Friday's Report: Local scores, HS football; Falcons, Hawks, Braves, UGA, Tech, Dream; MLB, NFL, Presidents Cup, WNBA, college football, soccer, hockey
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High Schools
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Central 23, Southwest 12
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ACE 18, Swainsboro 5
Edmund Burke 8, Brentwood 7
FPD 22, Mount de Sales 1
GMC Prep 10, Glascock County 0
Gatewood 7, Flint River 4
Houston County 12, Northside 0; Houston County 14, Northside 0
Jasper County 18, Josey 0
John Milledge 11, Stratford 2
Mary Persons 7, Peach County 1
Pike County 18 Rutland 0
Strong Rock 12, Tattnall 8
Veterans 6, Tift County 1; Veterans 10, Tift County 2
Vidalia 15, Dublin 1
Westfield 16, Central Fellowship 2
Pro
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Around/About Georgia
Robinson runs roughshod over the Packers as the Falcons breeze
Packers booed in a Lambeau flop as they get blown out by Falcons in home opener
Bob Pettit, imposing Hawks great and first NBA MVP, dies at 93
De La Cruz hits 30th homer and Reds rally over Braves, who lock up NL’s No. 3 seed
Moore’s SEC honor gives Florida an answer to Georgia Tech’s offseason jabs
Tech’s Haynes named semifinalist for Campbell Trophy
Georgia D prepares to slow down Oklahoma QB Mateer
Reese fine after taking hit to face just before halftime in Atlanta’s win over New York
Kenya’s President Ruto attends Atlanta Dream win to watch Okot play
Opinion
One cringe moment turned Arch Manning into a QB who says nothing
Obituary
Bob Pettit, imposing Hawks great and first NBA MVP, dies at 93
MLB/NL
Brewers reach 100 wins for first time, slow Phillies’ playoff push
Cubs clinch 2nd straight playoffs trip by beating Marlins 2-1 as Crow-Armstrong joins 40-40 club
MLB/AL
Spence hits first 3 homers of career, helps Astros survive Athletics 7-5 to keep playoff hopes alive
Rookie George Lombard Jr.'s acrobatic slide helps vault Yankees over Rays
Guardians clinch a playoff spot again, edging the Red Sox 1-0 on Martínez homer
Baseball/MLB
Skenes opens up about his struggles -- and the role the World Baseball Classic played
Tigers' Justin Verlander expected to make final career start Saturday
Cavalli gets $4 million signing bonus shielded from lockout as part of $47 million, 4-year Nats deal
Inspired by this year’s lowly AL West, here are the weakest teams to make MLB’s postseason
After three straight 100-loss seasons, the improbable White Sox are headed back to the postseason
College Football/SEC
Column-Chambliss is Cam Newton 2.0. Hear me out
Auburn DC Durkin explains defensive issues
Silverfield: Arkansas ‘absolutely’ working to improve resources for football program
Sarkisian expecting communication issues with Trump attending Texas-Tennessee game
College Football/ACC
No. 16 Louisville loses Antonio Watts for season with knee injury
Clemson RB Davidson donating portion of NIL earnings to charity for every touchdown
College Football/Thursday and Friday
Liberty scores 24 unanswered points in the 2nd half to beat Coastal Carolina
College Football
No. 7 Ohio State still looking to clean things up going into Big Ten opener against Illinois
Arizona State coach Dillingham would do another foreign trip
DE Boubacar Traore and No. 3 Notre Dame return to Purdue, aiming for 4-0
NFL/NFC
QB Young starting to flourish, put up big numbers in Panthers offense
Seahawks’ Darnold hopes to return from glute injury and play against the Commanders
Vikings’ Kyler Murray is grateful he’s back from his concussion without much time lost
NFL/AFC
Intrigue surrounds possible reaction by Cleveland fans to Watson as Browns, Panthers look to go 2-1
The fallout from a blowout 2022 loss to the Rams ultimately ushered in a new era for the Broncos
NFL injury update
Vikings veteran Jones has a knee injury to work through after his 23-carry, 105-yard game
A knee injury sends Njoku to IR as the Chargers juggle a growing injury list
All-Pro Rams WR Nacua to be limited in practice again this week with hip/groin injury
Bills defensive lineman Sanders out indefinitely after having appendectomy
Colts WR Pierce will be placed on injured reserve after aggravating left heel injury
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Juszczyk gets fined for chugging celebration that NFL says was beer and he says was juice
Lawyer: Ex-NFL star Brown to avoid prison with reduced charge in attempted murder case
NFL fines Chase and Higgins for the ‘people’s elbow’ celebration
WNBA/Women’s basketball
Wilson and Aces to face Clark and Fever in opening round of playoffs
Sun beat Tempo in franchise’s final game in Connecticut before moving to Houston
Wilson scores 34, Loyd adds 25 off bench, Aces head into playoffs after beating Mercury
Lynx flex their top-seed muscle without Miles, push Clark and the Fever to 6th for the WNBA playoffs
Citron has 22, Iriafen 16 points, 15 boards as playoff-bound Mystics beat Sky
College Basketball
Nevada’s Steve Alford to retire after 36-year coaching career with stops at UCLA and New Mexico
Golf
Scheffler and Burns finally win together and stake Americans to 3-2 lead in Presidents Cup
Presidents Cup summaries from the fourballs matches
Presidents Cup Notebook: Thoughts From Day 1 at Medinah
Clark calls out Chicago crowd for being too quiet
Macon’s Russell Henley will team up with Jacob Bridgeman in the second match on Friday, against Sungjae Im and Hideki atsuyama
The Presidents Cup format keeps tewarding American depth
At Presidents Cup, who ISN'T playing stands out. And the roster is ‘a beast'
McIlroy takes firm UAE stance as Dubai safety concerns keep growing
Tennis
Italy recovers to beat host China 2-1 and reach another Billie Jean King Cup semifinal
Soccer
Messi set for Argentina farewell. Mbappé, Lamal and Ronaldo return after World Cup
European soccer’s Ceferin cites need to repair trust broken by Infantino’s FIFA World Cup plan
Hockey
Tampa Bay Lightning aiming for another Stanley Cup with aging group of core players
Ovechkin is back, and the Capitals added significant talent in the offseason after missing playoffs
Untuck it! Flyers’ Trevor Zegras penalized for having his jersey tucked into his pants
Red Wings playoff drought likely to last longer than a decade with ex-captain Dylan Larkin in limbo
Bowness’ culture change, refocused Werenski key to Blue Jackets ending postseason drought
Around the nation/world
Austrian Painter horse renamed after complaint it referenced Adolf Hitler
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