Wednesday’s Report: HS scores, CGA’s 🏈 rankings, Perry's Wright/LSU Falcons, UGA, Braves, Hawks, Tech/Colorado, Kennesaw State MLB, college 🏈, US Open, NCAA, NASCAR, MLB, NFL, Kaepernick, golf

Wednesday’s Report: HS scores, CGA’s 🏈 rankings,  Perry's Wright/LSU Falcons, UGA, Braves, Hawks, Tech/Colorado, Kennesaw State MLB, college 🏈, US Open, NCAA, NASCAR, MLB, NFL, Kaepernick, golf

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High Schools
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ACE Charter 14, Dublin 0

Brentwood 11, Trinity Christian 3

Central 24, Northeast 3

Coffee 2, Houston County 1

East Laurens 2, Bleckley County 0

FPD 12, John Milledge 0

Gatewood 12, CFCA 3

Johnson County 3, GMC Prep 2

Jones County 19, ELCA 1

Lamar County 8, Jackson 0

Mary Persons 13, Crawford County 0

Ola 17, Warner Robins 0; Ola 8, Warner Robins 0

Peach County 13, Upson-Lee 1

Southland 2, Windsor 0

Strong Rock 10, Stratford 2

Tattnall 18, Mount de Sales 0

Veterans 12, Thomas County Central 1; Veterans 12, TCC 2

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Stratford 3, Tattnall 0

Pro

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Washington 9, Atlanta 5

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Around/About Central Georgia

 Central Georgia’s HS football rankings

 

Alumni Update

Inside the LSU tight end room with Perry’s Dae’Quan Wright practicing

 

Around/About Georgia

Shutout against the Dodgers shows Chris Sale is still elite at age 37 -- and building a Hall case

Morales homers and has 3 hits in his debut as the Nationals top the Braves

Robinson to have number retired by high school alma mater Salpointe Catholic (Ariz.)

Every Georgia Bulldog who made an NFL roster, including 3 undrafted free agents

Where’s the threat? 4 most dangerous teams on Georgia schedule

Key anxious for coaching showdown

One Reason Deion Sanders Is Looking Forward To Rematch vs. Georgia Tech

Kennesaw State set to welcome West Georgia on Thursday

 

A Worthy Read

A decade after Colin Kaepernick took a knee that led to his exile, the ripple effects continue (more inside)

 

MLB/NL

Pirates survive a wild 13-12 finish as a 9th-inning throwing error seals win over Giants

Trevino singles in go-ahead run in 8th as Reds beat wild-card chasing Padres

Phils dump D-backs, extend win streak behind Harper’s 4 hits

MLB/AL

Peralta stymies former team and Yandy Díaz powers AL-best Rays to 6-2 win over Mets

Brandon Nimmo has 4 hits and 5 RBIs as Rangers beat A’s 8-5 to close gap on Astros in AL West

Twins hang 10 runs on the Tigers in the 6th inning of a 15-2 win as Lewis, Jeffers hit 3-run homers

Yelich and Joey Ortiz homer as the Brewers beat the Cubs

Baseball/MLB

MLB’s Los Angeles Angels to be sold to Rams and Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke

Yankees call out Red Sox radio voice for suggesting beaning for late stolen bases

Dodgers’ roster shuffle brings back Will Smith. Shohei Ohtani’s pitching outlook next

Bieber savors Cleveland homecoming, his first visit since Guardians traded him to Toronto

 

WNBA/Women’s Basketball

Column-Team USA's golden era isn't over. Its cakewalk is

Team USA at FIBA World Cup: Kara Lawson speaks about the challenge ahead

College to pro to college: eligibility

Swinney calls out LSU, NFL players returning to college: 'It's embarrassing'

SEC chair says league 'will not budge' on NFL rule

Judge in South Carolina denies former college football players TRO against NCAA

College Football/SEC/ACC/Southeast

Buying stock in Bill Belichick, UNC football? Don't bet the farm, sell TCU

Vizzina to start at QB for Clemson against No. 11 LSU

'No complacency within us': Texas A&M players hungry for more in 2026

Why Shane Beamer didn't release depth chart for South Carolina vs Kent State

What Alabama wants to show with its run game in season-opener

Howard's new coach gets first win, but MEAC/SWAC Challenge shows team has work to do

College Football/Thursday night’s games

No. 25 Missouri opens the season against Arkansas Pine-Bluff at Faurot Field on Thursday night

Thursday’s FCS schedule

Thursday’s FBS schedule

West Georgia at Kennesaw State, 7 p.m.; Colorado at Georgia Tech, 8 p.m., ESPN

College Football

Jerry Stovall, former LSU football coach and All-America player, dies at 85

TCU WR suffers brain bleed, concussion after locker room assault

Cignetti’s sustained success has changed the game for No. 6 Indiana on the recruiting trail

No. 12 Texas Tech expects another top defense, even after 6 NFL draft picks from that side

AP Player of the Week: USC’s Jayden Maiava passed for 286 yards and accounted for 3 TDs

Coaching connections add intrigue to No. 4 Notre Dame’s season opener with Wisconsin

Riley rejects critique of USC crowd: False narrative

Revisiting Kaepernick’s stand, 10 years ago

Kaepernick's kneeling protest sparked mixed reaction in NFL group chat

Report: Kaepernick says that a decade after taking a knee, he shuns the NFL for ‘blackballing’ him

NFL/NFC

Bears coach Johnson and GM Poles see team poised for another run despite injuries

Packers express hope Jacobs, who faces legal issues, can play sometime this season

NFL/AFC

Jeanty could return 'quicker than some people would expect,'

NFL/USFL/UFL/Football

Ravens rookies left teary-eyed, emotional after making team

Alexander: With Donald's return, are the Rams unstoppable?

Cowboys Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith accused of running $2.5 million Ponzi scheme 

College Sports, the changing landscape

College athletes are now eligible for big time payments. Will nonprofits benefit?

College sports advocates press philanthropy to buffer NIL’s commercial pressure on women’s sports

Cash-hungry college sports programs are starting nonprofits to make money to stay competitive

NCAA agrees to deal to promote championship events and could lead to NIL money for athletes

Tennis

Gauff opens her quest for a second US Open title with a win over Sonmez

End of match: 1:55 a.m., top seed Zverev rallies, survives

Monfils wins on his 40th birthday at the US Open to extend his Grand Slam career

Tsitsipas says Nick Kyrgios’ cocaine suspension was ‘pretty much expected’

The US Open is getting longer as players already worry tennis tournaments are becoming too long

Thea Frodin, who was Serena Williams’ body double in ‘King Richard,’ loses in her US Open debut

Golf

Woods plans to change not guilty plea in DUI case in Florida, court documents show

Presidents Cup rosters for the International and American teams at Medinah

Koivun added to American team for Presidents Cup 3 months after leaving college

Auto Racing

As NASCAR begins another title Chase, a look at the contenders and pretenders in the 16-man field

NASCAR Cup Series playoff field set and Palou ties record with 4th straight IndyCar championship

Soccer

FC Barcelona made Messi great, Argentina made him eternal

English clubs spend a staggering $4.7B in transfer window as Fernandez signing caps $600M City spree

Man City signs Enzo Fernandez and Iliman Ndiaye to take unprecedented summer outlay past $600M

NHL/Hockey

Koivun added to American team for Presidents Cup 3 months after leaving college

Boxing/UFC/MMA

Itauma and the long-term benefits of 'a good' beating

Scoreboards

MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games