Saturday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard, Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, Mercer, Russell Henley; UGA BKB issues, UGA, GSU-Boro; NASCAR, NFL, colleges, NBA, Olympics, more
Saturday’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: The line was long for the Fan Fest at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday, and the new inductees were OK with the autograph session running long. Watch one-on-ones with Bob Horner, Warrick Dunn, and Eric Zeier.
In Coverage: The only place in Central Georgia to find any Saturday high school basketball scores, and plenty of area and state college basketball, and more sports
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Around/about Central Georgia
WBKB: Mercer clinches regular-season title with road win
MBKB: Mercer slips in second half at WCU
MBKB: Thomas leads Georgia College to 20th win
Henley enters final round in top 30
Russell Henley shot a 2-under in the third round of the Genesis Invitational and is in a group tied for 26th.
The Stratford grad is 6 under for the tournament, 13 shots behind leader Joaquin Niemann.
Henley had a rougher front nine – two bogeys, one birdie – than the back nine, where he played bogey-free golf with three birdies.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Upson-Lee grad and former Dog Fagan leads Ole Miss
Georgia’s issues grow with altercation, media reports
MBKB: Tech snaps losing streak against Pitt
When Brock Bowers’ ‘it’ factor first appeared
How have UGA’s early enrollees done under Smart?
Georgia Southern unveils Hall of Champions
Auto Racing
Now an owner, Keselowski still doing things his way
NASCAR leadership enjoying some momentum
Burton keeps Ford strong at final practice
Crash grabs attention in Xfinity opener
NFL
New investigators for Washington, findings to go public
Steelers hire Flores, lawsuit continues
Weddle goes from Super Bowl champ to HS coach
Obit: Former Washington receiving great Taylor
College Football/South
South Carolina adds Alabama assistant, gives raises
Legacy Bowl huge for HBCU exposure
College Football
Analysis: After expansion fails, job gets tougher
College Basketball
M-Florida rallies past Auburn, thanks to Appleby
M-Kentucky rallies past No. 25 Alabama
M-Couisinard’s 33 lifts South Carolina over LSU
M-Gonzaga wins 10th straight WCC regular-season title
W-BYU wins 30th straight at home before record crowd
M-Murray State avoids ending long win streak
M-Arkansas’s late run stops Tennessee
M-UNC ends Virginia Tech win streak
M-Duke rolls past Florida State on K’s return
M-Ex-Husky booted from UConn win
The initial NCAA men’s committee rankings
College Sports
NCAA panel worried NIL deal break recruiting rules
NBA/WNBA
Cleveland welcomes back NBA greats
Detroit’s Cunningham MVP for All-Star Rising Stars
Towns is center of attention
LeBron will go anywhere for anything to play with son
Olympics
Around the nation/world