The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Saturday's Report: High schools, college; Falcons, Braves, KSU game; MLB moves, college football, NFL, WNBA playoffs, NASCAR, college sports

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FVSU 3, Allen 1

Loyola-New Orleans 3, Middle Georgia State 1

Mercer 3, ETSU 1 (22-25, 25-21, 25-16, 25-18)

USC Aiken 3, Georgia College 1

 

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Around/About Georgia

'We're trying to outrun the South': Falcons claim two-of-three straight divisional games with overtime win vs. Buccaneers

Facts, stats, quotes from overtime Thursday Night Football win over Buccaneers

Mo money mo money for Smart coming

Fried’s early exit the latest Braves injury in a trying season that ends with playoff sweep

Stewart and Huff have 7 of Jacksonville State’s 8 rushing TDs in 63-24 win over Kennesaw St.

Baseball/MLB

Under MLB’s new playoff format, a little rest isn’t always the best

Reds hire Francona as manager a year after he left Cleveland

‘Devastated’ Joe Musgrove needs Tommy John surgery and won’t pitch for the Padres in the NLDS

Judge edges Ohtani for Baseball Digest player of the year

Reds hiring Francona as manager, year after leaving Cleveland, AP source says.

Diamondbacks to part ways with pitching coach Brent Strom and 2 others after missing playoffs

College Football/South

Fabulous freshman in the SEC are delivering the big plays from Alabama to Texas

How would Alabama D stop star freshman Williams? 'Hold him'

College Football

Gabriel, Jordan James lead No. 6 Oregon to 31-10 victory over Michigan State

 Houston changes QBs after back-to-back shutout losses, knocks off TCU 30-19

Jeanty runs for 259 yards and 4 TDs, No. 25 Boise State beats Washington State

Football/NFL/USFL

Lions' Kayode Awosika earns praise for standing up to former classmate's bully

It’s early enough for NFL coaches on the hot seat to cool criticism with a few wins

Landry, former Detroit Lions quarterback and assistant coach, dead at 77

 

WNBA

Young’s 24 points and Aces’ 16-point run staves off elimination in 95-81 win over Liberty

Collier scores 26 to help Lynx top Sun 90-81 in Game 3 of semifinal series and take 2-1 lead

WNBA Playoff Glance

Auto Racing

NASCAR season hits final 6 weeks under shadow of antitrust lawsuit filed by 2 of its teams

Tennis

Muchova ends Sabalenka’s 15-match winning streak in China Open quarterfinals

Soccer

NWSL fines Angel City $200K, docks 3 points from standings for salary cap violations

College Basketball

Big Ten commissioner says league has ‘positive feelings’ toward expanding NCAA Tournament

College Sports

College sports ‘fraternity’ jumping in to help athletes from schools impacted by Hurricane Helene

Golf

Hall of Famer Susie Maxwell Berning, a 4-time major champion while raising 2 daughters, dies at 83

Scoreboards

MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games

NFL scores/games