Thursday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

 

In Coverage: Central Georgians battle in the GHSA state traditional wrestling tournament’s first day

In Coverage: FVSU reaches up a level and into North Carolina for its latest head football coach

In Coverage: The only local high school and college scores, plus around the state; updated region tournament master

 

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 Alumni Update

Houston County’s Woods earns preseason All-SEC 

Around/About Central Georgia

BSB: Mercer picked second in SoCon, 5 make all-conference

Poll and team

WBKB: Defensive battle at home goes to Mercer

MBKB: VMI holds off visiting Mercer

 

Around/About Georgia

BSB: UGA picked third in East, Woods and Cannon cited

FB: Offense to go through Bennett in the spring

WBKB: Hot Virginia Tech upsets Georgia Tech

WBKB: LSU holds off visiting Georgia

UGA’s Seymour, Boselli, Mills highlight new HOF inductees 

NFL

Rodgers wins fourth MVP (more awards)

List of NFL award winners

Seymour (UGA), Boselli, Mills highlight new HOF inductees

Heavy SEC flavor in Super Bowl

Goodell: NFL won’t tolerate racism or discrimination

Simmons has been with Cincy for a good while, ‘finally’

Column: I was wrong, OBJ was a good move

Ex-tackle Robinson arrested on felony drug charges

Olympics

AP coverage

ESPN coverage

Yahoo Sports coverage

White just misses gold in career finale

Column: Shiffrin’s disappointment gets support, including from Biles

Doping hearing for Russian skater 

NBA/WNBA

Oh yes they did: Harden for Simmons

A four-team swap

Deadline winners and losers

For All-Star draft, no, Durant uninterested in Harden

 

College Basketball

W-The latest tournament reveal

W-South Carolina holds off Kentucky

M-Keels double-double leads Duke 

College Football/South

Harsin departs SEC meetings through back door, is mum

Column: Another funky day with Harsin and Auburn

New analyst at Alabama: Mettenberger

College Sports

SEC hands out $55 mil to each school

MLB/Baseball

Talks to resume on Saturday

Obit: Jeremy Giambi

MLB has urgency in Tampa park search

Soccer

Players react to abuse allegations

Around the nation/world

Column: Four great words – ‘You are so right’

NFL scores/games

NBA scores/games

NHL scores/games

Men’s college basketball

Women’s college basketball