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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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
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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
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
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
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
Cavs’ Rubio back after missing a year with knee injury
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
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