The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Thursday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Georgia-Alabama, Peach County's Fineran; Falcons, Atlanta Motor Speedway; college FB/BKB, NFL, NBA, tennis, golf, UFC, 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.

 

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High School
College
Basketball
M-Augusta 73, Georgia College 53 (Wed.)
W-Georgia College 44, Augusta 42, OT (Wed.)
W-Coastal Carolina 72, Georgia Southern 69
M-Texas-Arlington 70, Georgia State 63
W-Kentucky 84, Georgia 76
Gymnastics
Michigan 197.750, Georgia 194.500 

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Georgia vs. Alabama

Monday is “Stetson Bennett” and “Go Dawgs” day in Pierce County

What do the oddsmakers say?

Column: Alabama = chameleon

Going to Indy? Bundle up

The plan to contain Young is …

Kendrick back on national-final stage, this time with UGA

What was life like back in 1980?

Georgia eyes the skid-breaker

Flawed, but peaking at the right time?

Sports and COVID

NCAA addresses guidelines, basketball scheduling

Alumni Update

Peach County’s Fineran makes AP’s All-Bowl team

Honor Roll

WSOC: Georgia College puts nine on PBC academic team

Around/About Georgia

No news flash: Atlanta has many good basketball players

Test drivers get a look at the re-brand new Atlanta Motor Speedway

A look at the foundation set by Atlanta’s new GM and coach

That Ryan touchdown that wasn’t

Falcons injury update

Olympic hopeful’s equipment stolen in Kennesaw

College Football/South

Napier: We’re going to do things with class

Calzada addition shows faith in new Auburn QB coach

Clemson’s Ross heading to draft

College Football

Playoff expansion announcement could come next week

Montana State in FCS final with home-state freshman QB

Spring season in the rearview, ND State eyes another title

The year in college football was a whopper
Column: Oklahoma response to Williams-to-portal is good for Oklahoma

Ohio State cuts offensive line coach free

Column: For some, not all, bottom line was more important than score

Baseball

Minor-league owners surprise employees with $600,000 from sale

College Basketball

Two teams who can’t find opponents find each other

They met in the middle at a JC in Utah

W-No.7 Tennessee hammers No. 25 Texas A&M

W-35 turnovers later, Pitt hammered by Louisville

M-After long break, UCLA cruises

W-Boston leads South Carolina over LSU

M-Wisconsin wins in battle of nation’s top scorers

NFL

Brown: Bucs made me play hurt, and …

Tampa Bay officially cuts him loose

And he goes on a rant

Return of crowds didn’t do much for home-field advantage 

Column: Season is one game too long, but NFL delivers again

Column: Writer isn’t a bum, but he was wrong, and should give up vote

The post-Brady slump is over after one year

Jags fans organize to urge firing of GM Baalke

Column: Trey Lance is no Garoppolo

Roethlisberger leaving Steelers in good hands

Column: Rodgers’ ignorance shouldn’t disqualify him from MVP votes

Jags fans to wear clown masks to season finale

Column: Grandfatherly Arians a win-at-all-costs coach after all

NBA/WNBA

Down 25, Knicks win on Barrett’s banked 3 at the buzzer

Auto Racing

Test drivers get a look at the re-brand new Atlanta Motor Speedway

Golf/Tennis

Djokovic gets defense from Fox’s Ingraham: Australia doesn’t deserve a grand slam

Cantlay, Rahm off to good starts at Kapalu

Around the nation/world

UFC PPV prices going up

Bowl games

NFL scores/games

NBA scores/games

NHL scores/games

Men’s college basketball

Women’s college basketball