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    Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryan co-wrote the music and lyrics to the new musical, "Diana," about Princess Diana.
    Atlanta Music Scene
    David Bryan’s new ‘Diana’ musical will receive Netflix debut ahead of...
    FILE - In this April 11, 2019, file photo, the flag on the 13th hole blows in the wind during the first round for the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Ga. Augusta National decided Friday, March 13, 2020, to postpone the Masters because of the spread of the coronavirus. Club chairman Fred Ridley says he hopes postponing the event puts Augusta National in the best position to host the Masters and its other two events at some later date. Ridley did not say when it would be held.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Fil)
    Sports
    Augusta National announces no spectators at this year’s Masters
    Tiger Woods walks down the 10th fairway during the final round of the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, in San Francisco.
    Further Review Blog
    Between here and Masters, Tiger Woods looks to get busy, get better
    Georgia College Sports
    July 16, 2018 Atlanta: Commissioner Greg Sankey opens SEC Media Days at the College Football Hall of Fame on Monday, July 16, 2018, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
    Mark Bradley Blog
    The SEC has no intention of stopping soon
    Georgia State Stadium on Saturday, May 2, 2020 in Atlanta. (JASON GETZ/SPECIAL TO THE AJC)
    State Sports Report
    Naming-rights deal provides boost to Georgia State athletic department
    Georgia State Stadium on Saturday, May 2, 2020. (JASON GETZ/Special to the AJC)
    State Sports Report
    GSU nearing naming-rights deal for Georgia State Stadium
    Georgia State Panthers football coach Shawn Elliott takes questions at his news conference during football media day Thursday, August 1, 2019, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
    State Sports Report
    Georgia State opens practice looking for next quarterback
    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
    Golf
    FILE - In this April 11, 2019, file photo, the flag on the 13th hole blows in the wind during the first round for the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Ga. Augusta National decided Friday, March 13, 2020, to postpone the Masters because of the spread of the coronavirus. Club chairman Fred Ridley says he hopes postponing the event puts Augusta National in the best position to host the Masters and its other two events at some later date. Ridley did not say when it would be held.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Fil)
    Sports
    Augusta National announces no spectators at this year’s Masters
    Tiger Woods walks down the 10th fairway during the final round of the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, in San Francisco.
    Further Review Blog
    Between here and Masters, Tiger Woods looks to get busy, get better
    Jonathan Keppler (left) accepts the championship trophy for winning the Georgia Open from Mike Paull, executive director of the Georgia PGA.
    Golf
    Keppler returns family name to Georgia Open trophy
    Dustin Johnson hits from the fairway on the 18th hole during the third round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at TPC Harding Park Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
    Golf
    Dustin Johnson emerges, Tiger Woods struggles at PGA Championship
    Former Georgia Tech golfer Cameron Tringale. (Photo by Charlie Andrews/Valspar Championship)
    State Sports Report
    Costly mistake takes ex-Jacket Tringale out of PGA Championship
    Univerity of Georgia golfer Davis Thompson.
    Golf
    Georgia’s Thompson readied for U.S. Amateur with big-name neighbors
    Atlanta Dream
    Betnijah Laney scored 16 points for the Dream. AP file photo
    State Sports Report
    Dream fall to 2-5 with loss to Wings
    Atlanta Dream guard Chennedy Carter (3) was 11-for-17 shooting and made all 10 of her free throws. AP file photo
    State Sports Report
    Carter scores career-high 35 but Dream lose to Storm
    Atlanta Dream guard Chennedy Carter (3) scored 26. (AP file photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
    State Sports Report
    Dream protest against Loeffler, lose to Mercury
    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
    NASCAR
    Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryan co-wrote the music and lyrics to the new musical, "Diana," about Princess Diana.
    Atlanta Music Scene
    David Bryan’s new ‘Diana’ musical will receive Netflix debut ahead of...
    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
    Atlanta Falcons Blog
    Falcons ‘appropriately agitated’ by back to back 7-9 seasons
    Mark Bradley Blog
    The SEC has no intention of stopping soon
    Mike Check Blog
    College football needs to play in a ‘bubble’ but won’t
    Further Review Blog
    Braves demote Newcomb, and I still miss Andrelton Simmons
    Further Review Blog
    Bad day for college football could reverberate in the South
    Mark Bradley Blog
    College football is going, going ... but not quite gone
    More state sports news
    FILE - In this April 11, 2019, file photo, the flag on the 13th hole blows in the wind during the first round for the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Ga. Augusta National decided Friday, March 13, 2020, to postpone the Masters because of the spread of the coronavirus. Club chairman Fred Ridley says he hopes postponing the event puts Augusta National in the best position to host the Masters and its other two events at some later date. Ridley did not say when it would be held.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Fil)
    Sports
    Augusta National announces no spectators at this year’s Masters
    Cory Hancock/Special to the AJC
    State Sports Report
    Kennesaw State won’t play football this fall
    Georgia State Stadium on Saturday, May 2, 2020 in Atlanta. (JASON GETZ/SPECIAL TO THE AJC)
    State Sports Report
    Naming-rights deal provides boost to Georgia State athletic department
    Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields (1) runs with the ball against Wisconsin during the first half of the Big Ten championship game Dec. 7, 2019, in Indianapolis.
    Sports
    Big Ten, Pac-12 won’t play football this fall
    Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) throws a touchdown pass in the first half against Georgia Tech Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, S.C.
    Sports
    College football players push to play as officials discuss canceling...
    Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence.
    Sports
    Trevor Lawrence advocates for having a college football season
    Tiger Woods walks down the 10th fairway during the final round of the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, in San Francisco.
    Further Review Blog
    Between here and Masters, Tiger Woods looks to get busy, get better
    Jonathan Keppler (left) accepts the championship trophy for winning the Georgia Open from Mike Paull, executive director of the Georgia PGA.
    Golf
    Keppler returns family name to Georgia Open trophy
    Betnijah Laney scored 16 points for the Dream. AP file photo
    State Sports Report
    Dream fall to 2-5 with loss to Wings
    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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