Saturday's Daily News 'n Notes: Freeman test positive; full Braves update; MLS issues; and more
Saturday’s Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Braves’ Freeman tests positive for COVID-19
UGA’s Gowen all about the Savannah Bananas and Coastal Plain League
Around/About Central Georgia
Bacon tie it in ninth, win it in 11th
The Macon Bacon beat the Macon Eggs 11-10 on Saturday in an intersquad game at Luther Williams Field, coming back from 3-0 and 5-1 deficits.
No box score or details were posted by 1 a.m.
Macon visits Savannah at 7 p.m. Sunday and hosts the Bananas on Monday.
Around/About Georgia
Pitching depth huge in short season, good news for Atlanta
Hernandez won’t play, so Newcomb’s role changes
Braves quiet about name-change possibilities
That Braves July 4th tussle with the Mets in 1985 was a doozy
Everything about Atlanta impresses Damm
New agency doesn’t mean Trae Young is looking
Sports and COVID-19/Georgia
Athens numbers jump by 166 percent, so that means what for UGA?
Sports and COVID-19
College sports broadcast giant talking with colleges about patience, contracts, revenue
But the Dodgers’ Price has decided
Sports and racial awareness
IndyCar puts up a mil to start diversity program
Remember when Daniel Snyder said ‘Never’?
Around the nation/world
Briscoe wins road race at Indy not far from home
Odd time, but Austin Peay loses its HFBC
Former Vandy player expelled after sexual assault charge still used facilities