Saturday's Report: Scoreboard; Braves, UGA, Falcons; college football, MLB/Pujols, NFL, Federer, golf, NASCAR, more
News and notes of interest to Central Georgia, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
In Coverage: Central Georgia’s high school football coverage; Peach State college football previews
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High School
Softball
College
Soccer
W-Chattanooga 1, Mercer 0
Volleyball
Fort Valley State 3, Tuskegee 0
UNCG 3, Mercer 0
Pro
MLB
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Around/about Central Georgia
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Phillies get pitching and power to pop Braves
UGA AD, president talk about present and future
Morehead ponders 12-team playoff, scheduling
Falcons to watch against Seattle
College Football/South
Mississippi to retire number of program’s first Black player
South Carolina’s Vann apologizes for criticism
LSU gets a year probation for ex-assistant conduct
Finley’s father critical of Auburn QB situation
College Football
Syracuse tops Virginia on five field goals
Nebraska eyes Memorial Stadium of the future
Michigan to name tunnel after Carr
Bowling Green coach out with ‘health matter’
MLB/Baseball
Pujols belts 700th, among four
Judge stuck at 60, but Yanks win
Kershaw plans to be back, but where?
Dodgers dump Kimbrel as closer
Three minor-leaguers suspended
Football/NFL/USFL
New plea deal in Mississippi/welfare/money scandal may hurt Favre
The 0-2 teams’ chances for the playoffs
Column: Why Hurts might surpass Murray
Browns lose LB for year with quad tear
Tennis
Emotional Federer – Nadal teared up, too - after career finale
Golf
Homa’s heroic turn close day into another US rout
Hoping for an LVI-PGA truce? Don’t
Reed unhappy with treatment as LIV ‘rebel’
Auto Racing
Buescher hopes to be playoff spoiler on home track
Will Kyle Busch do Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 in same day?
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Boston: Udoka suspended for ‘multiple’ policy violations
Soccer
US sluggish in World Cup warmup loss
Spanish women’s soccer in turmoil after playoff revolt
High Schools
New Jersey player dies after injury during game
Around the nation/world
Pot stays on doping banned list, opiate tramadol added