Saturday'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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 Coastal Plain

Florence 7, Macon 6

Pro

MLB

Atlanta 4, Cincinnati 1

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Alumni Update

Lions legend Moore a big Quintez Cephus fan

 Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Strider sharp, goes deep, leads Braves over Reds

Column: Beneath tears, Freeman just an entitled athlete, might be full of it

Mariota has the lead, for now

Falcons’ Williams was all for move to RB

Hawks summer roster includes ex-Jacket

MBKB: UGA-Tech first meeting set for Dec. 6

 

Basketball/NBA/WNBA

Gallinari signs two-year deal with Boston

Remember the Nets’ grand plan

Day 3 update

Baseball/MLB/Baseball

Cards go bomb-bomb-bomb-bomb in first

Giambi ‘seemed different’ after injury, before suicide

Tennis

Down goes No. 1 Swiatek and 37-match streak

Kyrgios upsets Tsitsipas in wild one

Football/NFL/USFL/CFL

It’s Birmingham vs. Philadelphia in championship

USFL already looking to Season 2

Tyreek uniquely expecting major chemistry with Tua

College Basketball

Bellarmine player writes NCAA about transition/NCAA Tournament rule

College Football/South

Three Florida coordinators getting at least a mil

College Sports

NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate by conference

Grambling adds to its HOF

Colleges, NIL/Portal

A year into NIL, new questions

How much did athletes earn in the first year?

South Carolina’s best, funniest, coolest NIL deals

Around the nation/world

MLB games/scores

WNBA scores/games