites into orbit from California.

A family of peregrine falcons is making the Detroit Zoo’s water tower a home to raise their three chicks.

The Patriots went back to work Saturday, Oct. 17, one day after a fifth player on the team tested positive for COVID-19 and one day before their twice-postponed game against the Denver Broncos. The Broncos had COVID-19 news of their own Saturday: Running backs coach Curtis Modkins has tested positive and won’t make the trip to New England. Elsewhere, the Jacksonville Jaguars said that a practice-squad player tested positive. The Jaguars also placed defensive end Josh Mauro on the regular COVID-19 list. The Falcons had to shut their facility Thursday but reopened Friday after one nonplayer tested positive.

Jones had been listed as questionable after missing practice throughout the week with a hamstring injury. Even so, the winless Falcons’ secondary gets a boost with safeties Keanu Neal (hamstring) and Ricardo Allen (elbow) returning from injuries. ___PHILADELPHIA AT PITTSBURGHEagles: TE Hakeem Butler; RB Jason Huntley, WR DeSean Jackson, WR Alshon Jeffery, CB Avonte Maddox, QB Nate Sudfeld, DE Casey Toohill. Falcons: S Jaylinn Hawkins, WR Julio Jones, CB A.J. Ravens: RB Justice Hill, WR Chris Moore, QB Trace McSorley, DT Broderick Washington, DT Justin Ellis, OL Tyre Phillips.

NOTRE DAME, Ind. - Notre Dame hopes to get a breather after splitting a pair of games against top 20 teams, as the 10th-ranked Fighting Irish host Bowling Green from the Mid-American Conference on Saturday afternoon in their first-ever meeting. Notre Dame senior DE Daelin Hayes suffered a torn labrum last week and has been lost for the season. Bowling Green last won a game against a ranked opponent when it topped Northern Illinois in the 2013 MAC Championship Game. PREDICTION: Notre Dame 55, Bowling Green 7More college football scoresCopyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

Skylar Thompson #10 of the Kansas State Wildcats looks to pass the football during the game against the Texas Tech Red Raiders on November 4, 2017 at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. Kansas State defeated Texas Tech 42-35 in overtime.MANHATTAN, Kan. - Kansas State looks to stay on the winning track under first-year head coach Chris Klieman when it hosts Bowling Green on Saturday. Kansas State has scored an FBS-best 113 non-offensive touchdowns since 1999. Bowling Green has dropped seven consecutive non-conference road games. PREDICTION: Kansas State 45, Bowling Green 13More college football scoresCopyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

Senior Captain Demonte McCurdy, a three-year starter who played in Groves 2016 state semifinal team, sparks the Falcons. We played great defense and manufactured enough offense to win. Saline will get a grit check on Saturday when the Hornets take on defending Division 1 state champion Clarkston at Okemos. Clarkston plays great defense and are very balanced offensively, Palka said. We will need to play great defense again but will have to be ready for a good passing game, he said.