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In Coverage: Stratford’s winningest football coach Rodney Collins is remembered

 

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High School

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Girls

FPD 41, Gatewood 36

Fitzgerald 52, Bleckley County 41

John Milledge 55, Trinity Christian 32

Veterans 62, Warner Robins 56
          Gabby Minus sparked the Warhawks with 20 points, Rionna Byrd chipping in 13.

Westfield 62, Piedmont 49

Boys

Bleckley County 68, Fitzgerald 63

Gatewood 85, FPD 57

Trinity Christian 55, John Milledge 42

Warner Robins 130, Veterans 100
          Gabe Jacobs rolled past the Demon program mark for 3-pointers with 14 en route to 50 points.

Westside 67, Rutland 55
          The Seminoles pulled away in the fourth quarter. Joshua Harden’s 22 points led Westside, Chauncey Williams adding 13 and Christian Little 12. Harden added 9 rebounds and 4 steals.

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W-Columbus State 102, Georgia College 67

M-Columbus State 91, Georgia College 77

M-ETSU 80, Mercer 69 

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M-Pepperdine 3, FVSU 0

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Atlanta 141, Oklahoma City 138 

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Alumni Update

Peach County grad Ferguson leaving Bama for portal

Around/About Central Georgia

WBKB-Big first quarter launches Columbus State over Georgia College

MBKB-Georgia College falls in PBC opener

MBKB-McCreary-less Mercer falls short in comeback

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Risk versus reward: Needing a starting pitcher, the Braves got Chris Sale

How Lassiter surprised Smart. What UGA football underclassmen said about 2024

A change of mind for UGA’s Humphrey

"Optimistic" about Heinicke's ankle injury

Atlanta puts two on Pro Bowl roster

Linebacker Andersen designated to return from IR for Atlanta

Johnson has career-high 28 points as Hawks hold on late, snap Thunder’s 5-game winning streak

MBB-Tech sluggish from the floor, falls at FSU

College Football/Playoffs

Michigan QB McCarthy says sign-stealing saga masked work of players who ‘did things the right way’

Injured Washington RB Johnson expected to play in title game against Michigan, DeBoer says

'No excuses now': Michigan defiant after Rose Bowl win

Be like Mike: Irrepressible Penix authors a CFP masterpiece

Column-Harbaugh to the Chargers? After magical Rose Bowl, he's a perfect fit

Officials miss obvious running into kicker penalty that leaves Alabama punter limping

Column-Ewers misfires in CFP loss, but sounds pretty fired up about a Texas return

Michigan’s McCarthy ‘never really felt’ Turner, Alabama pass rush in Rose Bowl

College Football/South

Departed FAMU football coach Willie Simmons leaves heartfelt message for Rattler Nation

Coastal Carolina and East Carolina to play home-and-home football series

College Football/SEC, ACC

Clemson TB Shipley entering NFL draft

Alabama C McLaughlin enters transfer portal after high-profile misfires

And Tide RT Latham is NFL bound

LSU overhauling defensive staff

Auburn got itself a Christmas gift this year: Bowl practices

Chizik out as North Carolina defensive coordinator

College Football/Fixing the postseason

Column-If FSU and other college stars are getting paid, then they should play in bowl games

Column-What did 2023 teach us about college football?

Column-8 ideas to fix the bowl season after FSU’s Orange Bowl debacle

Column-With transfers and opt-outs abound in college football, is there a way to fix Bowl Season?

Mizzou's Drinkwitz makes case for changing college football's December schedule

Could this plan fix bowl games outside of the CFP?

NFL/XFL/USFL/Football

Firefighters put out large fire at the home of Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill

Brock Purdy, Tua Tagovailoa were selected to their 1st Pro Bowl as the starting quarterbacks

Picks: Bills will beat the Dolphins to win the AFC East title

Mayfield has sore ribs but is determined to be ready to help Bucs pursue NFC South title

Steichen’s new direction puts Colts on the cusp of the AFC playoffs in his 1st season as coach

Titans coach Mike Vrabel: ‘of course I want to be here’ next season

The Cowboys aren’t chasing Philly anymore in the NFC East. Their fate is finally in their hands

Analysis: Falling short in the playoffs won’t cut it for Lamar Jackson and the Ravens

Analysis: officials, coaches had crucial Week 17 calls that could have huge playoff ramifications

Slumping Eagles on the brink of finishing with No. 5 seed in the NFC

49ers’ Purdy gets Week 18 off, Darnold to start

Rams will sit Stafford, Kupp, Donald, Kyren in regular-season finale to rest for playoffs

Seahawks LB Wagner plans to keep playing

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Pacers use 47-point 3rd quarter to beat Bucks for 5th straight win

Doncic scores 41 and Irving adds 29 as Mavs blow out Trail Blazers

Roundup

Women’s College Basketball

Grambling breaks Division I mark with 141-point win, knocks Wesleyan loss off top spot

Buecker’s 24 leads No. 12 UConn women to an easy 94-50 Big East win over No. 21 Creighton

Tracking Clark’s quest to set D-I scoring mark

Men’s College Basketball

Why Broome stretching the floor could be the missing piece of Auburn’s offense

Pember scores 22 in UNC Asheville’s win over South Carolina Upstate

MLB/Baseball

Padres coaching staff won’t have traditional bench coach

Golf

Pat and the Hat. Cantlay uses hat to bring attention to partnership with first responders

McIlroy eases off criticism of LIV Golf. He’s says Rahm defection was a smart business move

Scheffler wins player vote as PGA Tour player of the year over Rahm

Scoreboard

NFL scores/games

NBA scores/games

Women’s college basketball

Men’s college basketball