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
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
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
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
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
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
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