Thursday's Report: Honor Roll-Middle Georgia State, Georgia College, Mercer; UGA/Bauerle, Braves, Falcons, Tech, Southern; NCAA baseball/WCWS, NBA, MLB, golf, 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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Honor Roll
Middle Georgia State’s Back second-team All-American
WBKB: Georgia College puts three on PBC academic team
MBKB: And two Bobcat men make team
BSB: Mercer’s Kelley finalist for stopper award
Around/About Central Georgia
Savannah vs. Macon: same story
A six-run third was all Savannah needed in beating Macon 6-3 at Luther Williams Field.
Bryce Matthews and James Bell each had two of Macon’s five hits as the Bacon fell to 0-3 this season against the Bananas.
Macon (5-6) visits Savannah on Thursday
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
UGA swimming legend Bauerle is retiring
Big seventh inning lifts Braves to romp of Oakland
Swanson fourth Braves at arbitration hearing
‘DeAngelo, line up and sic ‘em’
BSB-Tech’s Parada a Golden Spikes finalist
BSB: Georgia Southern has momentum from milestone season
NCAA Baseball/WCWS
S-Ola adds to legend with two HRs in finals-opening rout
Re-seeding with the final 16 teams
Auburn’s regional title is ‘surreal’
College Baseball
Hotel says Missouri State players broke into rooms for pictures, evidence
NBA/WNBA
Boston beats back third quarter to handle Warriors
Baskets were too high for Golden State in pregame
GM: Still defending Curry is absurd
Baseball/MLB
Nats’ Strasburg to make season debut Thursday
Philly belts four bombs in sixth straight win
Strategy: Nickelback as walk-up song to break a streak
College Football
Five San Diego State players accused of rape
Golf/Tennis
So, who’s in this first LIV London field after all?
An explainer on the LIV Golf Invitational Series
DeChambeau, Reed join Saudi league
Column: Teeing off on golfers ignores realities of complex world
Scrutiny still strong on Mickelson
Column: ‘It’s called having honor and integrity’
Murray gets a dig at Na, then agrees
Football/NFL/USFL
Column: Watson’s clear agenda is despicable
Browns excuse Mayfield as Watson situation grows
Andrew Whitworth shares a retirement story from store run
Newton claims ‘there’s not 32 guys better than me’
Del Rio backpedals on bizarre Jan.6 riot comments
College Sports
Tennessee’s Summit first coach into US Olympic and Paralympic HOF
Soccer
Blatter avoids testifying at start of fraud trial
Hockey
Around the nation/world