Thursday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; FVSU signings; Mercer-South Carolina; Tech-Loyola; UGA spring FB; college hoops; more
Thursday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
College players of the week
NCAAs and Georgia
Friday
M-4 p.m.: Georgia Tech vs. Loyola/Chicago, TBS
Sunday
W-4:30 p.m.: Georgia Tech vs. Stephen F. Austin, ESPNU
W-6 p.m.: Mercer vs. South Carolina, ESPN
Monday
12 p.m.: Georgia vs. Drexel, ESPN2
Peach Belt golf: Georgia College’s Mancilla
Around/About Central Georgia
Seven Central Georgians on FVSU signings list
Eyes are on Mercer baseball alum and AL ROY Kyle Lewis
South Carolina’s best player won’t see Mercer, or tournament
Western Carolina visiting Mercer in Saturday football
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Loyola hoping to recapture 2018’s magic
Bonuses headed toward Pastner, staff
Who’s actually above .500? The Hawks. Atlanta Hawks
And the addition of Coach Boom/notes
Guess where Justin Fields’s top HS target is?
No UGA at SEC gymnastics championship
Kipnis, Panda eye Braves roster spots
Schwartz goes 4.5 at Auburn’s pro day
Auburn’s Nix just deals with criticism
Sports and racial/social awareness
Curry, WNBA players earn Jackie Robinson award from NAACP
Sports and COVID 19
Arenas working hard to keep more fans safe
Men’s NCAA Tournament
Drake gets first NCAA win in 50 years
Norfolk State survives blown lead to nip App State
Texas Southern holds off Mount St. Mary’s
UCLA sends Michigan State home
Can Colgate, Winthrop survive change of pace
Wichita State: Chaos to the tournament
Ohio State better defend the 3, because it’s coming
Oregon State fine being an underdog
Overcoming obstacles makes tourney trip sweeter
Inside the numbers for undefeated Gonzaga
Florida State’s injury list: the head coach
A shared car ride 18 years ago, now first-round opponents
Women’s NCAA Tournament
Washington State trying to reverse tradition to positive
College Basketball
South Carolina’s Staley defends Martin
Garza a two-time consensus All-American
NBA
Beal gets 43, Westbrook a triple-double for Wizards
Baseball
Automatic strike zone coming to minors
NFL
League now involved in sex assault claims against Watson
Brees discusses his potential predecessors
QB coach says Auburn O held back Stidham
No competition for Dalton in Chicago
College Football
New Orleans to host HBCU Legacy Bowl
Rivalry time: North Dakota State and North Dakota
Around the nation/world
Bryant lawsuit charges sharing of crash photos
Harvick remembers emotional Atlanta win in 2001
NCAA may lift in-person recruiting ban soon