The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Tuesday's Report: FVSU, Mercer, Dublin's Linton; Falcons, Braves; Opinions, NFL playoffs/coaches/news, Aussie Open, college 🏀&🏈, NBA, auto racing, golf

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High School

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B-Brentwood 61, Thomas Jefferson 57

B-Covenant 53, Crisp 49

G-Johnson County 53, GMC 43

B-Johnson County 42, GMC 40

College
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Links may include game story as well as box

W-FVSU 54, Benedict 49

Pro
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Sacramento 122, Atlanta 107

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Alumni Update

Dublin’s Linton staying in Big 12 after leaving Texas Tech

 

Around/About Central Georgia

Former Mercer MSOC standout signs with Chattanooga

 

Around/About Georgia

London's solid sophomore season highlights a down year for the receivers 

Report: Belichick done with big-market media

A look at Falcons’ candidate Johnson of Detroit

Lindstrom, Bates III voted to PFWA teams

Jaguars hire Atlanta DC Nielsen, task him with turning around woeful unit

McHugh retires after capping 11-year career with 2 seasons in Atlanta

 

Opinion

Fixing NCAA’s problems doesn't appear to be at forefront for U.S. Congress — 'These are big, thorny, tough issues'

How much football is too much football?

ESPN’s response to Sean Strickland’s vile anti-LGBTQ attack is disgracefully weak

The thin-skinned men triggered by Taylor Swift's presence at NFL games need to get a grip

NFL playoffs

Campbell's 0-10-1 start in Detroit taught him about the character of his team

Chiefs defense continues to overcome mistakes as their march to a Super Bowl defense continues

The front-running 49ers showed off their comeback ability in their playoff opener

Bills pack up while confident they will get past Mahomes and Chiefs in the playoffs one day

Missed Bills FG …too familiar

Jackson ripped into his Ravens after a slow start. They responded and are a game away from the Super Bowl

Stroud, Texans encouraged for future after remarkable turnaround

Mayfield’s future is Buccaneers’ top priority entering offseason for NFC South champs

NFL coaching/GM carousel

Titans agree to hire Bengals OC Callahan as head coach, AP source says

Other suitors are lurking for Belichick

Browns set to hire Alabama OC Rees as new TE coach, AP source confirms

Panthers hire familiar face in Morgan as president of football operations and GM

Head coach openings: Sizing up Seattle, other 4 jobs

NFL/USFL/XFL/Football

How long would Bud Grant last in today's NFL?

Column-Kelce told me that Wednesdays were wearing on him. There's more to his impending retirement than that

Goodell defends NFL officiating: 'I'm proud of what they do'

Browns GM says he would ‘absolutely love’ to re-sign Flacco, even as Watson’s backup

Tennis

Gauff moves after three-set win

Alcaraz sets up Australian Open quarterfinal against Zverev. Four first-timers into women’s last 8

Protester throws papers on court, briefly disrupts Open match between Zverev and Norrie

Alcaraz awkwardly can’t name a female player

College football/SEC, ACC

Alabama's transfer exodus brings harsh new reality to Tuscaloosa after Saban's retirement

Nix on returning to home state for Senior Bowl: ‘I just love playing football’

Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium mixed-use proposal will add hotel, retail development to riverside area

Former Auburn QB Finley transferring to Western Kentucky, which opens 2024 at Alabama

Browns set to hire Alabama OC Rees as new TE coach, AP source confirms

College Football

San Jose State hires Niumatalolo

Women’s College Basketball

Former players explain greatness of VanDerveer, college basketball's winningest coach

Stanford's VanDerveer: Timeline of success for all-time winningest college basketball coach

Clark’s collision with a fan raises court-storming concerns. Will conferences respond?

No. 9 LSU looks to re-establish title credentials after early setbacks

Kansas State jumps to 4th in women’s AP Top 25; South Carolina is still No. 1

Fourth-ranked Kansas State rally for 13th win in a row, over No. 13 Baylor

Roundup

Men’s College Basketball

UConn, Purdue remain atop jumbled AP Top 25; No. 25 New Mexico moves into rankings

DePaul fires Stubblefield after two-plus seasons 

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Embiid scores 70 and KAT tops 60. It was a night like few others in the NBA

Grieving Warriors get back to work after watching tribute to late assistant Milojević

Roundup

 

Auto Racing

NASCAR unprepared for spectator demand to watch heat races at Coliseum in grandstand policy reversal

Six-time IndyCar champ Scott Dixon aims for more milestones at Rolex 24 at Daytona

Golf

Dunlap withdraws from Torrey Pines after becoming 1st amateur in 33 years to win on PGA Tour

MLB/Baseball

Pirates bolster bullpen, reach $10.5 million, 1 -year deal with Aroldis Chapman, AP source says

Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg says he has metastatic prostate cancer

Scoreboards

NBA scores/games

Women’s college basketball
Men’s college basketball