Thursday'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: Russell Henley tops the U.S. Open leaderboard

 

Scoreboard

Pro

MLB

Atlanta 4, St. Louis 0

WNBA

Washington 96, Atlanta 93

 

📰COVERAGE📰

 Around/About Central Georgia

SIAC, ESPN announce broadcast agreement

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Morton has monster outing for Braves

Soroka optimistic while rehabbing

Hawks “just don’t give up”

Simmons helping the Hawks at the line

 

NBA/WNBA

Teams limping and hobbling to the finish

Milwaukee bounces back, forces Game 7

Is Barkley unhappy with TNT?

Carlisle resigns from Dallas

 

Baseball

Arizona has lost how many in a row on the road?

Cole chimes in on substance issue

A wacky triple play

 

NFL

Titans – with rehabbing Bud Dupree – finish minicamp

Clowney settling in well with Cleveland

Are the Bears thinking about moving from Soldier Field?

 

College Baseball

Homer teams better adjust in Omaha

With No. 1 out, everybody’s a favorite

 

College Sports

Strength coach suing UConn after firing for not violating protocols

 

College Football

Arizona State acknowledges NCAA inquiry

Divisions’ days may be numbered in conferences with new plan

 

Golf/Tennis

U.S. Open tennis to allow 100 percent capacity

Nadal to sit out Wimbledon, Olympics

Osaka withdraws from Wimbledon

Mickelson off to rough start at Open

Hataoka shares lead in Michigan

Sports and COVID 19

Japan easing virus emergency ahead of Olympics

 

Around the nation/world

Gordon returns to racing’s roots

Euro: Play halted for Eriksen tribute

Banned runner allowed at U.S. trials

Or not

Ramos bids farewell to Madrid

Is Ledecky slowing down?

MLB scores/games

NBA scores/games

NHL roundup/scoreboard