Thursday's Report: Scoreboard; Peach County's Whittington, Mercer; NASCAR/Atlanta, Braves/playoffs, Falcons/Ridder, UGA; NFL, colleges, MLB, NASCAR, WNBA/NBA, Biles
Coming every day: The only place in Central Georgia with daily high school scores, and the only place with college – Mercer, FVSU, Georgia College, CGTC, MGSU, GMC, Wesleyan – coverage (when info is offered).
Coming Thursday: The Sports Report’s high school football predictions
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High School
🏈🏈🏈Flag football🏈🏈🏈
Mount de Sales 7, Central 0
🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎
Hawkinsville 9, Howard 4
The Huskies got off to a good start with four in the second, but the Red Devils stormed ahead with six in the fifth. Hawkinsville got two-hit nights from Myah Brown (4 runs), Jenni Merkerson (3 RBI), Alica Newman, Makayla Edwards (2 runs), and winning pitcher Rhegan Powers. Nakeria Mallory had three hits and three RBI, and Abby Davis three hits. Howard (10-12) hosts Griffin on Thursday, and Hawkinsville (17-2) is at Dooly County.
Lamar County 8, Taylor County 1
Spalding 18, Baldwin 10
Veterans 10, Crisp County 5
Warner Robins 12, Dublin 10
Washington 12, Johnson County 11
Westfield 8, Pinewood 0
🏐 🏐 🏐 Volleyball 🏐 🏐 🏐
ACE 2, Lamar County 0; ACE 2, Howard 0
College
⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽
W-Clayton State 2, Georgia College 1
Pro
⚽ ⚽ ⚽MLS ⚽ ⚽ ⚽
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Alumni Update
Peach County’s Whittington likely done for year at Oregon
Honor Roll
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
NASCAR moves Atlanta and Watkins Glen into the playoffs on 2024 schedule
How Fried’s availability affects Atlanta plans
Stealing the show: Acuña leads speedsters seeking October impact in pitch clock era
What did the Braves trade to get this record-setting roster?
Ridder remains confident he’ll keep the job
Hollins clears the air on perceived snapping at Ridder
Falcons sign defensive lineman Ankou and place wide receiver Ali on injured reserve
Atlanta’s O-line struggling but improving
Bates III, Falcons teammates, support single mother's in Atlanta area
Georgia working on run game, O-line
MLB/Baseball
Phillies sweep Marlins to earn NL Division Series rematch with MLB-best Braves
Twins advance for 1st time in 21 years with 2-0 win to sweep Blue Jays behind Gray, Correa
Rangers beat Rays 7-1 for Wild Card Series sweep behind Garcia and Carter home runs
Diamondbacks erase early deficit again and beat Brewers 5-2 to sweep NL Wild Card Series
Rays’ Wild Card opener draws 19,704, lowest since 1919 for non-pandemic MLB postseason
Jimmy Rollins did it his way. The former MVP shares his secrets to success.
Attanasio says MLB committee on Athletics’ move will meet this week, declines to comment on progress
College Sports
NCAA tightens portal window from 60 to 45 days
NCAA moves toward implementing NIL rules with proposals for agent registry, deal disclosure
Florida State fudged Title IX numbers, adds a women’s sport
College Football/SEC, ACC
LSU safety Brooks diagnosed with brain cancer, but no evidence it has spread, doctor says
Ranked SEC teams seek balance with rushing games and create opportunities for the passing game
Barkley admits he doesn’t hate Alabama, just Tide fans he calls ‘ungrateful brats’
Noles’ DC looking for better starts, more complete games
Ranking the biggest ‘choke jobs’ in Florida history
ACC quarterbacks, sometimes under the radar, are driving success across the league
SEC fines Ole Miss $75,000 after fans throw debris on field
College Football/South (SEC/ACC states)
Virginia AG writes to NCAA to make JMU bowl eligible in transition
Jacksonville State rallies past MTSU
South Alabama looking to limit explosive plays, quarterback runs vs. ULM
College Football
College football picks: SEC future and present highlights Week 6 with Red River, Alabama-Texas A&M
Some of nation’s top tacklers reside in the Big Ten and not just at the top football factories
Texas RB Jonathon Brooks honors father’s memory with every touchdown for No. 3 Longhorns
Purdue adding a ground attack to Air Raid
NIL collective for Utah backs up the truck - $61,000 pickup trucks - for football team
NFL/XFL/USFL/Football
Tomlin thinks the Steelers’ lack of physicality is nothing a padded practice can’t fix
Analysis: Wilson proved Saleh, Jets’ confidence in him was deserved
Fields and Howell face off as the winless Bears visit the Commanders in prime time
Pro Picks: Handing the Bears their 15th straight loss won’t come easy for the Commanders
Jags LT Cam Robinson and WR Zay Jones return to practice ahead of Bills game in London
Column-Exit Brady, Bucs to drop, but enter Baker
Stroud making pre-draft test warnings look foolish
Column-Jones’ story should inspire hope for help he needs
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Aces have a chance to make history with win over Liberty in the WNBA Finals
WNBA agrees to grant Golden State Warriors an expansion team in 2025, AP source says
Column-Is Anthony Davis ready to be LeBron’s successor?
Harden returns to Philadelphia 76ers’ training camp despite his trade request
Olympic Sports
Simone Biles leads U.S. women to record 7th straight team title at gymnastics world championships
Boxing/UFC/MMA
Golf
Column: Team USA always comes home with some drama. Just never the Ryder Cup
The PGA Tour goes to Mississippi while LIV golfers on the Europe tour play at Dunhill Links
Scoreboard