Wednesday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Mercer hoops, Mayhem; Tech returning Collins, UGA/Tech, Hawks, Falcons, Braves; college FB, NFL, NBA, MLBBKB
Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Coming Thursday: The Sports Report’s predictions; high school football playoff notes
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Basketball
G-Northeast 63, Decatur 53
College
Basketball
W-Alabama 55, Mercer 48
W-Georgia Tech 65, Hofstra 32
M-Middle Tennessee State 82, Mercer 52
W-Savannah State 53, Georgia College 44
Pro
SPHL
Pensacola 6, Macon 4
NBA
Atlanta 124, Sacramento 106
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Around/About Central Georgia
WBKB: Alabama struggles to hold off Mercer
MBKB: Middle Tennessee gets hot, cools Mercer
Around/About Georgia
Georgia Tech bringing Collins back for another year
Young goes for 31 in Hawks’ sixth straight win
UGA CB Green arrested on felony weapons charges
Smart again has the Bulldogs in the chase, now leading it
Jackets hurting at end of difficult season
Atlanta did take a step forward last week
Plenty to change to get a complete game
Falcons’ last 26 possessions have not be great
College Football/South
Nick Saban kind of goes off on fans
Liberty, Freeze agree to extension
Column: How about Urban to Gainesville and Dan to Jacksonville?
Iron Bowl QBs have different pedigrees, same goal
Column: If you want explosive football, Kentucky-Louisville should do it
Barkley to Bo: ‘Oh, calm down little fella’
College Football
Michigan State makes Tucker’s huge raise official
The nation’s best rivalries are …
But there’s some stability in the Big Ten
Penn State’s Franklin OKs a 10-year, $75-million offer
Teams giving smart mouthpieces a try
NFL
Bucs’ Goodwin: rescue dogs, train them, provide veterans with service dogs
Detroit’s Campbell hoping to give thanks for first win
NBA/WNBA
Durant moves into top 25 all-time in scoring
Baseball
Is MLB’s work stoppage just around the corner?
A reason for every team to be thankful
Around the nation/world