Tuesday's Report: Snitker calls out Braves; Richt, Johnson on HOF ballot, Smart/QB room; NCAA Regionals/WCWS, NBA, MLB, golf, NASCAR

Tuesday's Report: Snitker calls out Braves; Richt, Johnson on HOF ballot, Smart/QB room; NCAA Regionals/WCWS, NBA, MLB, golf, NASCAR

Monday'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 Georgia/Southeast

Snitker calls out Braves for sloppy play, excuses

Reasons for Braves optimism

Richt and Hearst make College HOF ballot

Georgia Southern/Tech boss Johnson earns spot on the ballot

Smart happy with QB room as is

 

NCAA Regionals/WCWS

Southern Miss holds off LSU, to first Super since 2009

Elko sets HR record, Mississippi wins regional

UNC rides early start to win, advances

Maryland loses home regional to UConn

Auburn finishes off UCLA to win regional at home

Arkansas takes down Oklahoma State in Stillwater

Texas State stunned by Stanford in bottom of the ninth

Oklahoma rallies past Florida to win Gainesville Regional

Sunday: Tennessee crushed Tech hearts with comeback

Sunday: Texas Tech had too much pitching for GSU

Sunday: Down 5, no big deal for rally-loving Arkansas

NCAA baseball brackets

Ump pushes ECU batter out of box as he admires homer

S-Brady’s niece belts two bombs for UCLA over Oklahoma

S-But angry Sooners reply with a rout to reach finals

S-Unseeded Texas outlasts Oklahoma State for other finals spot

S-Oklahoma State coach unhappy with drug-testing process

S-WCWS schedule, TV, more

 Baseball/MLB

Are the Phils better because Girardi’s gone?

 Basketball/NBA/WNBA

Big lineup has been big trouble for Boston

Edwards credits Kerr, Warriors for ‘eureka’ moment

Ham embraces Laker challenge

 College Baseball

Southern Cal ends tumultuous Gill era

Washington’s Meggs retires after 29 years

 Football/NFL/USFL

After 50 years, 39 in the NFL, Crennel is done

Rams, Donald come to terms, big terms

Watson officially named in 24th lawsuit

Last year gave Fitzpatrick a look at retirement

Auto Racing

Frisky NASCAR: Chastain needs (deleted) whooped, payback, warnings

Frisky NASCAR: Elliott loses mind, Logano warns Byron, more

Chastain admits a poor day driving “over my head so many times”

Golf/Tennis

Column: Bid farewell to Mickelson, his rep, soul, good name, now doing business with murderers

Mickelson ends hiatus, to compete in LIV Golf Invitational Series opener

Why won’t golf’s leaders ban Johnson and others?

Norman: McIlroy brainwashed, Nicklaus a hypocrite

College Football/South

Column: SEC-only playoff is a nuclear option, and no option at all

Getting into – again – the Kelly hire at LSU

College Football

Spurrier: Go to 16 teams

Tebow leads new first-time candidates for College FB HOF

College Basketball

W-Staley not thinking about retirement, but …

Hockey

Colorado rallies to beat Edmonton, advance to final

Boston cans Cassidy

Around the nation/world

Cycling great Lemond reveals cancer diagnosis

NBA scores/games

NHL scores/games

MLB games/scores

WNBA scores/games