The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Wednesday's Report: Alumni Update: Houston County/Dublin, Bacon; Braves, UGA, Tech, United, Dream; NBA/WNBA/Olympics, MLB, college baseball, NFL, NASCAR, golf, college hoops, NHL

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Forest City 9, Macon 5

          There was plenty of action in the ninth inning, but it didn’t change the outcome of Forest City winning.

          The Owls scored 3 in the top of the ninth and the Bacon 2 in the bottom half.

          Macon outhit the visitors 12-6, but Bacon pitching walked 9 batters to counter 12 strikeouts. Macon batters whiffed 14 times and walked 5. The teams combined for 6 hit batters, 4 by Macon starter Zach Garber, who lasted 1.2 innings, plunking three straight batters in the second.

          Macon fell to 3-12, second-worst record in the league behind the Greenville Yard Gnomes (3-13). The Bacon host Lexington County on Thursday.

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Baltimore 4, Atlanta 0

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Washington 87, Atlanta 68

 

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Alumni Update

Another big honor for Houston County’s Burress

And another

Dublin’s Height signs officially with Tech

 

Around/About Central Georgia

 

Around/About Georgia

Memorable season ends with disappointing loss in Athens

Georgia Tech officially signs six transfers

Interim head coach Valentino on 'shared success' and the plans going forward for Atlanta United 

Mateo returns to the Baltimore lineup and hits a 3-run homer to lead the Orioles over Atlanta

Braves' patience tested after second shutout loss in a week

Sykes returns to help Mystics secure their first win of the season, over the Dream

Basketball/NBA

Celtics traded for Jrue Holiday with NBA Finals in mind, and now they’re 2 wins away from title

Irving on what has to change for Dallas: ‘It starts with me’

Dončić reportedly had pain-killing injection ahead of Game 2, likely needs another

Mavericks need more long shots to fall in long-shot bid to rally against Celtics in NBA Finals

Celtics’ Porzingis has rare tendon issue in lower left leg, is questionable

Tatum knows his shooting numbers aren’t great. The Celtics control the NBA Finals anyway

Stevens has built Boston Celtics team capable of winning multiple NBA Finals

WNBA

Reigning WNBA champion Aces struggling to start season while trying to get players healthy

Late bloomers? Veterans who are making a meaningful leap this season

Taurasi on Team USA women's hoops roster: 'There's always gonna be controversy'

Column: Clark cut from the Olympics? This snub stinks

Baseball/MLB

Writing on the wall: Giants coach Ryan Christenson has turned lineup cards into art

With Shohei Ohtani out of the picture, get ready for what could be a wide open race for AL MVP

Pirates rookie Skenes gets a standing O ... in St. Louis

Anderson provides a spark for Marlins in 4-2 win over Mets

Schwarber homers twice in Phillies' 4-1 win against Red Sox

Judge hits MLB-best 25th homer into center-field fountain and Yankees rout Royals 

Roundup

College Baseball

South Carolina makes waves with hire of Mainieri

Mainieri explains why he decided to take South Carolina job 3 years after LSU tenure

Tony Vitello had transfer portal message in Tennessee baseball rant  

How NC State baseball is channeling Jimmy V all the way to College World Series

'You don't want to lose another day with the guys' | Tennessee thankful to experience Omaha together

College World Series might offer glimpse of future with only SEC and ACC teams in the field

Football/NFL/USFL

Reid on awareness of possible Rice shooting incident at SMU: "We knew enough to draft him"

NFL's opening statement in Sunday Ticket included some unusual arguments

The Titans wrap offseason program with rookie left tackle JC Latham last off field

'Important' event keeps Rodgers from mandatory minicamp

Auto Racing

Finishing in second place nets Michael McDowell a career first

Deal or no deal? So far, NASCAR and its teams are sputtering

 Golf

Scheffler sets new single-season money record before U.S. Open

Hovland feeling more confident entering US Open after 3rd place finish at PGA Championship

Rahm says he’s in ‘happy place’ before foot injury forces him to withdraw from US Open

McIlroy and wife end divorce proceedings to stay together as a family

Tennis

TNT Sports reaches 10-year deal to carry the French Open beginning next year

College Basketball

Hurley staying at UConn is a banner day for college hoops

How to watch South Carolina women's new documentary series 'Love the Game'

Hockey

Oilers’ Draisaitl avoids suspension, Panthers’ Barkov could play in Stanley Cup Final Game 3

Locking down games and dominating late has become a hallmark for the Florida Panthers

Scoreboards

MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games