Friday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Georgia College/Mercer ⚾; Falcons, Tech/UGA ⚾; NASCAR, NCAAs, NBA, MLB, college 🏈
News and notes of interest to Central Georgia, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
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Around/About Central Georgia
BSB: Georgia College gets 3 in the bottom of the ninth to win
BSB: Mercer’s Harlow, Kelley team for three-hit shutout at Seton Hall
Around/About Georgia
Fontenot wasted little time on getting Patterson deal done
How Arians departure affects NFC South
Tasmanian devil Williams ready for Mariota, Falcons O
BSB: Tech knocks off No. 2 Virginia on the road
Sports and Ukraine
For NASCAR drivers from Ukraine, it’s pain and grief
NCAA Tournaments
Men’s scores and boxes and schedules
Women’s scores and boxes and schedules
(Note: annoying video at the start)
W-Boston takes over, leads South Carolina to finale
W-Gamecocks played championship defense
W-Connecticut holds off defending national champs
M-More pressure on Self, Kansas than the other three
M-FYIs on each Final Four team
Column: Combining the Final Fours worth trying
W-Bueckers represents best of Minnesota, on and off floor
M-When Final Four foes are conference foes
W-Final Four, title-game records
M-Sixth Final Four is a bounce-back for New Orleans
Column: Laettner reply aside, can’t pull for Duke
Roy would kill to give K that final loss
College basketball tournaments
College Basketball
W-Bueckers’ NIL deal? Address food insecurity for students
Emmert addresses Kansas case, Self’s contract
Chattanooga has two new head coaches
M-Krzyzewski on NCAA: ‘Time to look at the whole thing’
M-Player of the year is Kentucky’s Tshiebwe
M-Arizona’s Loyd gets coach of the year
NBA/WNBA
Teams rest regulars in a 153-119 romp
Parker hopes Title IX doc serves as inspiration
MLB/Baseball
Minor-league housing plan forgot about families
Yankees want Manfred-Cashman letter to stay sealed
Golf/Tennis
Auto Racing
Truex not ready to consider NASCAR future
NFL/Football
Let’s check in on Mayfield and Watson with … Manziel?
Column: Why the new OT rule finally makes sense
College Football/South
Column: Let Mullen be a lesson for Napier, Kelly
QB room at South Carolina very different after a year
Sanders rehabbing after surgery
Sports and social/racial awareness
Parker hopes Title IX doc serves as inspiration
Around the nation/world
Column: NIT the latest tradition to fade away