A look back at the world of sports in 2010, a decade ago
Tuesday, April 13
Warner Robins’ boys and girls cruised to Houston County track and field championships at McConnell-Talbert Stadium, the girls winning by 66 points and the boys by 48.5
Georgia College won the Peach Belt golf tournament title by eight strokes
Clemson hired Brad Brownell to take over the men’s basketball team, succeeding Oliver Purnell, who left for DePaul
Former Falcons defensive lineman Patrick Kerney retired, as a Seattle Seahawk
Wednesday, April 14
After a year at Northwest Florida State in Niceville, Fla., Dublin grad Sherrard Brantley signed with Georgia basketball
Russell Henley and UGA teammate Harris English are semifinalists for 2010 Ben Hogan Award, which goes to Division I’s top male golfer
Thursday April 15
The Hawks will open the NBA playoffs on Saturday at home against Milwaukee, Atlanta keyed by Jamal Crawford, among others
Pittsburgh prepares to punish QB Ben Roethlisberger after allegations of a sexual assault of a 20-year-old college student in Milledgeville
Friday April 16
Mercer signed Justin Cecil, a scorer at Central Georgia Community College, to a men’s basketball letter of intent
After eight seasons at East Carolina, former Mercer women’s head basketball coach Sharon Baldwin-Tener is hired to replace former Mercer women’s head basketball coach Lea Henry … at Georgia State
LeBron James, Shaquille O’Neal, and the Cleveland Cavaliers open defense of their NBA title
Saturday, April 17
Ubaldo Jimenez had it going, throwing a no-hitter in Colorado’s 4-0 win over the Braves in Atlanta
Central grad Correy Earls is expected to be part of Georgia Tech’s offense, along with West Laurens grad Demaryius Thomas
Mercer belted eight homers in an 11-6/11-5 sweep at ETSU
Atlanta had a great first half, and then held on to beat Milwaukee 102-92 in their NBA playoff series opener, the Hawks paced by Al Horford, Joe Johnson and Mike Bibby
QB Jawuan Luckey had a solid afternoon in Georgia Southern’s Blue-White game, won 24-0 by the White. Warner Robins grad Laron Scott solidified his spot at cornerback
Nobody learned much about quarterbacks Clint Moseley, Barrett Trotter, Neil Caudle, and Cam Newton at Auburn’s A-Day
Sunday, April 18
In a surprise move, Georgia announced that Zach Mettenberger had been dismissed from the team. The investigation into an incident in March at a bar in Remerton remained opened, and Georgia stated a violation of team rules. Thus, the heralded Rettenberger left UGA without playing for UGA
Russell Henley was 6-under for the weekend to win medalist honors and help Georgia to the SEC men’s golf title, the seventh under head coach Chris Haack
Georgia College belted a conference record 33 hits in thumping Montevallo 21-6 to clinch a share of the Peach Belt regular-season title