Thursday's Report: Signing-Jones County, Mercer, FVSU; UGA/Carter, Falcons, Bally, Braves; NBA, NFL, college 🏀&🏈, MLB, golf
Wednesday'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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Signings
Jones County golfer Keegan Goins has signed to continue at Piedmont U.
Honor Roll/POTW
MBKB-Mercer puts two on All-SoCon team
SIAC SB-FVSU’s Maddox (Crawford County alum)
Around/About Central Georgia
WBKB-Second half dooms Georgia College in PBC tourney
WBKB-Mercer in rare position, seeded 5th for tournament
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Warrant for Carter’s arrest issued, related to fatal crash; more details released
Ticket for 89 in a 45 issued Carter in September
Nolan Smith emotionally talks about teammate’s death
Dallas PD released incident report on Bennett arrest
Falcons’ Terrell prioritizes the high school that shaped him
MLB sets up local media group, could do 17 teams
Chipper-‘We’ve got 5 or 6 studs’ in the lineup
Valdosta’s Felton given ‘show-cause’ penalties for Tennessee violations
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Morant accused of punching teenager, threatening him with gun
Bryant family settles photo lawsuit for $28.5 mil
Timeout blunder dooms Pistions
College Basketball
M-Alabama storms back in feisty battle with Auburn, takes title
M-Miller ‘felt awful’ about pat-down intro, takes blame
W-Kentucky pops Florida, scuffle mars game
M-Late jumper lifts Vandy over Kentucky
W-Bubble teams sweat out tournaments
W-Showdown looms for South Carolina, LSU
‘Lots of guts’ to break color barrier in North Carolina
Clouds darken over Brandon Miller, Crimson Tide
NFL/USFL/Football
Union survey finds out who’s the best, worst in working conditions
The most alarming findings, includes rats and bad floors
Sod guru blames NFL for poor Super Bowl turf
Owners to discuss Snyder at meeting
Bills DC Frazier taking 2023 off, to return in 2024
Eagles DB calls out former DC after SB loss
College Football
Panel out to short games, improve player safety
Charlie Strong’s latest landing spot: Alabama
Former UGA assistant promoted at LSU
College Sports
New NCAA boss takes over, talks topics
Mississippi lost lead, trailed when game ended, and got a W
MLB/Baseball
Swanson new face of ‘such an amazing organization’
MLB sets up local media group, could do 17 teams
Fans mixed on new rules so far
Pitch clock already having impact
Phillies prospect dazzles with heat
Golf
Column-Like most of its players, LIV is already past its prime
PGA approves changes to 2024 designated events, cuts cuts, smaller fields
Scoreboard
Women’s college basketball scores/games