Wednesday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; state softball, Georgia College hoops; Braves, UGA/UK, Falcons; MLB , colleges, NFL, WNBA finals, NBA, soccer, more
Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
In Coverage: The Scoreboard, with softball playoffs; The Sports Report’s predictions, coming Thursday
Around/About Central Georgia
Hoops schedule out for Georgia College men
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Pitching the key to Braves pennant push
Column: Maybe not Braves’ best team, but it’s the right team
The team the Braves want in the NLCS is …
Nothing fluking about UK’s start
Kentucky brings upper level physicality
New faces stepped up for UGA at Auburn
White quietly having a solid season
Breaking down the Falcons defense
All hands on deck for Hawks vs. Heat
Baseball
Epic series with Giants and Dodgers goes to a finale
Scherzer unlikely to go in series finale
What we’ve learned from the postseason so far
Obit: Ray Fosse was an all-star catcher, battled cancer
College Football/South
Is a wild finish in the SEC West coming?
Wake Forest – yeah, Wake – atop the ACC mountain
College Football
Penn State hopes backup QB can get going
No QB decision for Oklahoma until gametime
Ferentz cool with fans booing Penn State’s alleged stalling tactics
Franklin not so cool with fans booing injured players
College Sports
Veteran talent the key for ACC women’s hoops contenders
Column: An ACC without Roy and Coach K?
NFL
Raiders’ Davis quiet: NFL has ‘all the answers’
Is Gruden the rule or the exception with NFL people in charge?
Column: Gruden the NFL’s latest ‘distraction’ from racism, misogyny
Interim head coach thanks Gruden, ready to move on
Giants reeling after injuries to Barkley, Jones
Chiefs having trouble on both sides of the ball
Cousins a little to juiced for Zimmer in celebration?
Column: Winston has learned, but still needs to do more
Eagles’ comeback = Dawg mentality
Plenty of blame for Jags’ latest bad start
Kamara’s versatility helps Saints’ growing pass game
Bills’ Beasley deletes Twitter account
Column: Emotions of Detroit’s Campbell after loss a major – and good - milestone
Auditor demands Favre pay back more than 800Gs in “illegally” spent funds
NBA/WNBA
Griner, Taurasi lead Phoenix, finals series even at 1
Irving – who has claimed the earth was flat – benches himself for now
Pelicans’ directory will formulate Zion’s future, and where
Mavs, Doncic eye rare playoff success with Kidd in charge
East Preview: Bucks have trophy, drama for Sixers and Nets
Apple CEO, Dwyane Wade team up for home building
Auto Racing
Golf/Tennis
Sports and social & racial awareness
Around the nation/world
US nips Costa Rica in qualifier
HS concerned about sportsmanship after soccer record
Ovechkin into fifth on goals list
Vermont soccer teams unite against sexualized heckling