Sunday's Report: Mary Persons' Holden, Mercer, Georgia College, FVSU, CGTC; Falcons, UGA, state hoops, Hawks; NFL/playoffs, NBA, college 🏈&🏀, Australian Open, golf
Saturday'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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Alumni Update
Triple-double by Mary Persons’ Holden lifts Towson
Around/about Central Georgia
MBKB-Double-doubles lead Mercer to road win
WBKB-Mercer pulls away at home
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Will Falcons add to secondary and Terrell?
Troy Andersen went from consistent to productive for Atlanta
Depth a strength for Georgia baseball
Eight of Pro Football Focus’ top 101 college players: Bulldogs
McIntosh ready to shine at Senior Bowl in deep backfield
MBKB-Tech loses in historic fashion to Duke
MBKB-Georgia rallies, tops S.C. in OT
MBKB-Kennesaw State gets first W over Lipscomb since 2016
Leonard hits 32 to lead Clippers past Hawks
Football/NFL/USFL/CFL
Hamlin thankful in first public words
Vegas believes some classics may await
Cincinnati, KC mayors in funky Twitter beef
49ers stockpiling picks courtesy of diversity progress
Pro writers pick Mahomes, Jefferson, Bosa as top players
College Football/Southeast
Revisiting Bear Bryant, 40 years after his death
Bethune-Cookman AD Theus on the Reed rants, saga: ‘let us down’
College Football
Ohio State adds former LB standout Laurinaitis as GA
College Basketball
M-Oklahoma flattens No. 2 Alabama
W-Another Clark double-double leads Iowa
M-Hofstra ends No. 18 Charleston’s 20-game streak
M-Houston rallies past Cincinnati
M-Nation’s longest winning streak is now Florida Atlantic’s
W-Middle Tennessee State wins 16th straight
M-Arkansas edged by No. 17 Baylor
Packer: ‘often wrong, but never in doubt’ in leaving legacy
M-Clemson’s Galloway out indefinitely after, well, delicate procedure
NBA/Basketball/WNBA
W-Candace Parker to join Las Vegas
Column-Time to rethink All-Star voting?
Tennis
Sabalenka wins first Slam title at Australian
Analysis-Champ Sabalenka rewarded serve, belief
Djokovic thwarted Paul’s game plan
Golf
Homa comes back to win Farmers by two
Reed, McIlroy trail leaders at Dubai
High Schools
Minneosta team refuses to play after coach who used slur reinstated
Around the nation/world
Shiffrin wins slalom, within 1 win of World Cup record
Art Collector rolls to Pegasus World Cup win
Three fights in 16 seconds with Flyers, Wild
Scoreboards