Saturday's Report: Scores, HS football; Falcons, UGA, Hawks, Braves, Allen Bailey; Dream/Gray/WNBA; World Series, college football, NFL, obits, NBA, NHL, golf, NASCAR
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(Teams: Please post first and last names, and names are preferred over social media handles (they know who they are, most people don’t) and post team names, not mascots)
🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
(Colleges: Please post links to stories with social media posts, and team names instead of logos in graphics)
⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽
W-GMC JC 2, Emory-Oxford 2
W-Mercer 2, Western Carolina 2
🏐 🏐 🏐 Volleyball 🏐 🏐 🏐
USC Aiken 3, Middle Georgia State 0 (26-24, 25-16, 30-13)
Western Carolina 3, Mercer 2
Pro
🏒🏒🏒 SPHL 🏒🏒🏒
Athens 6, Macon 3
🏀🏀🏀NBA 🏀🏀🏀
Atlanta 128, Charlotte 81
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Around/About Central Georgia
One Central Georgia team left in GHSA volleyball
The lone Central Georgia team remaining in the GHSA volleyball state tournament is in action on Saturday.
Sixth seed Mary Persons travels to No. 3 Calhoun on Saturday.
Around/About Georgia
Atlanta Falcons’ social media post of their throwback logo causes a stir online
Evans ruled out by the 49ers for Week 7 game against the Falcons
Falcons injury report: Atlanta releases lengthy list as prep for 49ers continues
Georgia's Frazier, Southern Cal’s aiava gift teammates Beats by Dre headphones through NIL deals
Smart calls out ‘biggest weakness’ with Georgia’s special teams play
Hornets blown out by Hawks 128-81 in first game home without LaMelo Ball, booed by sellout crowd
Taking stock of the Braves' improved farm system
Memoriam: McIntosh County grad Bailey was a beast before NFL career
WNBA Finals: Atlanta vs. Golden State
Washington County’s Gray plays through a hand injury as the Dream lead the WNBA Finals
Dream selling out NBA arena for WNBA Finals shows how times have changed for the franchise
Players in WNBA Finals tuning out President Trump, other outside noise, say their focus on the games
MLB World Series
Brewers withstand Rays’ comeback attempt to win Game 1
Misiorowski sets World Series velocity record on his first pitch
Robin Yount and Brewers’ broadcast team pay tribute to Bob Uecker by borrowing from his wardrobe
Pitcher Woodruff makes Brewers’ World Series roster as he returns from shoulder injury
Brewers barrel through Rays in Game 1 after 44-year World Series wait
Baseball/MLB
Union head calls MLB’s salary cap proposal ‘nuclear bomb’ ahead of World Series opener
College Football/SEC
LSU President condemns 'unacceptable behavior' at football games, announces enhanced security
College Football/ACC
Miami President Joe Echevarria opens up about potential conference realignment
College Football/Friday night
Duke uses trick-play TD pass from Sheppard to pull out victory over Virginia
Osborne, Porter guide UConn to victory over UMass
College Football
Oregon State WR Legree says he’ll be back with the Beavers in 2027
NFL/NFC
NFC East makes history with back-to-back winless weeks
Saints kicker Carlson hopes to be back in time for birth of his fourth child after NFL game in Paris
A battered Rams team faces a near must-win at Las Vegas
Mayfield 'ready to go' vs. Panthers, but Egbuka and Goedeke out
NFL/AFC
Jaguars left tackle Harrison is out for the season with a torn knee ligament
Texans savor Dell’s emotional return after a catastrophic knee injury
Chiefs RB Walker downplaying return to Seattle, where he led Seahawks to Super Bowl title
Nix says his ankle is fine, but a mental hurdle lingers as his slump drags on
Patriots holding onto positives after 3-game win streak is snapped by Bears
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Traffic stop leads to misdemeanor marijuana possession charge against Colts QB Richardson
Obituaries
Dale Brown, who has the most wins of any LSU basketball coach, dies at age 90
Lawrence McCutcheon, 5-time Pro Bowl running back for Los Angeles Rams, dies at 76
College Basketball
Fights break out in Alabama-Auburn rivalry game
Jay Wright: ‘I could have never anticipated’ how college hoops has changed as he enters Hall of Fame
No. 2 UConn is ready to make another title run after emotions boiled over after the Final Four loss
Gayle cleared to play 5th season of college hoops for No. 16 Michigan
Villanova set to exit Philadelphia’s famed Big 5 college basketball series after this season
NBA/Game night
Tatum scores 36, sizzles down the stretch as Celtics fend off Knicks
Mavericks lose Flagg to injury, and ruin Haliburton’s home return with win over Pacers
Jackson scores 24 and Peterson makes go-ahead FTs to lift Jazz over Pelicans
Pistons roll past Heat, adding to Miami’s season-opening woes on defensive end
NBA/Basketball
Knicks coaches get empty ring boxes, staff phished
NY, Garden say using championship rings in an email to fool employees was an ‘unfortunate mistake’
Thunder star and NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s record 20-point streak ends at 141 games
NHL/Hockey
Golf
Ian Poulter and Tyrrell Hatton among trio of LIV players who join the exodus
Auto Racing
Chase Elliott opts out of NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver Award consideration for Kyle Busch
Tony Stewart collected in another early crash during NASCAR truck race at Talladega Superspeedway
Boxing/UFC/MMA
Volkanovski embraces age questions as unbeaten Evloev awaits his opportunity at UFC 333