The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Saturday's Report: Dodge County's Floyd,Stratford's Henley; UGA/Super Regional, Braves, Falcons, UGA; NBA/WNBA, MLB, college ⚾🥎🏈, racing, French Open, golf, betting

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Macon 7, Catawba Valley Stars 1

          No details were available for Macon’s third straight win, an exhibition. The Bacon are 3-9 in CPL play, 4-9 overall. The CPL posted the score on social media, but its stats website didn’t list the game, so stats are unavailable and standings may be incorrect

Pro

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Washington 2, Atlanta 1

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Alumni  Update

Dodge County’s Floyd is 49ers' latest attempt to give Bosa edge-rushing help

Around/About Central Georgia

Henley gains some ground at Memorial

          A couple shaky tee shots led to a couple bogeys, interrupting an otherwise solid round for Russell Henley in the second round of the Memorial.

          Henley sandwiched a pair of bogeys around two birdies on the back nine and finished 1-under for the day to pull into a tie for 20th, with an even par 144.

          He’s nine shots back of leader Scottie Scheffler.

Around/About Georgia

Moving Collins continues to pay off in big ways for UGA

Condon a finalist for Golden Spikes

And for Dick Howser Trophy

Woes on O continue for Atlanta in Sale’s first L since April

Braves stats

'We're not playing like we can': Braves' bats search for another gear

Welcome to the SEC: Texas AD on big game weekend vs. UGA. Kirby Smart on Longhorns, Sooners

‘Superdad’ Cousins already commanding the room in Atlanta

 

NBA/Basketball

The Celtics’ formula is lots of 3s, lots of stops. The Mavericks need a solution in the NBA Finals

Irving has rough NBA Finals opener in response to boos (and worse) from Boston crowd

Porzingis suddenly a big problem in Finals for a Mavericks team that cast him off

Column-Do not believe anyone who says Mavericks star Doncic is 'unathletic'

Barkley still knows nothing about NBA's future on TNT. And he's not happy about it.

Doncic says he’ll play for Slovenia in Olympic qualifying, knees permitting

WNBA

Clark makes 7 3-pointers, scores 30 points to lead Indiana over winless Washington

Diggins-Smith’s big second half leads the Storm 

Copper scores 34, hits last-second winner in Griner’s return

Another Dearica Hamby double-double propels Sparks

Column-Reese deserves better: Sky rookie's Clark comment went viral for all the wrong reasons

Roundup

Baseball/MLB

Gibson's MLB inclusion means more stories to tell at Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

Red Sox-White Sox game delayed by 3 bottles thrown toward the field

White Sox hit 3 homers to stop 14-game slide

Witt Jr. ties it in 9th and scores winner, Royals overcome 8-run deficit

Roundup

College Baseball

FSU sets super-regional records for the most runs scored in a game and largest margin of victory

Godbout’s 3-run homer lifts 12th-seed Virginia over Kansas State 7-4 in super regional opener

Tennessee uses 4 home runs to take down Evansville

Honeycutt hits walk-off homer as North Carolina beats West Virginia in super regional

Clemson reunion between old Tigers assistants Bakich and Florida’s O’Sullivan at NCAA super regional

College Softball

Oklahoma takes the four-peat in most-watched Women’s College World Series final

Tennessee assistants Chris and Kate Malveaux hired as co-head coaches at Auburn

Auto Racing

NASCAR returns to repaved Sonoma road course unsure what to expect from fast new asphalt

Sunday at Sonoma

Former NASCAR Cup Series driver Scott arrested for alleged role in Jan. 6 Capitol riot

Canapino takes IndyCar leave of absence after dispute over online abuse aimed at another driver

Golf

Scheffler’s big finish gives him a 3-shot lead at the Memorial

Yubol shoots a career-best 61 to take the first-round lead at ShopRite LPGA Classic

Tennis

Alcaraz reaches his first French Open final by beating Jannik Sinner in 5 sets over 4 hours

Zverev reaches the French Open final on the day his court case is resolved in Germany

Paolini reaches both the singles and doubles finals at the French Open

Swiatek will face Paolini in the French Open women’s final

Can tennis, pickleball and padel co-exist? The folks in charge of the French Open think so

College Football

Ads on football fields will create new revenue for schools preparing to give more money to athletes

Day happy to still have crowded QB room

Bet on Beck? Quinn to win? Who are the Heisman Trophy favorites

Gambling

Ohio State is bettors' overwhelming national title choice so far

Colorado is bettors' most popular team once again

College Sports

Valby wins 10,000 meters to help Florida take team lead at NCAA outdoor championships

Football/NFL/USFL

Browns give coach Stefanski, GM Berry contract extensions following success, stability

Thompson is alert and responsive a day after having a seizure, going into cardiac arrest

Wide receivers’ salaries are expected to keep pace with rising NFL salary cap: Analysis

Ex-Dolphin Xavien Howard is accused of sending a teen an explicit photo over an abortion quarrel

Lions lose 1 day of offseason workouts after violating NFL rules relating to on-field contact

Hockey

Stanley Cup win by the Oilers would net Colorado sports bar owners nearly $600,000

Tkachuk’s numbers are down from last year. The Panthers insist his value has gone up

Edmonton Oilers vs. Florida Panthers is a Stanley Cup Final of teams far apart in every way

Boxing/UFC/MMA

Tyson’s fight with Jake Paul has been rescheduled for Nov. 15 after Tyson’s health episode

Around the nation/world

Paris Olympics organizers unveil a display of the five Olympic rings mounted on the Eiffel Tower

Scoreboards

MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games