Thursday's Report: Honor Roll/Mercer; Columbus HS issues, Tech/Key, Falcons, UGA, Georgia State, Georgia Southern, Kennesaw State;
Coming every day: The only place in Central Georgia with daily high school scores in basketball, soccer, baseball, tennis, and the only place with college – Mercer, FVSU, Georgia College, CGTC, MGSU, GMC, Wesleyan – coverage (when info is offered).
Coming Thursday: The Sports Report’s high school football predictions; major movement in Central Georgia high school football
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Honor Roll
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
No more games this season at McClung in Columbus
Tech’s Key anxious to see what ACC moves bring
What to make of Atlanta’s initial roster
Evaluating Smith's preseason strategy and how Falcons head coach prepared team for 2023 season
Vines’ strong outing in big league debut leads Braves
Getting Van Pran and Beck on the same page
UGA’s Smith gearing up for starting role
Georgia State gets going on Thursday
Georgia Southern ready for old SoCon rival
MLB/Baseball
Harper’s 300th homer not enough as Angels rally
Tennis
Coco Gauff picks up her 13th win in 14 matches to stay on course to meet Iga Swiatek at the US Open
Wozniacki pulls off US Open upset in first Grand Slam since 2020
Tiafoe loves the US Open and the US Open loves him. He is into the third round there again
‘Like Snoop Dogg’s living room': Smell of pot wafts over notorious U.S. Open court
Wednesday’s U.S. Open results
College Sports
Nebraska volleyball stadium event draws 92,003 to set women’s world attendance record
State college football schedule
Thursday, 7 p.m., Rhode Island at Georgia State, ESPN+; 7 p.m., Tusculum at Kennesaw State, ESPN+
Friday, 7:30 p.m., Louisville vs. Georgia Tech, ESPN
Saturday, 2 p.m., Mercer at Mississippi, SECN+/ESPN+; 2 p.m., GMC at Iowa Western; 6 p.m., The Citadel at Georgia Southern, ESPN+; 6 p.m., Tennessee-Martin at Georgia, SECN+/ ESPN+
Sunday, 7 p.m., FVSU vs. Tuskegee, in Montgomery, ESPNU
College Football/Southeast
Drayton turned down NFL for The Citadel
From Texas A&M to Auburn, the SEC is loaded with new offensive playcallers. There are 10 in all
Florida seeks second straight season-opening win over No. 14 Utah
Brando goes off on Saban and DepthChartGate
South Carolina’s first job is stopping No. 21 North Carolina QB Drake Maye
College Football
The Big 12 has 4 new members this year. It is also getting an early look at 3 teams coming next year
Sarkisian places focus, hopes, expectations on Texas in opener
On new Big Ten player availability reports: 'Everybody knows why they're doing this.'
What to watch? Sanders’ debut with Colorado takes center stage, but LSU-FSU is best matchup
NFL/XFL/USFL/Football
Titans see themselves competing to win AFC South, not rebuilding
Broncos coach Sean Payton aims to help Russell Wilson revive his career after awful 2022 season
Joe Burrow, Bengals aim for another Super Bowl run in loaded AFC
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
NBA referee Lewis retires; league closes investigation into social media posts
Auto Racing
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