Wednesday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Mercer softball; Hawks/Bucks, Braves; MLB, NBA, CWS, College NIL issues, Wimbledon, NHL;
Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
SCOREBOARD
Summer Baseball
Pro
MLB
📰REPORTING SPORTS📰
Around/About Central Georgia
Mercer has a new head softball coach
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
No serious damage, but Antetokounmpo doubtful
Now Capela is questionable for Hawks
Freak has no problem with Middleton drawing headlines
Albies goes crazy at the plate as Braves rout Mets
Baseball
From freshman baseball coach to pitching in the majors
Mets’ Betances done for the season
Indians’ Naylor set for surgery after brutal injury
Donaldson, Giolito having a spat
NBA/WNBA
Paul goes off to lead Phoenix into NBA finals
Candace Parker leads WNBA All-Star team to face Olympians
College World Series
Bulldogs get sterling pitching performance en route to first title
College Sports
NIL: NCAA passes off decision, athletes can start earning immediately
NIL: Band-aid approach leaves athletes and schools confused
TCU men’s basketball gets its eighth transfer
Syracuse looking into women’s basketball program
Golf/Tennis
Djokovic tops Anderson in rematch
Vandeweghe surivves hand and foot issues
‘Not bad for a part-time player’
Gauff, Brady lead Olympic team
Sports and racial/social issues
California HS stripped of title over tortilla incident
Around the nation/world
Tampa Bay goes up 2-0 in Stanley Cup Final