Wednesday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Hawks roll; UGA softball; Braves; UGA; Coach K; MLB, NFL, NBA; 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 Coaching Carousel keeps a-spinnin’. The latest update is hoops heavy.
In Coverage: After more than a decade, Mercer baseball has released pitching coach Brent Shade
SCOREBOARD
Pro
MLB
NBA
Atlanta 103, New York 89; Atlanta wins series
📰REPORTING 📰SPORTS📰
Around/About Central Georgia
Mercer’s Yeager finalist for Brooks Wallace Award
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Knicks can’t handle Young, Hawks, can start vacation now
Spike left early, and Reggie dogged him
Bulldogs are underdogs in WCWS opener (2:30 p.m., ESPN2)
Eighth-inning homer dooms Braves
Column: A full State Farm Arena and nearly full Truist? Thank the vaccine
Georgia doing well amid transfer flurry
DB Branch not with UGA anymore
Krzyzewski through in ‘22
One more year for the legend (who is 1-1 against Mercer)
Talk about following somebody big
A year of basketball, preparation
Column: Scheyer to determine whether it was the program or coach
Column: Choice of successor a surprise, but then again …
Baseball
Lou Gehrig Day: he talks about situation, in 1939
Braves know the feeling: Dodgers put up 11 in the first
Four minor-league pitchers suspended for doctoring baseballs
NFL
Browns’ Garrett no longer hoopin’
Watkins goes from contender to contender
No more race-norming in brain injury claims
NBA/WNBA
Boom in Boston: Ainge is done, replaced by Stevens, who’s done coaching
Embiid-less Sixer roll past Suns to win series, prepare for Hawks
Players return to sites of recent incidents
Pistons add Beilein in player development spot
Trial in killing of Lorenzen Wright set for 2022
College Football
Virginia Tech’s Etute arrested for second-degree murder
Golf/Tennis
Williams serves her way to French win
Nicklaus will talk, but it’s better if he’s asked
Bubba Watson knows the feeling, supports Osaka
Sports and racial/social issues
Coaches forced player to eat pork despite religious beliefs
Sports and COVID 19
Column: A full State Farm Arena and nearly full Truist? Thank the vaccine
Around the nation/world
Buffalo gets first pick in NHL draft
Hard hit amps up Montreal-Winnipeg series