Tuesday's Report: Mercer's Cronic/TD Club; Alumni Update: Mary Persons, Baldwin, Houston County; Calvin Johnson hospital visit; UGA, Tech, Falcons, Dream; Tennis, colleges, NFL, MLB, HS, WNBA

Tuesday's Report: Mercer's Cronic/TD Club; Alumni Update: Mary Persons, Baldwin, Houston County; Calvin Johnson hospital visit; UGA, Tech, Falcons, Dream; Tennis, colleges, NFL, MLB, HS, WNBA

In coverage: Mercer’s Cronic set for Bears’ breakthrough season; Monday Morning Quarterback

 

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High School

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Brentwood 9, Gatewood 0

Central Fellowship 8, Vidalia Heritage 0

John Milledge 4, FPD 2

          An RBI single from Ansley Brooks and two-run homer from Ashley Tyson pushed three runs across in the  bottom of the first, and the Trojans held the lead. Addie Latimer fanned six with no walks in 6.2 innings

Heritage 8, Mount de Sales 6

Ola 9, ACE 3

Perry 12, Peach County 2

          Perry scored five runs on two hits in the second to take control, one hit a grand slam from Ava Garrett.

Piedmont 15, Trinity Christian 0, 4 inn.

          Teagan Hinson had three hits and four RBI to lead the Cougars. Marissa Holder, Breck Piedrea, Mackenzie Plunkett, and Emily Whitwell had two-hit games for Piedmont. Plunkett whiffed four with no walks.

Swainsboro 15, Dublin 1

Veterans 2, Bleckley County 0

Warner Robins 10, Northeast 0

          An eight-run first pushed Warner Robins into control. Leanne Butts led the Demons – who stole five bases - with two hits.

Pro

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Atlanta 10, Philadelphia 8, 10 inn; Philadelphia 7, Atlanta 5

 

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Alumni Update

Mary Persons’ Williams a punt return Picasso for Tennessee

Baldwin’s Bullard banged up at UGA

How Auburn linebacker and Houston County grad Steiner grieved for his mother

 

Honor Roll

SoCon special teams POTW: Mercer’s Harper

 

Around/About Georgia

Visit from ex-NFL and Tech star Calvin Johnson helps 2 children and their families live with cancer

UGA using innocuous two-months-old comment to challenge fans

Rutledge wants more physical O-line at UGA

Georgia notes

Tech podcast: Looking back at S.C. State, ahead to Ol’ Miss

Smith brushes off dismal passing stats following opening win over Panthers

Bates III had 'a great time' in Falcons win over Panthers — and rightly so

Falcons stats, notes and quotes

Olson hits 50th homer for Braves, but Phillies win nightcap to split doubleheader

Dream fifth seed, face Dallas

 

Opinion

The powerful impact of doubt on Black coaches, athletes

 Broadcast

Read this about cable, streaming, and more money

Tennis

Analysis: Novak Djokovic isn’t surprised he keeps winning Grand Slam titles. We shouldn’t be, either

Analysis: US Open champ Gauff wants to get better and win more major titles. Don’t doubt her

College Realignment

Inside SMU's pursuit of the Power Five — 'It's a couple hundred million dollars. I'm not losing sleep over it.'

OSU, WSU ask court to prevent departing Pac-12 schools from standing in way of rebuilding conference

Could Pac-12 survive after all? Oregon State, Washington State hope so with legal move

College Sports

The business of college sports is broken. Here’s how to fix it

Revenue-sharing with major college football players seems ‘inevitable.’ How could it be done?

College football/Southeast (SEC/ACC/state)

Who’s to blame for Tennessee’s passing woes?

Freeze not thrilled with two-QB system yet

Saban says ‘the future is now’ for getting issues fixed after loss

Anything new to think about with Florida after romp?

Column-Clemson football can't keep sleepwalking through these games with Florida State in two weeks

Has transfer TE Fairweather arrived for Auburn?

Miami’s Kinchens is ‘in good shape’ after scary hit 

College Football

STAT WATCH: Trojans’ third game in a row over 50 points to start the season is a program first

Big picture still Day’s focus after another so-so game

Column-Tucker likely coached last game at Michigan State

Nebraska’s Rhule, i.e. Sanders: “I’ve never disrespected an opponent’

Oklahoma assistant Lebby sorry for distraction disgraced father-in-law Art Briles caused at game

NFL/USFL/XFL/Football

Rodgers done after four plays after tackle by Dodge County’s Floyd

Jets pull off thrilling OT win

Disney, Charter settle cable dispute hours before ‘MNF’ season opener

The Steelers want to open things up in 2023. Week 1, however, looked an awful lot like 2022

 Stroud takes beating in opener, sacked five times in 25-9 loss to Ravens

Don’t worry, Joe Burrow says. Bengals are better than they showed in embarrassing loss to Browns

Panthers experience early growing pains with No. 1 pick Bryce Young in 24-10 loss to the Falcons

MLB/Baseball/Little League

Helton teams up with organization to eliminate $10 million in medical bills for Colorado residents

Former MVP, Brave Donaldson back in majors after Brewers call him up

Nats call leaks about Stephen Strasburg's potential retirement 'regrettable'

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

WNBA’s first-round matchups

Analysis: For USA Basketball, the defense rested. And that means there’s no World Cup title

FIBA, Manila organizers reflect on Basketball World Cup’s successes

Rockets guard Porter Jr. charged with assaulting girlfriend

High Schools

A security guard was shot and wounded breaking up a fight outside a NY HS football game

Scoreboards

MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games

NFL scores/games

College football scores, FBS

College football scores, FCS