The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Wednesday’s Report: Westside’s Jackson, Baldwin’s Bullard; Georgia vs. Florida State, Falcons, Hawks; College 🏈/bowls/W&M 🏀/📰, NFL, NBA, golf, hockey

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Alumni Update

Texans claim Jackson off waivers from Broncos, who had hoped to re-sign him

Baldwin’s Bullard amped for Orange Bowl

 

Around/About Georgia

Repping the home state is huge, ‘a dream come true’ for Heinecke

Facts, stats, quotes from Falcons win over Colts

DeRozan lead the way as Bulls hold off Hawks

MBKB-UGA stayed off naughty list before Christmas

 

Georgia vs. Florida State: Orange Bowl, Saturday, 4 p.m., ESPN

Bulldogs are focused upon arrival

Smart on opt-outs, Bowers, McConkey

‘It's not about them, it's about us’

More Valdosta-area players bolting Florida State

So, who’s left for Florida State on the two-deep?

Notable absences for Georgia

Could the Orange Bowl decide a national championship?

 

Around the nation/world

What makes pickleball the perfect sport for everybody to enjoy

College Football/bowls

After losing its coach, No. 23 Tulane faces Virginia Tech in the Military Bowl

Brown views Duke’s Mayo Bowl as ‘new opportunity’ for new QB Conner Harrell, others

Trojans bid Pac-12 farewell in Holiday Bowl against No. 16 Louisville

Gordon to lead No. 22 Oklahoma State against Texas A&M in Texas Bowl

Holloway returns 2 picks for TDs, Texas State beats Rice

Taylor’s return sparks Minnesota over Bowling Green

Bean throws for 6 TDs, Kansas overcomes flags to beat UNLV 49-36 in Guaranteed Rate Bowl

College Football/SEC, ACC

Penn State’s staff changes have Ole Miss coach Kiffin unsure what to expect in Peach Bowl

Missouri’s Cody Schrader goes from D-II star to folk hero in leading Tigers to the Cotton Bowl

College Football

Sainristil becomes perhaps Michigan’s best player on defense after playing 3 seasons on offense

DeBoer is a South Dakota man through and through. It shows in his work at Washington

‘QB One’ at Ohio State brings spirit, presents for team

NFL/USFL/ XFL/Football                     

Doug Williams' magical moment in Super Bowl XXII still resonates. 'Every single day'

Christmas was rough on Super Bowl contenders except for the Ravens

December run has surging Buccaneers going for another NFC South title

Banged up all season, Jaguars QB Lawrence is now dealing with a sprained throwing shoulder

'Big mistake': Packers CB Alexander crashes coin toss, nearly blows call vs. Panthers

Column-Pickens not worth the headache for Pittsburgh

Minshew uses his playoff experience to rally Colts after another inexplicably flat loss

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Pistons set single-season record with 27th straight loss, as Cunningham’s 41 not enough against Nets

Doncic scores 50 points to eclipse 10,000 for career, Mavericks beat Suns 128-114

Roundup

Women’s College Basketball

USC’s JuJu Watkins is poised to step in as the next big star of women’s college basketball

Top matchups in Pac-12 highlight the week ahead

Hockey

Canadian province bans postgame hockey handshake lines in minor leagues after altercations

Golf

Column: Tales from the PGA Tour in a year mostly about money and surprises

Scoreboards

NFL scores/games
NBA scores/games
Women’s college basketball
Men’s college basketball