Wednesday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Peach County's Fineran; Georgia-Alabama, Hawks, Falcons; college FB/BKB, NFL, NBA, MLB,
Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
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College
Basketball
M-Georgia College 71, USC Aiken 65
M-Georgia Tech 81, Boston College 67
M-Mississippi State 88, Georgia 72
W-USC Aiken 58, Georgia College 35
Pro
NBA
Miami 115, Atlanta 91
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Georgia vs. Alabama
Hustle play by Upson-Lee’s Walker was huge
Column: Georgia was THE team; Bennett, injuries=5 thoughts
Cook writes a farewell note to Georgia fans
Golfers Kisner and Thomas had a Tide-Dawg thing going
Column: Georgia joining Bama as twin towers should worry SEC
Column: Bennett sounds the right notes in and after big win
Alumni Update
Peach County’s Fineran makes another all-bowl team
Around/About Central Georgia
MBKB: Second half surge lifts No. 24 Georgia College
WBKB: Blanked in a quarter, Georgia College suffers first home loss
Around/About Georgia
Four Bulldogs, one Peach County alum, & GSU Panther on all-bowl team
UGA’s to-the-portal number is up to four
CFP TV ratings were up, but middlin’
Slumping Hawks keep slumping in thumping by Miami
MBKB: Good second-half start lifts Mississippi State over Georgia
WBKB: Maxwell leads Tech past BC
College Football/South
Column: Get used to SEC dominance, thanks to attitude and bank accounts
College Football
Grades for all I-A football teams
West Virginia taps Harrell as OC
Sanders, Jackson State get another elite prospect
Riley finishes staff at Southern Cal
College Basketball
W-Rare signs of fallibility at UConn
M-Duke tops Wake without Krzyzewski
NFL
What went wrong for the non-playoff teams
Column: Wentz, too good for the vaccine, what’d you think would happen?
Saints weathered adversity, competitive to the end
Carolina will look at everything at QB
Column: Raiders have their coach after Bisaccia aces tryout
Browns ready for Mayfield in the fall
Column: Firing of Flores is an unjustified travesty of a clown-show owner
Titans hopeful on third top-seed try
Column: Explanation for Bears firings was destined for disaster
NBA/WNBA
Popovich craves teaching time with young team
Caldwell-Pope, Harrell separated after halftime fight
Morant won’t high-five those in opponents’ attire
Hornets break 16-game losing streak
Baseball
Balkovec officially becomes first female manager in minors
Tampa Bay bullpen catcher dies unexpectedly, at 28
A bunch of statistical coincidences almost too unbelievable
Hernandez stunned by Mets jersey retirement news
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