Friday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard, Mercer, Georgia College; state baseball; Sports/Russia invasion, NBA, colleges, NASCAR, NFL, MLB
Friday’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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Around/About Central Georgia
BSB: Mercer off to a 6-0 start
SB: Georgia College splits at No. 19 Anderson
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
BSB: Big crowd sees shutout pitching from Bulldogs
SB: Georgia gets a perfect game in romp
BSB: Offense and pitches rolls for Yellow Jackets
Sports and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
‘No war’: Russian athletes call for peace
‘You need to get out of there’
Hall of Fame boxer is Kyiv mayor, and anti-Putin
NBA/WNBA
Two overtimes and more than 300 points
Mitchell hits 7 3s en route to 33 for Jazz
Embiid enjoys Harden’s 76ers debut
College Basketball
W-Bueckers returns for No. 7 UConn in rout
Auto Racing
Larson promotes dirt race ahead of Bristol
NFL/Football
Bengals fans get props from Rams fans
Virginia working to get the Commanders
College Football/South
Obit: Auburn’s ‘Little Train’ James was 5-6
Is South Carolina’s Beamer a future Saban?
Column: Rejection of 12-team playoff gives SEC chance to go lone wolf
Sanders explains Jackson State leaving the Southern Heritage Classic
Grambling’s AD addresses Briles hire
College Sports
NCAA makes adjustments for THC testing and penalties
Baseball
Manfred joins in, lockout talks get some momentum
Around the nation/world