The Central Georgia Sports Report

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In Coverage: Mercer has a new head football coach; Column- Résumés aside, no, Harbaugh nor Belichick is the right pick for Atlanta, so …

 

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High School
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Girls

Baldwin 74, Perry 23
          The foursome of Janaye Walker, Madison Ruff, Kassidy Neal, and Jasmine Williams covered between 11 and 17 points for Baldwin. Ruff had 6 assists, and Neal and Williams 5 each.

Union Grove 49, Jones County 39

Boys

Baldwin 82, Perry 56

Jasper County 57, Pike County 13
          Kemarion Thomas put up 20 to lead Jasper County, Malik Epps adding 12.

John Hancock 68, Twiggs 39

Union Grove 68, Jones County 58

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M-Georgia Southern 73, Coastal Carolina 70

W-James Madison 72, Georgia Southern 51

W-Kennesaw Staet 63, Stetson 48

W-Mercer 76, UNC Greensboro 52

W-Missouri 69, Georgia 57

W-North Carolina 73, Georgia Tech 68

M-North Florida 84, Kennesaw State 75

W-Southern Miss 82, Georgia State 75 

Pro
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Roanoke 5, Macon 2 

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Around/About Central Georgia

WBKB-Mercer rolls over UNC Greensboro

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Blank looking to hit his target this time around

Falcons make plans for 2nd interview with Belichick after talking with Eagles’ Johnson

Blank, Belichick meeting on a one-on-one basis says a lot

Search tracker

Atlanta’s Bogdanovic plays through grief after death of countryman Dejan Milojević

Column-Hawks aren't good, so Dejounte Murray must go

Kelly hits clinching free throws, scores 27 as No. 23 North Carolina women beat Georgia Tech

Banks (Putnam County), Brafford lead Georgia Southern over Coastal Carolina

 

College Sports

Florida State baseball legend Martin in hospice care 

NFL Coaching Carousel

Panthers OC Thomas Brown (UGA) 6th to interview for Titans

Texans’ Slowik becomes 7th candidate interviewed by Titans

Los Angeles Chargers interview former Titans coach Vrabel, ex-Stanford coach Shaw for opening

Browns interview Seahawks offensive line coach Andy Dickerson for open coordinator position 

NFL Playoffs

Column-For Lions faithful, a thrill ... with a side of suspicion

Pro Picks: Ravens, Bills, 49ers, Lions will advance to conference championship games

After waiting out the bye week, Lamar Jackson is ‘antsy’ to take the field for the playoffs

Packers-49ers playoff rivalry has produced many memorable moments

Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes hitting the road for first time in the playoffs to play Buffalo

After facing each other in the season opener, Lamar Jackson and C.J. Stroud are ready for a rematch 

NFL/USFL/XFL/Football

Saints GM Loomis defends retaining Allen, blames self for club getting ‘too comfortable’

Browns coach Stefanski shakes up offensive staff, coordinator Alex Van Pelt, 2 other assistants gone

McCarthy sells belief in playoff breakthrough that has eluded Cowboys

Tomlin remains ‘on go’ for the Steelers through 2024, and likely beyond

What happened to the Eagles' offense? Start with Hurts and what DCs figured out about his game 

Women’s College Basketball

Reese, Morrow lead No. 10 LSU to 78-58 bounce-back win over Alabama

Jefferson, Curry lead No. 13 Louisville over Clemson

Fair scores 31, climbs scoring list, rallies Syracuse over No. 15 Florida State

No. 17 Gonzaga women top LMU 72-48 for Fortier’s 250th win

Roundup

Men’s College Basketball

Terry confronts UCF players, calls them 'classless' for Horns Down celebration

Izzo gets 698th career win, Michigan State pulls away late to beat Minnesota

South Florida rallies from 20 down to stun No. 10 Memphis

Roundup 

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Roundup 

College Football

And you thought Stetson Bennett hung around for awhile? TE gets 9th year

Ohio State snags O’Brien as OC

New Ohio State AD  Bjork praises Day: 'He’s going to get it done' 

College Football/SEC/ACC

Ol’ Miss coach Kiffin posted three photos of Tuscaloosa … Why? 

College Football/South

South Alabama hires former Houston coach Applewhite to replace Wommack

Where USF is spending more in Alex Golesh’s Bulls tenure 

Tennis

Overnight success: Medvedev finishes off 2nd-round match at 3:39 a.m. at Australian Open

Why are they playing tennis matches until nearly 4 a.m. at the Australian Open?

Defending champion Sabalenka reaches 4th round at Australian Open. Gauff also advances easily

Collins announces her retirement looms after a 2nd-round loss to Swiatek at Australian Open

Day 5 wrap: Alcaraz, Swiatek advance; Rune, Pegula upset 

Auto Racing

Janet Guthrie will be honored by NASCAR Hall of Fame nearly 44 years after her final Cup race 

Golf

Johnson makes 10 birdies, shares 1st-round lead with Noren at The American Express

Furue gets off to a hot start in LPGA season opener with a 65 to lead by two shots

Masters welcomes Angel Cabrera back as long as the Argentine can get a visa to travel to Augusta 

MMA/UFC

Strickland and Du Plessis take hostilities into octagon for middleweight title at UFC 297 

Scoreboards

NFL scores/games
NBA scores/games

Women’s college basketball

Men’s college basketball