Wednesday's Report: Scoreboard; Mercer; Tech/Stoudamire, Falcons/Heinicke, McGary, Bally bankruptcy, Georgia Southern, Braves, UGA; college🏀, NFL, NBA, MLB, NASCAR, soccer

Tuesday'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 coaches

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Colleges

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Around/About Central Georgia

BSB-Rohrbacher blasts walk-off HR for Mercer

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Tech’s new coach

Stoudamire overcome by emotion from the very start

How Tech got from Pastner to Stoudamire

Smart insists program is not out of control

Collins Hill grad Heinicke back home, to Falcons
Atlanta comes to terms with McGary

Bally Sports owner files Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Report: Georgia Southern to hire Bama hoops assistant Henry

Braves option Anderson, Elder down

Door opened for top prospect

Meet UGA football’s early enrollees

NCAA Men’s Tournament

This just in: guard play is huge

10 bold predictions

Is Kentucky in trouble?

Nine teams on target for first title

Drake’s DeVries, son of coach, an under-the-radar player to watch

A legacy tied to Madness run

First Four-A&M Corpus Christi tops SE Missouri State 

NCAA Women’s Tournament

Injuries change dynamic heading into Madness

Will UConn’s 14-year Final Four streak end this year?

Carolina brings lessons from last season to title quest 

College Basketball

Vitale on cancer recovery, and hoops, hoops, hoops

W-In post-Roe world, coaches search for middle ground

M-Did North Carolina players vote vs. NIT bid?

M-Big Ten headlines AP All-America team

The team

M-New Mississippi coach Beard: ‘That’s not me’ 

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Roundup 

College Sports

Syracuse radio host fired for negativity

Gun laws, campus policies perplex programs 

Auto Racing

Evernham humbled by HOF induction, company 

MLB/Baseball/WBC

Freeman tears up: ‘hope my mom is proud’

Puerto Rico throws combined walk-off perfect game 

NFL/USFL/ XFL

Colts to release Ryan

Mahomes’ phone must be busy      

Dallas adds Pro Bowl CB Gilmore

Giants get Waller from Raiders in big trade

Youth sports

Auto Racing

Hamlin on contact with Chastain: ‘Wasn’t a mistake’

Soccer

FIFA expands ’26 Cup again, 104 games

Why FIFA changed the format 

Around the nation/world

Betting bill passes Kentucky house

Scoreboards

NBA scores/games

Women’s college basketball scores/games

Men’s college basketball scores/games

College baseball scores