Wednesday’s Report: Bud Dupree sitdown, Mayhem, Honor Roll (FVSU/Veterans); Braves-Phillies, Falcons, Dream, UGA; MLB/playoffs, NFL, colleges, NBA, NHL openers

Wednesday’s Report: Bud Dupree sitdown, Mayhem, Honor Roll (FVSU/Veterans); Braves-Phillies, Falcons, Dream, UGA; MLB/playoffs, NFL, colleges, NBA, NHL openers

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High School

🏈🏈🏈Flag Football🏈🏈🏈

Lakeside 26, Washington County 0
Macon County 25, Greenville 0

 

🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎

David Emanuel 14, CFCA 11

Dodge County 7, Trinity Christian 1

Effingham County 6, West Laurens 5

Glascock County 1, GMC 0

Hawkinsville 12, Rutland 0

Johnson County 10, Dublin 2

Lee County 3, Taylor County 1

Piedmont 11, Brentwood 5

Peach County 9, Mary Persons 1

          The Trojans clinched the top seed in 2-AAA, and move on to visit Morgan County in the playoffs on Oct. 16.

Prince Avenue 14, Jasper County 2

Stratford 4, Loganville Christian 3

Tattnall 9, Brookstone 1

Thomas Jefferson 7, Washington County 6

Westfield 9, George Walton 2

🏫🏫🏫 College 🏫🏫🏫

⛳⛳⛳ Golf ⛳⛳⛳

M-Carolina Cup, final round, Mercer

 🏐 🏐 🏐 Volleyball 🏐 🏐 🏐

Augusta 3, Georgia College 0 (25-9, 25-18, 25-11)

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Alumni Update

Bud Dupree talks Falcons, Macon, Central Georgia, running businesses, and more

Honor Roll

SIAC special teams POTR: Veterans grad Gibbs

Philadelphia vs. Atlanta

Unafraid Smith-Shawver ready to cap stunning rise in postseason

Braves aim to reverse playoff fortunes vs. Nola in Game 3

About Game 3

After 'tough' DP ends Game 2, Phils rue missed chances

Braves hold off again on announcing starting pitcher for Game 3 of NLDS vs Phillies

Harper explains base-running decision after getting doubled off on game-ending play

Déjà vu for Nola as another NLDS start vs. Braves approaches

Phillies insist they can put stunned disbelief of Game 2 meltdown behind them

Around/About Central Georgia

Mayhem announce new youth hockey programs

          The team will host a meet and greet on Thursday at 7 p.m. at Surcheros on Bass Road.

 

Around/About Georgia

Rams are trading WR Jefferson to Falcons in a draft pick swap

Column-The sun shines on Ridder and the Falcons

Facts, stats, quotes from Week 5 win against Texans

Rooftop camera angle captures Robinson behind-the-back touchdown catch

Ridder solidifies job security and brightens Falcons’ hopes for long-awaited winning season

Dream guard Howard to join Florida’s coaching staff during the WNBA’s offseason

Smart not biting on Stoops’ ‘buying players’ observation, but players do

Georgia notebook

Smart changes tune with defense, pays off

 

MLB Playoffs

Wednesday: 2:07 p.m., Houston at Minnesota, FS1; 5:07 p.m., Atlanta at Philadelphia, TBS; 9:07 p.m., LA Dodgers at Arizona, TBS
Thursday: 6:07 p.m., Atlanta at Philadelphia, TBS; 9:07 p.m., LA Dodgers at Arizona (if) 

MLB/Baseball

Second-winningest MLB team in 2023 swept by Rangers

Astros pound 4 homers, with a pair by Abreu, to rout Twins 

Houston on the brink of seventh straight ALCS

Column: MLB’s playoff format is penalizing top seeds with all that time off

The Dodgers’ bats have gone cold in the postseason. Now they’re facing playoff elimination

Column-Is Las Vegas ready for the 112-loss A's?

2022 Cy Young winner Alcantara to miss 2024 after Tommy John 

NFL/USFL/ XFL/Football

Historic start to the season for the Dolphins’ offense means little to McDaniel

Texans look to complete drives after settling for field goals

Cowboys don’t look anywhere close to NFL’s elite after blowout loss to Niners

Lynch dishes on strained relationships with Wilson, Carroll

Would the Patriots really push Belichick out? There's no playbook for breaking up with a legend

Rams gutted the roster and promoted from within. At 2-3, they need more from their homegrown talent

Lions relying on creativity as well as toughness in 4-1 start

Pederson walks back comments suggesting Jaguars could play consecutive games in London annually

Why the NFL cares about the Chiefs tight end and the singer

 

College Football/SEC, ACC

What Hugh Freeze learned over Auburn football’s bye week

Florida is making some schedule tweaks in hopes of ending road woes at South Carolina

Pittman remembers Milroe breakout game before Alabama hosts Razorbacks

Freeze on LSU’s explosive offense: ‘Can we hold them to field goals?’

How Jalen Milroe learned from early-season errors, led Alabama to Texas A&M win

College Football

What is artificial turf? Synthetic grass has come a long way since the days of AstroTurf

Costly upkeep, less-than-ideal weather lead most college football stadiums to use artificial turf

With blunders and bad decisions, Saturday was a low point for college football coaches

RB Henderson expected to return, WR Egbuka questionable as No. 3 Buckeyes prepare to play at Purdue

Top 25 Reality Check: Rankings stagnant with few big upsets pushing voters to shake-up the poll

Washington AD on Ohio State, Texas: “Haven’t won much lately”

College Basketball

Iowa’s Clark the first college athlete to secure an NIL deal with State Farm

Big Ten presents rugged road for newcomers Fralick at Michigan State, Plitzuweit at Minnesota

Golf

LIV Golf loses its bid to earn ranking points over questions about a closed shop

Lexi Thompson to Las Vegas for PGA Tour as LPGA Tour goes to Shanghai

Obit: NBA lifer Brendan Malone

Olympic Sports

Gymnastics legend Retton on life support

NHL/Hockey

NHL issues updated theme night guidance, which includes a ban on players using Pride tape on the ice

Connor Bedard is the NHL’s latest ‘next Sidney Crosby.’ The original has plenty left in the tank

 

NHL/Hockey

 Opening night roundup: Bedard’s debut, raising the trophy …

Projecting all 32 teams’ finish

Scoreboards

WNBA scores/games

MLB scores/games

NFL scores/games

College football scores, FBS

College football scores, FCS