Thursday's News 'n Notes: Braves win again; Falcons; Hawks; SEC; Olympics; MLB, college football, NFL, 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
Pro
MLB
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Braves are – hold your breath – over .500
Freeman on a path to Cooperstown
Zaccheaus eyeing Falcons’ No. 3 receiver spot
Deion Jones looks to pick up where he left off
SEC, Sankey to stay together until at least 2026
As they do with Johnson and Cooper
Olympics
Who has the edge in US-France hoops?
Doncic, Slovenia fall to France
Biles’ boyfriend, of the Texans, ‘sick’ watching her struggle
Baseball
Scherzer’s Dodger debut dandy
Cleveland to stay downtown for awhile
Obit: Houston fastballer J.R. Richard
College Football
Texas, Oklahoma need to refocus on 2021, not 2025
Florida will spend time in hotel
NFL
League gets going amid rising COVID rates
Strong second half lifts Steelers over Cowboys in HOF game
NBA
Robinson wanted Miami from the start
Sports and COVID-19
Gauff lost sense of smell from COVID, waiting for shot
Around the nation/world