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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

QBs stand out in Legacy Bowl

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

Toppin slams away

All-Star roundup

LeBron will go anywhere for anything to play with son

Olympics

AP coverage

ESPN coverage

Yahoo Sports coverage

‘I hate this sport’

Around the nation/world

NBA scores/games

NHL scores/games

Men’s college basketball

Women’s college basketball