Sunday's Central Georgia News 'n Notes: Chipper, Newcomb (good and bad), the Falcons, Roquan Smith, the Dream and Hawks

Sunday’s Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

Chipper enters the Hall

          And his unborn son does a good job staying put and not disrupting his Dad’s speech.

          Full readables in The Latest Coverage, as well as plenty from Saturday looking at what led to Sunday.

The roof works, the Falcons practice

          More than 50,000 were on hand at Mercedes-Benz for a roof-opening and a Falcons practice.

          Info in The Latest Coverage.

Braves Report

          Finally the Braves got some O to go with some decent – although much more than decent, in this case – pitching.

          Sean Newcomb had a perfect game through five innings and was a strike away from a no-hitter in Atlanta’s 4-1 win over Los Angeles to avoid a sweep.

          Not long after the game, he was apologizing after offensive social media posts made when he was 18 surfaced.

          More in The Report in The Latest Coverage.

Roquan Smith is still holding out, but …

            It’s not for the normal holding out reasons.

Dream on a roll

          Atlanta has things going well since the All-Star break.

Hawks have preseason schedule set

          Georgia Tech gets some hosting duties.

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