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Tuesday'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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Honor Roll/Players of the Week
SoCon WBKB-Mercer’s Neal Tysor
Around/About Central Georgia
WBKB-Mercer’s Evans named top defender in SoCon
MBKB-FVSU pulls off tournament-opening upset
BSB-Hennon wins 800th in shutout of Mercer
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Inevitable-Falcons release Mariota, could take QB at No. 8
Stories of service-Ex-Falcons on being a Black athlete in Atlanta in the 60s, 70s
Smith talks coaching moves, and responsibilities
Beal, Wizards spoil Snyder’s Hawks debut
Darnell Washington is one intriguing prospect
Incident report on Bennett arrest released
MBKB-Better effort, same result for Georgia
SB-Georgia thumps Georgia Tech
MBKB-KSU advances in ASUN tourney
College Basketball Tournaments
W-GCAA (nothing posted)
M-GCAA (nothing posted)
W-SEC, March 1
M-SEC, March 8
W-ACC, March 1
M-ACC, March 7
W-ASUN, March 4
College Basketball
W-Players battling criticism for style, looks
M-Maravich’s seemingly unbreakable record in jeopardy of being broken
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
College Sports
Oklahoma State to spend $325 mil on upgrades, additions
Auto Racing
Are the Busch Boys the top brother duo?
Column-Busch out to prove he’s still the best in NASCAR
MLB/Baseball
Major oops: NYC road sign spelled ‘Jakie’ Robinson
NFL/USFL/ XFL
Is Bezos banned from bidding on the Commanders?
Tennis
Djokovic breaks record for most weeks at No. 1
Soccer
US women’s coach makes 27 percent as much as men’s coach
Messi and Putellas voted best players at FIFA awards again
Scoreboards
Women’s college basketball scores/games