Saturday’s Report: HS softball, colleges, Mayhem; UGA suit/WLOCP, Falcons-Cowboys, Georgia State; MLB, NFL, college 🏈/🏀, NBA, WNBA, NASCAR
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High Schools
Softball
GHSA playoffs
Class 3A
Pickens 8, West Laurens 3; West Laurens eliminated
Class A/ Division II
GMC Prep 1, Schley County 0; GMC 2, Screven County 1; Next: vs. Lanier County, Saturday, 11 a.m.
The Bulldogs won two games in the loser’s bracket, and will play for the chance to take on ECI at 1 p.m. Saturday for the championship.
🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽
W-Chattanooga 3, Mercer 2, extra time
W-Life 5, Middle Georgia State, SSAC Tournament, MGSU eliminated
🏐 🏐 🏐 Volleyball 🏐 🏐 🏐
Mercer 3, Chattanooga 0 (25-21, 26-24, 25-12)
USC Aiken 3, Georgia College 0
Pro
🏒🏒🏒 SPHL 🏒🏒🏒
Birmingham 4, Macon 1
🏀🏀🏀NBA🏀🏀🏀
📰C📰O📰V📰E📰R📰A📰G📰E📰
Around/About Central Georgia
Hoffman, Burns, Lawrence, Copeland enter Mercer Hall
Honor Roll
WSOC-Mercer’s Thomason takes POTY, six honored
SoCon FB: Mercer’s Manley, McGee
SoCon VB: mercer’s Bumpers, Phillips
Around/About Georgia
Ex-Georgia staffer seeks $5 million from NFL star Carter for role in crash
How much will Georgia and Florida make in new deal keeping game in Jacksonville?
Jaguar Travis Etienne likes what he sees from brother Trevor now playing for Georgia
Prescott looks to get back on track as Cowboys try to dig out of hole
Column-Cowboys' highest-paid players are playing like they're overpaid and overrated
Injured Micah Parsons and DaRon Bland are out again for Cowboys against Falcons
Brown, Evers guide UConn to 34-27 victory over Georgia State
Baseball/MLB
Soto, Burnes, Buehler, Fried among 136 who become free agents with 64 more awaiting pending options
Yankees star Aaron Judge says World Series loss 'will stick with me until I die'
Flush with offseason cash, Steve Cohen and the Mets have the Phillies in a tricky spot
For the Yankees, a season of progress ends in sloppy World Series failure
Ohtani and the LA Dodgers celebrate World Series victory with parade and stadium celebration
Brewers’ Rhys Hoskins exercises his $18 million option for 2025 season
College Football/Friday
Jeanty, Madsen help No. 15 Boise State rout San Diego State
Bryce Archie helps South Florida pull away for 44-21 victory over Florida Atlantic
College Football
Heisman Trophy candidate Ashton Jeanty’s football roots trace back to a Navy base in Italy
Sluka, who left UNLV over NIL dispute, enters transfer portal
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
A record-tying 9 NFL teams have lost at least 6 games in the first 8 weeks
Celebrating too soon? NFL players have been dropping the ball for some time now
Bucs head to KC trying to spoil Chiefs’ pursuit of franchise-record 14th straight win Monday night
Jameis Winston’s 3-TD start gives Browns some belief, momentum heading into matchup with Chargers
A healthier Justin Herbert is helping the Chargers hit their stride on offense
Ravens still waiting for their defense to improve after a rough day in Cleveland
College Basketball
Coastal Carolina Explains Why It Will Refund Tickets if Teams Win Big
Conference realignment leads to bigger and better SEC, Big Ten, Big 12 and ACC
Sweet 16: The most interesting coaches and players in college basketball
NBA
Harden becomes 20th player with 26,000 career points
Williamson has 34 points and 10 assists to lead Pelicans
Tatum scores 32, Celtics pull away to beat Hornets 124-109 after 2 Charlotte players ejected
WNBA
Indiana hires Stephanie White as coach to lead Caitlin Clark and the Fever
Auto Racing
Denike to crew chief No. 23 Toyota, Bubba Wallace in 2025
Larson heads to Martinsville looking for 7th win of season to have shot at NASCAR title
Hockey
A treat for fans in Tampere: Panthers, Stars send 7 Finns out for opening faceoff
High school/youth sports
LA high school changes how it celebrates college-bound athletes
Scoreboards