Saturday’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

Macon 1, Lexington County 0

Pro

MLB

Atlanta 9, Tampa Bay 0

 Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Bored? Need something to argue about? “Best college FB stadiums”

Fried powers and pitches Braves to win

Newbie goes yard for Atlanta

Braves work another deal

United fall 1-0

A look at some Falcons training camp

 

NBA

Milwaukee comes back to top Phoenix, take lead

Unseld takes over in Washington

 

Baseball

Nats-Padres stopped after shooting outside stadium

Ohtani reportedly donates ASG money to Angels’ staff

Yanks and Rockies in COVID situations

Pirates, Mets get into a tizzy

Idiot throws ball at Boston’s Verdugo

 

College Sports

Column: No need for new NCAA in new world, but …

 

Auto Racing

Bell wins third New Hampshire race

 

Golf/Tennis

Oosthuizen leads Morikawa by one at The Open

 

NFL

Bucs heading to the White House

Ginn Jr. retires

 

Olympics

First Village resident tests positive

Around the nation/world

Pogacar nears Tour de France win

MLB scores/games

NBA scoreboard