Tuesday's Report: Middle Georgia State, Georgia College; Falcons, UGA, Braves, Tech; NIL, MLB, colleges, NFL, NASCAR, golf
Monday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Coming Tuesday: GIAA previews
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High School
Softball
Bleckley County 11, Schley County 6
Perry 15, Northside 0
Piedmont 11, George Walton 7
Jacie Jenkins drove in four runs on three hits, while Emily Whitwell and Kylee Keck added two hits each for Piedmont.
Pro
MLB
NFL
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Honor Roll/Players of the Week
Georgia College newcomer on All-PBC
Alumni Update
NBA title rings of Grant (Hancock Central) up for auction
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
QBs solid in Falcons loss to Jets after rough second half
Harris, Odorrizi shine in Braves road win
Four Bulldogs make AP All-America team
Who’s next QB up in Athens? Smart explains
How much more talented is Georgia than Oregon?
Tech’s Franklin ready to prove himself as C of O-line
Name-Image-Likeness
LA HS signs big team-wide NIL deal
NIL bucks trickling down to high schools
Baseball/MLB
Freeman gives a half mil to his HS team
Banker-turned-pitcher cut after nice debut
Fired Maddon having a blast, and blasting
College Football/South
Where to Alabama position battles stand?
Jacksonville State P arrested for three violent charges, including on teammate
Napier raves about time at South Carolina State
College Football
Two Indiana State players killed in crash
Portal giving coaches more hits than misses
College Sports
Loyola’s Sister Jean turns 103, has a train stop named for her
Football/NFL/USFL
As expected, Mayfield gets nod at Carolina
Denies he was on ‘The Masked Singer’
Lions turn practice over to players
Garoppolo trade is Browns’ best hope for saving the season
When your favorite team’s QB is Deshaun Watson
Auto Racing
Truex says NASCAR ‘wants us in a wad’ at Daytona
Busch reveals human side in ‘hard as hell’ year
Golf
Fitzpatrick on LIV, FedEx playoffs, more
NBA/WNBA
Rodman planning to intercede in Griner case
High School
Real-life coach from ‘Friday Night Lights’ book dies
Around the nation/world