Thursday's Report: Taylor County's Dixon; Vin Scully; Braves, UGA, Falcons, Georgia Southern; MLB, college 🏈/South, NFL, NASCAR, golf

Thursday's Report: Taylor County's Dixon; Vin Scully; Braves, UGA, Falcons, Georgia Southern; MLB, college 🏈/South, NFL, NASCAR, golf

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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MLB

Philadelphia 3, Atlanta 1

WNBA

Atlanta 91, Indiana 81 

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Vin Scully, 1927-2022

‘I was almost in tears’

LA Angels motivated by Scully

The city begins mourning

 

     


 

Scully’s reach was far, far beyond LA

Baseball’s merry poet laureate, and more

A great Scully story

 

Alumni Update

After months at West Virginia, Taylor County’s Dixon heads to Tennessee


Around/About Georgia/Southeast

HR follows overturned call, Phils calm down Atlanta bats

And now, the Mets in New York

Charge dismissed for UGA’s McIntosh

Atlanta DL Taylor suffers ruptured Achilles

Pitts makes QBs life easier

Where does Georgia Southern fit in realignment?

 

Baseball/MLB                                                                           

Trade deadline winners and losers

A look at the buyers and sellers

Soto’s trade leaves epic star hole in DC

Cheered by new team, which gets a slam from another newbie

Vogelbach, Alonso power Mets over Nationals

Mets, Cubs get move in just before deadline

Orioles get season sweep of Texas for first time

Four strikes and yer out?

College Football/South

Socks key to turnaround under Napier?

Clemson S Zanders giving up football

How long can Beamer’s honeymoon last?

Big 12 title game staying at Jerry’s World

Kentucky’s Stoops will make UK history in ‘22

If Tennessee has to forfeit anything …

College Sports

Proposed transfer rule changes kicked back to committee

New online NIL marketplace connects fans, athletes

Tuberville, Manchin work on NIL bill

WBKB: Ouch – UConn star Bueckers done for year, torn ACL

MBKB: Kentucky fans show out for flood relief efforts

Football/NFL/USFL

As expect, NFL appeals Watson suspension length

Victim of assault suffers again after short suspension

Jets’ Wilson done with social media during season

Pederson handling Jags like ‘grown men

Column: Dolphins’ chasing Brady leaves Tua in another rough spot

Auto Racing

Busch to miss third race, with concussion-like symptoms

Golf

LIV players sue PGA Tour over suspensions

‘Now (they) want back in’

DeChambeau catches grief after pizza shops/LIV/PGA comparison

Column: LIV is now branding itself as the MAGA Tour

Around the nation/world

MLB games/scores

WNBA scores/games