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    State Sports Report

    Future Masters Tournament dates
    Golf
    Masters may be last chance for fans to see golf in person
    Patrick Cantlay shakes hands with Jack Nicklaus after winning The Memorial Tournament Presented by Nationwide at Muirfield Village Golf Club on June 2, 2019 in Dublin, Ohio. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images/TNS)
    Sports
    Nicklaus, wife tested positive for COVID-19
    Jacob Bayer won The Championship at Berkeley Hills for the second time. The Collins Hill graduate shot a bogey-free 5-under 67, leaving him at 8-under 136.
    State Sports Report
    Bayer wins The Championship at Berkeley Hills for second time
    Georgia College Sports
    September 1, 2018 Athens: Hairy Dawg gives fans five during the No. 4 Georgia Bulldogs Dawg Walk arrival for the 2018 season opener against Austin Peay in a NCAA college football game on Saturday, Sept 1, 2018, in Athens. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
    Mark Bradley Blog
    Rx for college football: Wait two more weeks, then make a call
    Helmets with the Georgia State logo sits on a table after a news conference where Shawn Elliott was introduced as the head football coach for Georgia State in Atlanta, Georgia, on Friday, Dec. 9, 2016. (DAVID BARNES / AJC file)
    State Sports Report
    Georgia State schedules games with UConn
    Kennesaw State Owls coach Brian Bohannon during an FCS playoff game against the Wofford Terriers, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL to the AJC
    State Sports Report
    Brian Bohannon, Kennesaw State players make All-Decade team
    Georgia State guard Ryann Green (left) and Baylor guard Austin Mills go after a loose ball during the second half Thursday, March 19, 2015, in Jacksonville, Fla.
    State Sports Report
    Where are they now? Georgia State’s Ryann Green
    BellSouth Classic Tournament Director Dave Kaplan, right, talks with TPC Sugarloaf General Manager Doug Meredith behind the 18th scoring area during round 2 of the BellSouth Classic at TPC at Sugarloaf in Duluth, Ga., March 31, 2006. (Jason Getz/AJC staff)
    State Sports Report
    Dave Kaplan, long-time Atlanta PGA Tour event director, dies
    DAVID BARNES / AJC file
    State Sports Report
    Georgia State, Alabama-Birmingham announce four games
    Golf
    Future Masters Tournament dates
    Golf
    Masters may be last chance for fans to see golf in person
    Patrick Cantlay shakes hands with Jack Nicklaus after winning The Memorial Tournament Presented by Nationwide at Muirfield Village Golf Club on June 2, 2019 in Dublin, Ohio. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images/TNS)
    Sports
    Nicklaus, wife tested positive for COVID-19
    Jacob Bayer won The Championship at Berkeley Hills for the second time. The Collins Hill graduate shot a bogey-free 5-under 67, leaving him at 8-under 136.
    State Sports Report
    Bayer wins The Championship at Berkeley Hills for second time
    Tiger Woods gets in a little work from out of the bunker during a Tuesday morning practice round for the upcoming Memorial Tournament. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
    Further Review Blog
    Tiger Woods lives! And he’s even going to play a little golf this week
    Georgia Tech graduate Luke Schniederjans captured the Georgia Amateur on Sunday at Atlanta Athletic Club.
    Golf
    Luke Schniederjans captures Georgia Amateur
    Brett Barron won the 2018 Georgia Amateur. File photo courtesy of the Georgia State Golf Association.
    Golf
    Barron, Patel tied for lead at Georgia Amateur
    Atlanta Dream
    Atlanta Dream guard Chennedy Carter (3) had 15 points against Indiana Fever.
    State Sports Report
    Fever erase early deficit, beat Dream
    Atlanta Dream center Elizabeth Williams led the team with 12 points in loss to Aces in Breadenton, Fla.
    State Sports Report
    Dream fall to Aces, McCoughtry
    Atlanta Dream forward Monique Billings (25) and guard Chennedy Carter congratulate each other at the end of the team's WNBA basketball game against the Dallas Wings, Sunday, July 26, 2020, in Bradenton, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
    State Sports Report
    Atlanta Dream win season opener
    This undated photo provided by the Atlanta Dream shows two golf carts in Bradenton, Fla. The WNBA put all 12 of its teams at a single site — the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida — in hopes of playing the full 22-game season amid the coronavirus pandemic. Each team was given two golf carts and they are usually parked in front of the villas where the players or operations staff are staying. Atlanta glossed up its carts with the team's new logo on the front.(Kelsey Bibik/Atlanta Dream via AP)
    State Sports Report
    Courtney Williams, Kalani Brown, Glory Johnson to miss start of Dream...
    In this Aug. 12, 2018, file photo, Atlanta Dream coach Nicki Collen smiles during a WNBA basketball game against the New York Liberty, in New York. (AP Photo/Gregory Payan, File)
    Sports
    Atlanta Dream shaping new identity with evolving roster
    Dream prepare for WNBA 2020 season
    State Sports Report
    Atlanta Dream announce schedule for 2020 WNBA season in Florida
    NASCAR
    A Confederate flag flies in the infield before a NASCAR Xfinity auto race at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, S.C. Bubba Wallace, the only African-American driver in the top tier of NASCAR, calls for a ban on the Confederate flag in the sport that is deeply rooted in the South.
