Thursday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

 

Coming Friday: More coaching moves, at Dooly County, Tattnall, Southwest, Westfield, among others.

 

Scoreboard

Summer Baseball

Coastal

Macon at Florence, ppd

Pro

MLB

Atlanta 5, Washington 1

 

COVERAGE

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Young, Hawks rolling

Oklahoma State holds off Georgia in WCWS

Swanson stays hot in Braves romp over Nats

Transfer amps up Clemson-Georgia a bit

Big East, SEC dump intraconference transfer rules

Georgia State loses football assistant to Kentucky

 

NBA/WNBA

Jazz now ready for second round

(Pregame) Will LeBron not make the second round?

Well …

Riley: Heat need some rest, first

 

 

Baseball

Cleveland narrows list of future new nickname

Predicting entire college baseball tournament

 

NFL

Jacksonville unveils stadium of the future

Downing just tuning up Titans O

Mahomes will be behind rebuilt O-line

Brady admits fourth-down confusion

 

College Sports

James Madison stuns Oklahoma in WCWS opener

Fouts fans 16 in Alabama WCWS game

K ready for final run at Duke

Manziel made “decent living” selling autographs

Big East, SEC dump intraconference transfer rules

 

College Football

 

Golf/Tennis

Sponsors behind Osaka, cite courage on stand

Federer not slowing down much

Large US contingent still alive at French Open

 

Around the nation/world

USFL ready for another comeback

Belmont sets standard on medication

Winnipeg’s Scheifele suspended four games for hit

MLB scores/games

NBA scores/games

NHL roundup/scoreboard