Saturday's Report: Scoreboard; Mercer, Georgia College; Falcons/UGA draft, Braves, Hawks; mental health/suicides, NBA, MLB, more
News and notes of interest to Central Georgia, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
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NFL Draft
Atlanta picks
2/38 Arnold Ebiketie, Penn State, edge
2/58 Troy Anderson, Montana State, LB
3/74 Desmond Ridder, Cincinnati, QB
3/82 DeAngelo Malone, Western Kentucky, edge
Georgia connections
UGA WR George Pickens, second, Pittsburgh
UGA RB James Cook, second, Buffalo
UGA LB Nakobe Dean, third, Philadelphia
UGA LB Channing Tindall, third, Miami
Ridder a ‘calm villain’ with Atlanta knowledge
Analysis on Atlanta picks so far
Another good night for Georgia
UGA’s Tindall is Miami’s first pick, at 102
Wyatt, Walker, Stokes teammates again
Early draft grades on the Georgia picks
Column: Jags pick puts a lot of pressure on Walker
Why Walker No. 1 means so much to Smart
Took a while for second QB to go
And Willis went right after as Titans trade up
Jacksonville gets some OL help
So, how did the ‘gurus’ and ‘experts’ do in the first round?
Pickett’s path from Pitt to Pittsburgh a long journey
How family, Chattanooga made Strange a first-round pick
Column: Special sauce and some sizzle
Around/About Central Georgia
BSB-Big 11th lifts Mercer over ETSU
BSB-John Milledge grad Bellflower helps Georgia College romp
SB-Georgia College gets walk-off from Newberry
Around/About Georgia
Braves celebrate Wash’s birthday with win
BSB-Medich, Jackets outpitch No. 3 Miami
Sports and social/racial awareness
Mental health resources becoming a priority in colleges
Column: May deaths of Katie, Sarah, Lauren not be in vain
NBA/WNBA
Grizzlies rally to beat Minnesota, advance
Emotions strong after Suns-Pelicans
MLB/Baseball
Bauer suspended two seasons over alleged sex assault
Five Mets pitchers combine to no-hit Philly
Golf/Tennis
Reed gives clinic during presser on becoming mentally tough
Becker gets time for bankruptcy offenses
Auto Racing
Why Chastain, Trackside’s success is worth singing about
College Basketball
Column: Player holding Miami as NIL hostage is NCAA’s fault
NFL/Football
Watson tried twice to settle sexual misconduct suits
College Football
Saban in Birmingham fender-bender
Switzer helping Oklahoma players with NIL collective
Hockey
Arizona plays final game in arena after 19 interesting years
Around the nation/world