Sunday's Report: Scoreboard; Falcons/Saints, Braves, Hawks; MLB, US Open, golf, NASCAR, college football, NFL, basketball HOF
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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High School
🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎
ACE 9, Stratford 3; ACE 15, John Milledge 0
John Milledge 4, Stratford 3
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ACE 2, Cook 0 (25-18, 25-15); ACE 2, Rutland 0 (25-16, 25-14)
College
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W-Georgia College 1, Young Harris 0
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Mercer 3, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 1; Stetson 3, Mercer 0
Montevallo 3, Georgia College 0
William Carey 3, Middle Georgia State 0
Pro
MLB
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Alumni Update
Around/about Central Georgia
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Seattle’s power and pitching beat Braves
New Orleans preps for new QB, new-look Falcons
Saints bringing familiar run attack
Thomas excited for return vs. Atlanta
Hawks battle poor local TV ratings
Baseball/MLB/Baseball
Big fourth leads Mets over Marlins
LA Times owner ponders buying Angels
Tennis
Swiatek takes US Open women’s title in straight sets
Alcaraz-Ruud for No.1, and US Open trophy
Jabeur vows to keep fighting after loss
Tiafoe’s impact stretches across the Atlantic
Golf
McIlroy, LIV golfers near leaders at Wentworth
Scheffler easy choice as PGA Tour player of the year
Garcia, Rose withdraw from BMW PGA
Auto Racing
Reddick snags Cup playoff pole
Gragson wins rain-shortened Xfinity
Busch chases title, ponders future
Which no longer includes Gibbs Racing, in shocker
College Sports
BYU investigation finds no signs of racial heckling vs. Duke
Basketball/NBA/WNBA
Gibnobili, Hardaway headline 13 new HOF enshrines
Diverse group joins hall
Cash enters HOF now as a front-office player
Football/NFL/USFL/CFL
Playing on 9/11 at home big for Jets, Saleh
Jackson to play season without new contract with Ravens
Wilson ready to hear the noise against old team
Bills rookie Cook (UGA) fumbled on first carry, and sat
Eagles roast O-line with band names
Rams need to improve … everywhere
Boxing/MMS/UFC
Hell breaks loose at UFC 279 press conference
Around the nation/world