    State Sports Report
    Trump lashes out at Bubba Wallace, NASCAR over Confederate flag ban
    Bubba Wallace stands for the national anthem before a NASCAR Cup Series auto race in June in Florida. AP file photo
    Sports
    NASCAR says noose was found in Black driver’s garage stall at Alabama...
    In this Sept. 3, 1962, file photo, a confederate flag waves behind Junior Johnson as he poses with his sister, right, and Miss Sun Fun U.S.A. in the winner's circle after the Southern 500 auto race at Darlington Speedway. (AP Photo/Perry Aycock, File)
    Further Review Blog
    NASCAR tackles the embarrassment of the Confederate flag
    2020 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 highlights
    Further Review Blog
    A sporting event without fans is a day without sunshine
    Driver Bubba Wallace wears a "I Can't Breath, Black Lives Matter" shirt before NASCAR race Sunday, June 7, 2020,at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga. Wallace, the only full-time black driver in any of NASCAR’s top three series, encouraged his peers to speak up about racial injustice.
    State Sports Report
    NASCAR’s Bubba Wallace faints after hot race and long, emotional week
    Kevin Harvick crosses the finish line to win the NASCAR Cup Series Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 June 7, 2020, at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga.
    State Sports Report
    Like normal times at AMS - Kevin Harvick wins Folds of Honor Quiktrip...
    Further Review Blog
    With Soroka lost for season, is Braves season likewise lost?
    Mark Bradley Blog
    If the NCAA shutters fall sports, might the Power 5 play anyway?
    Mark Bradley Blog
    If the NCAA shutters fall sports, might the Power 5 play anyway?
    Further Review Blog
    With all else abnormal, Braves still count on last at-bat magic
    Mike Check Blog
    NBA thrives in ‘bubble’ as COVID-19 strikes MLB
    Mark Bradley Blog
    Will COVID-wrought changes become football fixtures?
    More state sports news
    Atlanta Dream center Elizabeth Williams led the team with 12 points in loss to Aces in Breadenton, Fla.
    State Sports Report
    Dream fall to Aces, McCoughtry
    Future Masters Tournament dates
    Golf
    Masters may be last chance for fans to see golf in person
    Atlanta Dream forward Monique Billings (25) and guard Chennedy Carter congratulate each other at the end of the team's WNBA basketball game against the Dallas Wings, Sunday, July 26, 2020, in Bradenton, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
    State Sports Report
    Atlanta Dream win season opener
    This undated photo provided by the Atlanta Dream shows two golf carts in Bradenton, Fla. The WNBA put all 12 of its teams at a single site — the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida — in hopes of playing the full 22-game season amid the coronavirus pandemic. Each team was given two golf carts and they are usually parked in front of the villas where the players or operations staff are staying. Atlanta glossed up its carts with the team's new logo on the front.(Kelsey Bibik/Atlanta Dream via AP)
    State Sports Report
    Courtney Williams, Kalani Brown, Glory Johnson to miss start of Dream...
    In this Aug. 12, 2018, file photo, Atlanta Dream coach Nicki Collen smiles during a WNBA basketball game against the New York Liberty, in New York. (AP Photo/Gregory Payan, File)
    Sports
    Atlanta Dream shaping new identity with evolving roster
    Helmets with the Georgia State logo sits on a table after a news conference where Shawn Elliott was introduced as the head football coach for Georgia State in Atlanta, Georgia, on Friday, Dec. 9, 2016. (DAVID BARNES / AJC file)
    State Sports Report
    Georgia State schedules games with UConn
    Patrick Cantlay shakes hands with Jack Nicklaus after winning The Memorial Tournament Presented by Nationwide at Muirfield Village Golf Club on June 2, 2019 in Dublin, Ohio. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images/TNS)
    Sports
    Nicklaus, wife tested positive for COVID-19
    A group of men hoist U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Atlanta, on their shoulders so he can speak to the crowd of marchers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge during the reenactment of Bloody Sunday on Sunday, March 1, 2020, in Selma, Alabama. (Photo: Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com)
    John Lewis
    Lewis played multiple roles in civil rights movement
    President Barack Obama said of John Lewis: “He loved this country so much that he risked his life and its blood so that it might live up to its promise." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
    John Lewis
    Trump, ex-presidents respond to John Lewis’ death
    Photos
    State Sports Report
    Photos: 2020 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway
    Sports
    Photos: Hamlin wins as NASCAR races again without fans at Darlington
    State Sports Report
    Photos: NASCAR returns after 71 days of quarantine
    Golf
    Photos: Augusta empty on what would have been Masters week
    State Sports Report
    Photos: 2020 Daytona 500 ends with terrifying crash
    State Sports Report
    Photos: Kennesaw State improves to 7-1
    State Sports Report
    Photos: Georgia State outscores Furman in home opener
    State Sports Report
    2019 MEAC/SWAC Challenge: Bethune-Cookman vs. Jackson State
    Golf
    Photos: Rory McIlroy wins Tour Championship at East Lake
    Golf
    Photos: Lightning strike causes injuries at Tour Championship
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