Thursday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Henley's good start; Braves make a move; NBA, MLB, NASCAR, Olympics, NFL, NCAA, more

July 15, 2021 Central Georgia Sports Report

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

Savannah 7, Macon 5, 10 inn.

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

The Block is still the talk

Why’d The Freak tap out for a minute? No. 1

Paul catches turnoveritus at wrong time

Baseball

About the second half …

Red Sox-Yankees postponed after three positive tests

Reds working on catching Brewers