Wednesday's Report: Scoreboard; MMQB, Baldwin's Bullard; Braves, UGA/Auburn, Falcons, Tech; college 🏈, MLB, NBA, NFL,NASCAR, golf, tennis
Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
In Coverage: Monday Morning Quarterback
Coming Thursday: The Sports Report’s predictions
Coming Friday: Scouting reports; Maxwell predictions, area state rankings
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High School
🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎
Briarwood 1, John Milledge 0
Dublin 10, Northside 2
Houston County 9, Crisp County 1
Mary Persons 6, Crawford County 2
Perry 10, Hawkinsville 0
Spalding 7, Westside 0; Spalding 7, Westside 0
West Laurens 11, Veterans 4
Wheeler County 7, Dooly County 0
🏐🏐🏐Volleyball🏐🏐🏐
Jones County 2, Peach County 0
College
Soccer
Georgia College 1, Albany State 0
Pro
MLB
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Alumni Update
Saturday
1 p.m., FVSU at Central State (Ohio)
2 p.m., Georgia Southern at Georgia State, ESPN3
3 p.m., GMC vs. Louisburg (N.C.), at Brookland-Cayce (SC) High
3:30 p.m., Auburn at Georgia, CBS
4 p.m., Western Carolina at Mercer, ESPN+
4 p.m., Duke at Georgia Tech, ESPN3/Bally’s
6 p.m., North Alabama at Kennesaw State, ESPN+
Sunday
1 p.m., Atlanta at Tampa Bay, Fox
Braves
Tuesday, TBD, vs. Phillies/Cardinals; Wednesday, TBD, vs. Phillies/Cardinals; Friday, TBD, at Phillies/Cardinals; Saturday, TBD, vs. Phillies/Cardinals; Sunday, TBD, vs. Phillies/Cardinals
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Miami tops Atlanta in slugfest, Mattingly’s finale
Auburn gives UGA bulletin-board material
Bennett’s NIL deal about another ‘ring’
UGA going for sixth straight vs. Tigers
Carter out, Alexander has his chance
Smart on improving the run game
Alford defied odds to be in position for Sunday INT
Inside the rejuvenation of Atlanta’s run game
Baseball/MLB
Fan who caught 62 unsure of plans
Dodgers’ 111 wins? Most since 1906
Arraez, McNeil win batting titles, Judges misses Triple Crown
Reds lose 100 for first time since 1982
Do you remember regular complete games?
Teen from hurricane-hit Florida catches homer, meets Yanks
Angels promote interim Nevin to manager
College Football
He’s 5-1, and 125 pounds, and playing college football
Column: No spending limit to get rid of a coach
Leonhard concerned about Wisconsin’s emotions
Column: Pondering Jimbo’s future? Ignore buyout
College Football/Southeast
A&M looks to rev up O at Alabama
Auburn WR to redshirt, sit out rest of year
South Carolina’s Rattler progressing at the right time
Florida eyes revenge against Missouri
Return of ‘everything’ Rodriguez huge for Kentucky
Sanders says son is in the Heisman race
SEC West Ds making presence felt
College Sports
BYU fans again accused of racial slurs, now at soccer
NFL/USFL/Football
Saints’ Allen won’t rule out Winston
McDaniel has gone from beloved to criticized
Cleveland’s Garrett back in action
Washington’s Robinson back after shooting
Wilkins denies grabbing Allen’s, ya know …
Protester decked by Wagner files police report
Auto Racing
Harvick hit with huge fines for alleged infractions
Allmendinger to return full-time next year
Tennis
Kyrgios seeks dismissal of assault case: mental health ground
Golf
An LIV player compares new Bangkok course to, well, Augusta
LIV trying to get ranking points with small tour
Soccer
Column: Owners need to go, as report on abuse shows
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Williamson scores 13 in return
High School/Youth sports
Former NFL Blount apologizes for battling adults at youth game
Around the nation/world
Hockey Canada: bad behavior not just with hockey