Friday's Report: Henley in lead, Bullard past The Hit, BayBay Thomas; UGA, Tech, Falcons; World Cup, MLB, college sports update/🏈, golf, NFL, NASCAR, boxing
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Alumni Update
Baldwin’s Bullard past The Hit, even if others aren’t
Around/About Central Georgia
Henley has monster round – and the lead – at Wyndham
No bogeys?
Second eagle of the long season?
Among the top 10 in a field of 156 in shots gained off the tee, approaches to green, putting, tee to green, driving accuracy, scrambling, and putts per greens in regulation?
That’s the kind of day Russell Henley had in the first round of the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C.
It put him in first place with a 62, tying his career best round.
Henley has eight sub-63 rounds since the start of the 2020-21 season, sharing the best total with Patrick Cantlay, Jon Rahm, and Xander Schauffele, one better than Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas.
He leads Adam Svensson and Byeong Hun An by one.
The field has 19 players among the top 50 in the FedExCup rankings.
It’s a nice rebound from a 7-over two rounds and missed cut at The Open Championship two weeks ago.
Henley will try to avoid a repeat of what happened two years ago, when a three-shot lead entering Sunday blew up amid four bogeys in the last eight holes.
“I think about it a lot,” he told reporters.
Henley shot a 63 in the first round en route to the World Wide Technology Championship win in November. He’s had only six sub-70 first rounds this season, with 13 round of 71 or more.
He tees off Friday at 7:45 a.m. with Hideki Matsuyama (tied for 92nd) and Cam Davis (tied for 35th).
DeMarcus Ware dedicates anthem at HOF game to West Laurens’ BayBay
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Start of camp is so different from Smart’s days
Many jobs up for grabs in Athens
Changing narrative of rivalry a key for Tech’s Key
Atlanta waves Franks among other moves
Baseball/MLB
Shohei Ohtani hits 40th homer after leaving mound early with cramps in Seattle’s 5-3 win over Angels
Dead money? Here's how many millions Mets are paying for players no longer on the team
Soccer
Horan calls former teammate Lloyd’s criticism ‘noise’
College Sports
The Pac-12 is crumbling, part 1: The Apple TV+ media deal & which teams are bound to leave?
Can Florida State afford to wait much longer in whirlwind conference realignment race?
UNC AD defends ACC against FSU’s ‘barking’
Big Ten has begun preliminary talks to potentially add Oregon, Washington, Cal and Stanford
Ex-New Mexico State coach said he was fired because school needed ‘sacrificial lamb’
College Football/South
Column-What Josh Heupel has already mastered at Tennessee that Lane Kiffin, Butch Jones didn't
Will Ol’ Miss QB competition drag into the season?
Some under-the-radar players at Auburn
Questions for South Carolina that need answers
Malzahn preaches unity and which positional group feels 'slept on'
Freeze performs a resurrection. Auburn football recruiting back from grave
College Football
Day hopes a starter emerges from QB pair, not ruling out playing both
Gundy is 'thrilled' about Colorado's Big 12 return
Coordinator amped about Ohio State defense
Golf
First look at 2024 PGA Tour schedule; 4 designated events to keep 36-hole cut
NFL/USFL/XFL/Football
‘She LOVED our Chiefs!’: NFL fans rally for KC-area mom who died at training camp
Csonka on legendary Miami Dolphins team: 'They would reign supreme continuously’
What Mariota's camp struggles tell Eagles about Hurts' potential for greatness
Tua works hard on staying healthy, trying new lid
Hall of Fame New York Jet to teammate: 'You ever do that again, I'll kick your (butt)'
Jets backups nip Browns backups
Auto Racing/NASCAR
Tennis
Fourth-ranked Pegula cruises into the DC Open quarterfinals
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
History for Diana Taurasi: Mercury legend becomes first WNBA player to score 10,000 points
Former first-round NBA draft pick is sentenced to 10 years in prison in $4M health care fraud
'Alarming': NBPA distances Orlando Magic players from donation to Ron DeSantis' PAC
UFC/MMA/Boxing
Nate Diaz, Jake Paul hold vulgar press conference before fight
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