Wednesday's Report: Mercer volleyball, Georgia College⚾, Honors-Georgia College, GMC JC, Middle Georgia State; Bally crew, Braves, Falcons, UGA, Hawks; NCAAs, colleges, NASCAR, golf, tennis, MLB/WBC
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Honor Roll/Players of the Week
Peach Belt BSB-Georgia College’s Cowan
SSAC SB-Middle Georgia State’s Eddins
Around/About Central Georgia
Schroeder steps down as Mercer’s 12th volleyball coach
Schroeder went 81-90 overall and 48-49 in conference play. He was the first head coach to have consecutive winning seasons since the late 1990s, with 15-8 and 16-12 in 2020 and 2021. His six-season stint is the second-longest in program history, behind Noelle Rooke’s eight (98-139).
BSB-Four RBI from Ham (Tattnall) powers Georgia College
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Bally announces large Braves crew
Wright’s focus on health, not numbers (yet)
Atlanta activates retired Goldman
Falcons’ Koo honored at state Capitol
Former Clemson OC among two new UGA analysts
Georgia spring practice report
UGA RBs learn unselfishness under McGee
Young drops 30 on Pistons for Hawks win
MBKB-UGA loses Oquendo to draft or portal
NCAA Men’s Tournament
UCLA expects another war with Gonzaga
Column-From student-manager to next big coaching star?
Bill Bradley a gold standard in Jersey, thrilled with alma mater Princeton
Former Purdue player defends Painter, team missed wide open shots
NCAA Women’s Tournament
Upsets, and a frisky handshake line
New format and historic Sweet 16 field
Upsets make South Carolina a bigger favorite
Following parents’ lead, McPhee-McCuin making a mark
Staley pays tribute to nation’s oldest HBCU, and participant in first NCAA women’s tournament
Clark or Boston, player of the year?
Virginia Tech fans sing “Sandman” at early games
College Basketball
Anderson rides one-year Fairleigh-Dickinson run to Iona
Pitino’s return to big stage: ‘I’ve earned it’
Arizona extends Hurley through 25-26
Wofford promotes Perry to head men’s coach
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Obit-Willis Reed was a legendary undersized center
One Knicks legend mourns loss of another
Morant speaks: apologizes, admits terrible decision
College Football
Newton throws at Auburn’s pro day, doesn’t talk
Bama DB tried to evade police at 141 mph
Doty stayed at South Carolina despite changes
Column-Decision at QB is easy at Tennessee
Dartmouth’s Teevens in hospital after biking accident
Auto Racing
Logano, Ford counter Chevy’s strong start
Q&As: Gordon, Hamlin, Busch and bleep, Wallace
MLB/Baseball/WBC
Ohtani whiffs teammate Trout to clinch third WBC title
MLB rules modifications discussed
NFL/USFL/ XFL
Magic Johnson joins bid for Commanders
Texts show Favre knew welfare funds were being misused
Packers president jokes about secrecy in Rodgers-Jets talks
Tennis
Navratilova says she is cancer-free, returns to TV
Working to safeguard against predatory coaches
Nadal out of top 10 for first time since 2005
Auto Racing
Xfinity Series driving suspended one race after Atlanta
Golf
Scoreboards
Women’s college basketball scores/games