Friday's Report: Scoreboard; Mercer & Georgia College ⚾, Mercer 🏀; Falcons, UGA, Braves; NFL/playoffs/moves, NBA/Kobe, college f/Ed Reed/SEC, colleges, golf, Australian Open,
Thursday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
High School
Basketball
Girls
Crisp 51, Twiggs 38
Piedmont 53, Central Georgia Arts 21
Boys
Twiggs 68, Crisp 60
College
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(Stories or boxes)
M-App State 71, Georgia State 59
W-Georgia 62, Missouri 51
W-Georgia State 64, App State 56
W-Georgia Tech 85, Clemson 74
W-Louisiana-Lafayette 68, Georgia Southern 58
M-Kennesaw State 84, Austin Peay 57
M-Texas State 70, Georgia State 67
W-Wofford 76, Mercer 71
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Honor Roll
Mercer baseball trio on an all-conference team
Around/About Central Georgia
WBKB-Houpt goes off for 31, but Wofford edges Mercer
BSB-Georgia College adds GC alum to staff
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Falcons have a long-term plan for rookie Malone
What does UGA’s scholarship breakdown look like?
Braves lose VP/scouting Brown to Astros
Football/NFL/USFL
Mahomes the old man among the final QBs
Column-Bengals can beat Chiefs a fourth straight time, and will
Remaining head coaches are offensive
Gay unimpressed with Cincy offense
Panthers pick Reich over Wilks in notable decision
O’Brien to Patriots is official
Quinn to stay in Dallas amid major shuffling; McCarthy to match Landry’s tenure?
Allen calls Buffalo’s season ‘null and void’
Ex-Detroit, Liberty LB Lemonier dead at 25
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Sports world remembers Bryant, others on tragedy anniversary
Pistons get first win in Brooklyn in nearly five years
Mavs win after Doncic gets hurt
James, Giannis All-Star captains
College Football
Column-Reed missed mark & mission, didn’t know what he was getting into
Early SEC power rankings: Who’s after No. 1?
Column-Freeze delivers on early promise
College Sports
NCAA loses $59 mil for ’22, still doing OK
Vols extend AD White’s contract
Florida State to retire Posey’s No. 8 in March
Ohio State sets record with nearly $252 mil in revenue
College Basketball
Obit-Billy Packer was a voice of the game for decades
M-Auburn’s home winning streak is over, no pouting allowed
W-UConn too much for Lady Vols in renewed rivalry
W-Auriemma misses the old UConn-Tennessee battles
W-No. 7 Notre Dame dominates No. 24 Florida State
M-No. 1 Purdue holds off Michigan
Golf
Reed-‘not like I tried to assassinate Rory McIlroy’
NFL legend Lott helps aspiring pro make PGA Tour debut
Tennis
Paul’s run helps make US men relevant again
Tsitsipas battles to first Australian Open final
Rybakina vs. Sabalenka in women’s finale
Lookahead-Paul vs. Dojo in semifinals, more
Scoreboards