Thursday's Report: Bacon win; Braves, Falcons, UGA, Dream; SEC meetings' latest; NBA,MLB, golf, tennis, NFL, more

Thursday's Report: Bacon win; Braves, Falcons, UGA, Dream; SEC meetings' latest; NBA,MLB, golf, tennis, NFL, more

Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

 

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Coastal Plain

Macon 5, Florence 2

Pro

MLB

Atlanta 6, Arizona 0

WNBA

Atlanta 84, Minnesota 76

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 Around/About Central Georgia

Macon finishes road swing with W

          A three-run sixth put Macon on top for good in a 5-2 win over Florence.

          Dalton Reeves had two RBI for Macon’s five-hit attack.

          FPD grad Barrett Barkley threw two innings for Florence.

          Macon hosts Savannah on Thursday.

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Wright sharp in Braves’ shutout

Falcons bring back throwback helmet, jersey, for a game

How transfers from UGA under Smart have done

Rookie of the month Howard leads Dream

 

SEC meetings

UGA schedules in question

Smart happy with contract talks

Fisher: ‘We’re moving on’

LSU AD: ‘Not going to get in between two hillbillies’

Kiffin, however …

Smart raves about Bo Nix

Expanded conference schedule likely

Deleting divisions is, too
News and notes

Kirby on to 2022

Teen offers Saban $ to come back to LSU

 

NCAA Baseball/WCWS

Central Michigan’s plan: keep having dugout fun

Time for Mississippi’s Bianco to win a road regional?

Predicting the regionals

NBA/WNBA

Warriors’ new home not nice for visitors

Wiggins shines on playoff stage for Golden State

Baseball/MLB                                                                           

Giants’ Kepler paused protest for Memorial Day

Mets finish perfect homestand with shutout of Nats

Donaldson disappointed with support from Yanks

Verlander no-hits Oakland for six

Golf/Tennis

French Open updates

French Open lookahead

Tournament director: current women’s field has less appeal

Names listed for Saudi league, battle lines drawn

Obit: Three-time PGA winner Bryant killed in wreck

Nicklaus talks, about many things

Football/NFL/USFL

Madden makes the cover of Madden

Obit: Cowboys’ RB Barber has battled mental health issues

Committee wants to talk to Goodell, Snyder

Jags’ Etienne would like the Deebo treatment

Pittsburgh’s Tuitt retires, called to ‘move beyond the sport’

Tennessee D has plenty of experience
Panthers’ ownership files Chapter 11, half-built practice facility dead

Soccer

Ukraine beats Scotland in World Cup qualifier

U.S. captain not happy with support in win

Hockey

Rangers round Tampa Bay

Around the nation/world

NBA scores/games

NHL scores/games

MLB games/scores

WNBA scores/games