The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Friday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Atlanta loses on field, court; Bacon blanked; Honor Roll: FVSU; UGA FB, SB; NBA, NCAA, MLB, French

Friday’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: Another trip on the Central Georgia coaching carousel

 

SCOREBOARD

Summer Baseball

Savannah 1, Macon 0

Pro
NBA

Philadelphia 127, Atlanta 111
MLB

Miami 4, Atlanta 3

 

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Honor Roll

FVSU puts three softball players on HBCU team

 

Around/About Central Georgia

Macon loses again, blanked in Savannah

          Reliever Joe Miller got a strikeout to the game with the tying run on second in Savannah’s 1-0 win over visiting Macon in Coastal Plain action.

          Savannah won its 10th straight to open the season, while Macon fell to 1-8. The teams play Saturday night in Macon.

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Atlanta loses on the court, can’t slow down Embiid

Column: Philly showing the difference between 1 and 5

Atlanta loses on the field, thanks to so-so offense

UGA softball team pays tribute to Harris-Champer

Georgia’s Robertson seeking third college team

Jim Donnan’s wife of 60 years dies

 

NBA/WNBA

Phoenix in control en route to thumping of Denver, 3-0 lead

Breakthrough win awaits GM

 

Baseball

deGrom rolling, leaves after six

Scherzer departs after a dozen pitches

Arizona GM takes leave, wife battling cancer

 

College Baseball

Stanford stuns Texas Tech in Lubbock

Rocker holds down East Carolina bats

Pitching gets Vandy, Stanford off to good starts

Super Regionals scoreboard

 

College Sports

Another look at the College Football Playoff changes

Column: Allegations against Schembechler are devastating, as are the stories of abuse

Revenue could reach $2 billion

Florida had a $54.5 million pandemic shortfall

 

Golf/Tennis

Nadal falls to 3-108 at French after loss to Djokovic

Hadley leads Johnson by two at Palmetto

Kang up one in LPGA at Lake Merced

 

Around the nation/world

Tokyo Olympics still undecided on fans

Euro 2020 the first of mega-scale events to return

Column: Phelps gone, but others look to fill the void

MLB scores/games

NBA scores/games

NHL roundup/scoreboard