Thursday's Report: Signings (Mount de Sales, Mary Persons, Peach County); Braves/Washington, UGA/Ol' Miss, Tech/Clemson, Falcons, Hawks; College 🏈 🏀📰, NFL, MLB, NBA/WNBA, high schools
Coming every day: The only place in Central Georgia with daily high school scores, and the only place with college – Mercer, FVSU, Georgia College, CGTC, MGSU, GMC, Wesleyan – coverage (when info is offered).
In Coverage: A GHSA reclassification update, with another coming Thursday
Coming Thursday: The Sports Report’s high school football predictions
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High School
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Southwest 13, Rutland 6
Westside 26, Baldwin 6
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Signings
Mount de Sales’ Bricen Smith signed to play baseball at Missouri, while Cal inked Talia Fonseca for water polo.
Mary Persons’ Karlie Dell signed with Mercer to play women’s soccer.
Peach County’s Bryce Harrelson signed with Mercer for baseball.
This week’s state college football schedule (All Saturday, all on ESPN+ unless noted)
12 p.m.: Georgia Tech at Clemson, ABC/ESPN3
1 p.m.: GMC at Lackawanna
2 p.m.: App State at Georgia State
3 p.m.: Samford at Mercer
3 p.m.: Virginia-Lynchburg at Kennesaw State
7 p.m.: Mississippi at Georgia, ESPN
7 p.m.: Georgia Southern at Marshall, NFLN
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Braves lose Washington to the Angels
‘I can guarantee you … Braves players are incredibly sad’
Anthopoulos laying framework for Braves' offseason
Kiffin won't take the rat poison before Georgia, but Ole Miss clearly believes
UGA prepares for life without Dumas-Johnson
A lengthy dissertation on not using Robinson in the red zone from Smith
Falcons’ Smith wants to avoid ‘musical chairs’ at QB
Magic, Hawks set to face off in Mexico City, a potential NBA expansion site
College Football/SEC, ACC
Column- Why can’t the Florida Gators count to 11 under Billy Napier?
Kiffin: Turner hit on Jayden Daniels shows rulebook must better protect QBs
New coaches have changed the complexion of the ACC. Some of the rebuilds are faster than others
How healthy is Auburn heading into game at Arkansas?
Saban likes 'the relief' of Steele, assistants getting after players, too
Should Saban win SEC COTY? It’s a four-coach race
College Football
Michigan responds to Big Ten, saying commissioner doesn’t have discipline authority, AP sources say
Walk-on football players pay their way, producing for teams around the Big Ten
Williams shows with tears that money isn’t everything
Picks: No. 2 Michigan visits No. 9 Penn State in its first test of the season
College Football/Wednesday night
Toledo beats Eastern Michigan, clinches MAC West
Amos has 118 yards, 2 TDs, Miami blanks Akron
Keith & Orth lead Bowling Green to romp
NFL/XFL/USFL/Football
How Minnesota’s O’Connell talked Dobbs through Atlanta win 7 seconds at a time
As the Pickens World Turns: social media scrub not about football
Eagles LB Dean is out with a Lisfranc injury, AP sources say
Undrafted players stay mindful of roots on paths to big paydays in the NFL
Berlin in the mix to host NFL game as league eyes future in Germany
Mahomes ‘definitely’ wants to play flag football at 2028 Olympics
Tomlin hears from Pickens about frustrations: ‘non-issue’
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Pelicans’ Williamson out versus Minnesota for personal reasons
Wembanyama has a rough debut at MSG as Knicks rout Spurs
Diana Taurasi in new role as she chases history and 6th Olympic gold medal
Women’s College Basketball
Edwards leads No. 2 UConn in Bueckers return for the Huskies
Men’s College Basketball
Column-It's basketball season in the Triangle again, and there's too much truth in that old joke
Goldin scores 19 as No. 10 Florida Atlantic opens with 75-62 win over Loyola Chicago
Why is Auburn playing in South Dakota? It’s the start of a brutal non-conference slate.
MLB/Baseball
Milwaukee grapples with the reality of Counsell managing the Cubs
World Series 9-inning games averaged 3 hours, 1 minute — fastest since 1996
Harper to play first base full-time for Phillies as franchise moves on from Rhys Hoskins
Golf
Tiger Woods says his right ankle is pain-free. It’s the rest of his leg that still causes problems
High Schools
FHSAA hands out suspensions after fight
Scoreboard
NFL scores/games
College football scores, FBS
College football scores, FCS
NBA scores/games
Women’s college basketball
Men’s college basketball