Thursday's Report: Mercer; UGA hoops, Falcons, Hawks, Tech; more TCU-UGA; NFL/Hamlin/playoffs, NBA, tennis, college 🏀& 🏈, golf

Thursday's Report: Mercer; UGA hoops, Falcons, Hawks, Tech; more TCU-UGA; NFL/Hamlin/playoffs, NBA, tennis, college 🏀& 🏈, golf

Wednesday'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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College

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M-Furman 84, Mercer 66
M-Georgia 58, Mississippi State 50
W-USC Aiken 80, Georgia College 63
M-USC Aiken 89, Georgia College 79

Pro

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Milwaukee 114, Atlanta 105 

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Around/About Central Georgia

MBKB-Mercer slump continues with home loss

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

‘Next phase’ underway for Falcons (end-of-season press conference)

Smith will be open-minded in DC search

Column-Easy to be optimistic about the Falcons

Mailbag-Ridder/QBs, offseason needs, draft

Holiday, Lopez help visiting Bucks hold off Hawks

MBKB-Georgia grinds out win over MSU

MBKB-Has Tech turned a corner? 

College Football Championship

Biden congratulates national champs

Smart eyes more mobility from QBs in the future

Repeat huge for star who didn’t play, Smith

Bennett’s news conference absence adds to GOAT legend

Column-Pregame Tennessee chatter helped spark UGA’s run

UGA roster tracker

Milton had a nice West Coast homecoming, too

Watching the rout was painful for Ohio State

Column-Sometimes, a prediction comes from the heart, not brain

Athens brewery release a back-to-back IPA

Column-Smart, UGA, SEC rule the world (and other CFB notes)

 

College Football

Obit-Southern Cal legend, Heisman winner Charles White

Chicago State ponders a Division I program 

College Football/Southeast

UNC’s Brown welcomes big transfer class

NFL/USFL/Football

Hamlin heads home from Buffalo hospital

Tua out for Dolphins’ playoff game

Lamar probably out for Ravens

Seattle’s Smith ready for next chapter of comeback

Cowboys focus on reboot with defense

Belichick to return, won’t commit to Jones

Players launch own Players’ All-Pro team

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Morant hits 38 in return

Cavs’ Rubio back after missing a year with knee injury

Roundup

College Basketball

W-Staley lobbies for ‘GameDay’ return amid UConn fans’ ‘unfriendly banter’

M-‘Please go to Texas’ signholder leave Kentucky game rather than take it down

M-Longhorns won’t let firing get in the way

M-No. 1 Houston just gets by South Florida

W-Auriemma, Fudd return for Huskies rout

M-No. 4 Alabama rolls over No. 15 Arkansas

M-No. 25 Marquette stops No. 6 UConn

College Sports

NCAA to add coaches in baseball, softball

Baseball/MLB

Correa finally has a team, his last one

Golf

Matsuyama battling neck injury entering Sony

Tennis

Osaka announces pregnancy, no competition in 2023

Scoreboard

NFL games/scores

College football scores/games

NBA scores/games

Women’s college basketball scores/games

Men’s college basketball scores/games