The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Saturday’s Report: HS football; Braves, Falcons, Dream; MLB, NFL, College football, US Open, NASCAR, NCAA landscape, gambling, WNBA

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⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽

W-Georgia College 2, Chowan 1

🏐 🏐 🏐 Volleyball 🏐 🏐 🏐

Georgia College 3, Southern Wesleyan 2; Georgia College 3, Albany State 2

Pro

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Atlanta 3, Toronto 1

🏀🏀🏀WNBA 🏀🏀🏀

Atlanta 107, Dallas 96

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Around/About Central Georgia

 

Around/About Georgia

'No moment too big for him': September Fried off to a scorching start

Tomlin and the new-look Pittsburgh Steelers offense are feeling the ‘angst’ as 2024 begins

Could Robinson finish year as league's leading rusher? 

Falcons injury report: Pitts trending in right direction

Wilson is questionable for opener at Atlanta with a calf injury

Howard becomes the first Dream player since 2013 to score 30-plus in consecutive games

 

Baseball/MLB

Díaz brothers pitch in same game for 1st time as Mets top Reds in front of family at Citi Field

Machado homers twice vs the Giants to tie Nate Colbert atop the Padres’ career list with 163

Turner, Schwarber homer to help Phillies overpower Marlins 

College Football

History suggests a team will make a big leap to reach a conference championship game

Rourke leads Indiana to record-setting point total

BYU beats SMU to end high-scoring ACC newcomer Mustangs’ 9-game win streak at home

Football/NFL/USFL

Barkley scores 3 TDs as Eagles beat Packers in Brazil. Packers’ Love injured in final minute

Some NFL fans defy host soccer club’s preference by wearing green to Packers-Eagles game in Brazil

Goodell says he would like NFL to have 16 international games per season

NFL teams don’t usually look to former players to lead their clubs

Kelce finds sanctuary when he steps on the football field with life busier than ever

Giants’ Chapman gets $151 million contract for 2025-30 after betting on himself with 1-year deal

Tennis

Fritz beats Frances Tiafoe to become the first American man in a US Open final since 2006

Sinner advances to US Open final as Draper vomits, battles heat

Pegula will meet Aryna Sabalenka in the US Open women’s final Saturday

Auto Racing

NASCAR playoff openers don't always tell the story. Atlanta a wild card to start things

NASCAR Atlanta full weekend track schedule, TV schedule for Quaker State 400, other races

Hamlin had the perfect self-deprecating joke about it being 'his year' to win a championship

NASCAR's charter disagreement with teams is at a breaking point as playoffs arrive

WNBA

Showdown between Napheesa Collier and Caitlin Clark about more than hoops

Collier scores 26 and Lynx overcome Caitlin Clark’s 25-point night

Plum, A’ja Wilson rally Aces to 4th straight victory

Reese scores 24, Sky ends 7-game skid

Basketball/NBA

NBA legend Charles Barkley promises $1M donation to New Orleans school

Golf

McIlroy, Scheffler to face DeChambeau, Koepka in TV battle

Gambling

Sports betting firm bet365 fined $33K for taking bets after outcomes were known

College Sports, the changing landscape

NCAA president tells membership hearing on $2.78B settlement ‘did not go as we hoped’

Federal judge asked to give preliminary OK to $2.78 billion settlement of NCAA antitrust claims

Judge questions restrictions on booster payments to athletes in $2.78B NCAA settlement

Scoreboards

MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games