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High School
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Bleckley County 13, Telfair County 1, 5 inn.
Addison Hill and Riley Haley drilled homers in the senior night win.
FPD 6, GMC 3
Houston County 11, ACE 0, 5 inn.
Tess Rollins belted a three-run homer to help spark the Bears in a battle of two of Central Georgia’s top teams.
College
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Georgia College 9, Albany State 0
🏐 🏐 🏐 Volleyball 🏐 🏐 🏐
Clark Atlanta 3, Fort Valley State 1
Pro
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Around/About Central Georgia
FVSU visits Benedict in SIAC showdown on ESPN2
Benedict’s Central Georgians: 21 RB Deondra Duehart, Northeast, So. Duehart is second with 230 yards, and has a touchdown.
WSOC: Amrozowicz, Fuller lead GCSU’s record-setting night
Philadelphia vs. Atlanta
Harper slugs 2 more homers as Phillies pound Braves 10-2 in Game 3 of NL Division Series
Braves in familiar spot following Game 3 loss to Phillies
Swing, stare, repeat: Harper launches Phillies to lead with epic response
Arcia said Harper can stare 'wherever he wants', didn't intend for him to hear his mockery
Strider aims to extend Braves' season
Column-The Braves mess around and find out the Phillies aren't them
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
How baseball helps Beck best handle the pressure
Former Bulldog Carter helps hometown after youth football shooting
ACC official to ESPN on Miami RB Chaney fumble in loss to GT: ‘We made the right call’
Jefferson joins Falcons practice, gives QB Ridder yet another playmaker
MLB/Baseball
MLB’s third-winningest team gets swept, Dodgers avoid shutout
Abreu homers again to power Astros past Twins and into 7th straight ALCS
Bruce Bochy is back in the postseason with the Texas Rangers. He missed it while he was away
Former baseball MVP Steve Garvey joins California US Senate race, gives GOP ballot dash of celebrity
Future looks exciting for the Orioles, but still have some tough decisions
Mets owner Steve Cohen hopes to build casino adjacent to Citi Field
College Sports
Kansas escapes postseason ban, major penalties as panel downgrades basketball violations
College Football/SEC, ACC/South
Kentucky’s Mark Stoops clarifies ‘pony up’ remark regarding donations for NIL. He loves the fan base
How Auburn’s Payton Thorne can build on Georgia performance against LSU
Saban jokes about texting Alabama players about gameday eclipse
Clemson OC Riley says attack too inconsistent during first half of the season
College Football
Baylor AD has talked with head coach about offensive changes
USC football hears the critics. Lincoln Riley offers an emphatic response
Others starting to see in Wolverines what Harbaugh saw
Houston’s Dana Holgorsen takes on former school when the Cougars host surging West Virginia
Column-The Pac-12′s tragedy is wildly entertaining
College Football/Tuesday night/Wednesday night
Hensley makes field goal as time expires and Coastal Carolina gets first win at App State
Unbeaten Liberty already bowl eligible after win over Jacksonville St
Vattiato throws for 2 TDs and Middle Tennessee eases past Louisiana Tech for first conference win
McConnell throws for 2 TDs and the UTEP D gets 2 fourth-quarter takeaways
New Mexico State beats fellow C-USA newcomer Sam Houston behind Pavia’s 3 TDs
NFL/XFL/USFL/Football
Pro Picks: Expect Broncos to be competitive, but still lose to Chiefs for the 16th straight time
Ex-NFL player Sergio Brown arrested in Southern California in connection to mother’s slaying
Reeling Broncos have little time to fix host of problems before visiting Chiefs on Thursday night
Analysis: Belichick seems lost without Brady, Payton off to a disastrous start
Jones will remain Patriots’ starting QB this week against Raiders
Colts’ Richardson to miss at least 4 weeks after going on injured reserve
The Steelers are winning in spite of the offense. At some point, they’ll need to win because of it
Watson still dealing with shoulder injury that kept him out of game before bye
Saints putting dominant win in perspective after their recent skid
Burrow and Chase give the Bengals needed boost at Arizona
Mounting defensive injuries threaten to derail the Bills after sluggish loss to Jaguars in London
Parsons calls out Kittle for making things personal with NSFW shirt
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Aces rout Liberty for 2-0 lead in WNBA Finals
Zion Williamson makes first appearance in an NBA game since injuring right hamstring last Jan. 2
Olympic Sports
Olympic champion gymnast Mary Lou Retton remains in intensive care as donations pour in
Tennis
Western & Southern Open to remain in Cincinnati for another 25 years
NHL/Hockey
Capitals’ 5-foot 7, 140-pound Matthew Phillips tops the list of season-opening NHL roster surprises
Golf
Rahm looks to surpass Ballesteros at Spanish Open with ‘batteries charged’ again after Ryder Cup
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