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

Atlanta 8, St. Louis 4

 

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

Hawks, Williams come to terms

As they do with Johnson and Cooper

 

Olympics

Who has the edge in US-France hoops?

Doncic, Slovenia fall to France

US track struggles continue

Biles’ boyfriend, of the Texans, ‘sick’ watching her struggle

AP coverage

 

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

More games, more injuries?

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

Barcelona, Messi done with each other

MLB scores/games