Friday's Report: FVSU basketball; ACC/SEC media days; UGA/Smart, Braves, Bananas, Falcons, Tech; MLB, NFL, colleges, golf, NASCAR
Thursday'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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ACC Media Days
Collins, Jackets underwent ‘deep introspection’
Tech trio of players cover plenty of ground
Is it still Clemson and everybody else?
Louisville-Kentucky war of words starting
Narduzzi raises bar for defending champs
Quartet of new coaches adds some zip to division
Around/About Central Georgia
Getting to know FVSU men’s hoops coach Robinson
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Smart gets big money, big extension
Georgia’s pre-camp injury situation
Bananas may be silly, but they win, too
Change in plans for Southern RB King
College Football/South
Look back: Petty was irreplaceable
College Football
The complicated politics of Jim Harbaugh
Obit: Former Colorado WR Johnson
Is Caleb Williams in danger of becoming Marinovich II?
College Sports
Column: ESPN blew a chance to lift female athletes with Boston/ESPY mess
Report: NCAA improved on gender inequality at tournaments
Baseball/MLB
Ohtano is ‘Made in Japan’ with American adaptations
Column: Dry eyes, renewed focus=Freeman is finally a Dodger
Retired Pedroia amped from watching Jeter documentary
Golf
Column: Stenson will regret LIV decision
Barkley looks at LIV involvement without ‘selective outrage’
Auto Racing
Football/NFL/USFL
Bo Jackson paid for Uvalde funerals
JJ Watt steps up to help fan with family member’s funeral expenses
Cards, Murray come to big terms
Cleveland works out QBs while waiting
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Sixers eyeing a $1.3 billion house
Colleges: NIL and portal
Cali gov Newsom wants UCLA to explain publicly its move
Column: But he forgot how he pushed NIL domino
Soccer
Stay or go? Ronaldo’s future uncertain
Around the nation/world