Monday's Report: Coastal All-Star game; Braves/All-Stars, Hawks; NASCAR/Elliott, MLB/All-Stars, NBA, WNBA, Wimbledon, golf, more
Sunday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media. Updates will be noted, so check back.
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Around/About Central Georgia
Area players in Coastal Plain All-Star game
West Laurens grad Nolan Daniel had the best outing of Central Georgia connections in Sunday’s Coastal Plain League All-Star game in Holly Springs, N.C.
Savannah’s Daniel, who plays at Purdue, was one of seven pitchers for the West, which beat the East 3-2. He gave up two hits and had a strikeout in an inning of relief.
Macon’s Mario Minzey went 0 for 2 as a DH and pinch-hitter. Teammate Bryce Matthews was on the roster but didn’t play.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Riley with the walk-off in the 12th
Atlanta makes some All-Star history
McMillan on trade: ‘This is a great get for us’
Auto Racing
A Peach State day at Atlanta, with Elliott winning wild one
LaJoie’s late ‘Hail Mary’ bid comes up short
Baseball/MLB
Ohtani a 2-way All-Star again; full rosters out
Freeman gets four hits as Dodgers storm back
Orioles among MLB’s hot teams
Wild story how Reds catcher almost missed his MLB return
‘Bull Durham’ has a behind-the-scenes book
Basketball/NBA/WNBA
Griner dominates All-Star game from afar
NBA legends revisit starting retired players association
Golf
Schauffele takes Scottish for second straight win
Tennis
Djokovic tops Kyrgios for seventh Wimby title
Kyrgios showed he belonged on Slam stage
And he showed some more, upset with fan
Russia claims credit for Rybakina
She knows this will be a difficult spotlight
Football/NFL/USFL
Pro Bowl OL arrested at airport on concealed weapons charge
Condi Rice still stung at Cleveland firing Paul Brown … in 1963
College Sports
Column: Mega conferences a mega mistake, and fans will suffer
UK’s Stoops thinks NIL collectives are illegal, shares stories
Charlotte keeping an eye on ACC’s next move
Around the nation/world