Thursday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Henley's good start; Braves make a move; NBA, MLB, NASCAR, Olympics, NFL, NCAA, more
Thursday'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
Around/About Central Georgia
Henley off to another good start
Russell Henley is far from home, but not far from the quality golf he’s been playing lately.
The Stratford grad turned in a solid back nine and finished strong for an even-par 70 in the first round of the British Open in Sandwich, England.
He’s in a logjam at 48th, along with Richard Bland, Jason Kokrak, Daniel Berger, Kevin Kisner, and Rory McIlroy, among others.
Henley opened the day with a birdie, but had three bogeys on the front nine. He settled down, and finished the back nine with three birdies, a par and a bogey in the final four holes.
Henley tees off at 4:25 a.m. EST on Friday, with Webb Simpson and Shaun Norris.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Atlanta picks up Pederson from Cubs
Column: Next two weeks are big for the Braves
NBA/WNBA
Why’d The Freak tap out for a minute? No. 1
Paul catches turnoveritus at wrong time
Baseball
Red Sox-Yankees postponed after three positive tests
Reds working on catching Brewers
Bauer’s leave extended again
Auto Racing
Cindric gets Penske’s No. 2 next season
Golf/Tennis
Reasonable scoring not for everybody at the British Open
DeChambeau rips driver, apologizes
Olympics
A reminder from Atlanta that the Games matter
Durant not overly surprised by early struggles
US-Australia men’s game canceled
Beal is out for health and safety reasons
NFL
Report: Father-in-law pepper-sprayed Sherman
Four teams still under 50 percent vaccinated
College Sports
Emmert: Time to rethink college sports and the NCAA
College Football
Big 12 media days: Sark sees clarity in returning Texas to top
Arkansas to alum/candidate: no more use of Hogs trademarks
Sports and social & racial awareness
Police make arrests on online racial abuse toward England soccer players
Targeted player rails on social media companies
Sports and COVID-19
Around the nation/world