Thursday's Report: HS/college scores, Georgia College, Mercer, FVSU; GHSA finals; Falcons/Cousins-Penix/Koo, UGA, Tech, Hawks; College 🏈 HQ: CFP/bowls/coaches/portal; NFL, College 🏀, WNBA, MLB
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High Schools
🏀🏀🏀Girls basketball🏀🏀🏀
Central 57, Westside 33
Frances Anyakudo’s latest double-double is 12 points and 16 rebounds, to go with 7 steals and 4 assists. Jazlyn Johnson added 17 points and 7 boards, Lawren Anderson 5 steals, and Selena Grier 12 rebounds.
Northeast 81, Dublin 42
🏀🏀🏀Boys basketball🏀🏀🏀
Dublin 68, Northeast 28
Trey Linder led Dublin with 13 points, Tyrese Robinson adding 11.
Perry 50, Rutland 46, OT
Westside 69, Central 53
🏈🏈🏈 Football🏈🏈🏈
GHSA championships
Private: Hebron Christian 56, Prince Avenue Christian 28
Class 3A: Calhoun 20, Jefferson 7
Class 6A: Grayson 38, Carrollton 24
🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
🏀🏀🏀Women’s basketball🏀🏀🏀
Georgia College 78, LaGrange 64
🏀🏀🏀Men’s basketball🏀🏀🏀
Charlotte 73, Mercer 66
Georgia College 84, Albany State 75
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Around/About Central Georgia
MBKB-Georgia College pulls away from Albany State
WBKB-Warren, Willis lead Georgia College
FVSU’s Bell earns All-America nod
WBKB-Mercer hosts Jackson State for Merrie Christmas Project: socks equals free admission
Around/About Georgia
Cousins says he ‘didn’t forget how to play quarterback’ before losing starting job to Penix
Can Penix Jr. lead a Falcons playoff push; are Cousins' days in Atlanta over?
Falcons couldn't hide from Cousins' flaws, $100 million be damned
Falcons sign kicker Riley Patterson after Younghoe Koo placed on injured reserve
Lock is expected back at QB when the Giants face the Falcons
How first-round bye will help younger players on Georgia football roster
Column-UGA has won it all with a backup QB before
New Orleans Bowl Breakdown: A deeper look at Georgia Southern and Sam Houston
Eagles gear up for New Orleans Bowl with pep rally and luncheon
New Orleans Bowl a big deal for Sam Houston, Georgia Southern
No. 17 Georgia Tech women beat Rice 88-57 behind Rusne Augustinaite’s 7 3-pointers
Hawks G Kobe Bufkin to have shoulder surgery and miss the rest of the season
No. 17 Yellow Jackets pop Rice
The Year 2024
The darker side of the rise of women’s sports: With more visibility comes more online harassment
College Football/SEC/ACC/South
Former Auburn coach 'devastated' by Chette Williams’ death: 'Rest easy my friend'
Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia granted injunction to play in 2025 amid eligibility lawsuit
College Football/Portal
Former Georgia DB Julian Humphrey announces he’s transferring to new SEC school
Former LSU, Auburn QB Finley transfers to Tulane
What stunned Kiffin about the transfer portal and how Ol’ Miss coach would fix it
Colorado and Oklahoma add quarterbacks from transfer portal
Oklahoma lands top QB transfer John Mateer from Washington State
Transfer tracker: Edwards heads to Wisconsin, Pribula transfers from Penn State
Games
Thursday
7 p.m.: Georgia Southern vs. Sam Houston, New Orleans Bowl, ESPN2
Friday
12 p.m.: Ohio vs. Jacksonville State, Cure Bowl, ESPN
3:30 p.m.: Florida vs. Tulane, Gasparilla Bowl, ESPN
8 p.m.: Indiana at Notre Dame, CFP, ABC/ESPN
Saturday
12 p.m.: SMU at Penn State, CFP, TNT
4 p.m.: Clemson at Texas, CFP, TNT
8 p.m.: Tennessee at Ohio State, ABC/ESPN
College Football/Playoffs
Picks: SMU, Clemson, Vols, Hoosiers beware as CFP opens on campus
'Oh, s---, here come all the billionaires': How SMU came back from the dead
Former Lone Star high school rivals, Klubnik and Ewers meet again in Clemson-Texas playoff matchup
College Football/Bowls
James Madison secures its first bowl win after topping Western Kentucky in the Boca Raton
Williams throws 2 TDs passes to help No. 24 UNLV beat Cal in the LA Bowl
Alabama safety Malachi Moore to miss bowl game against Michigan with injury
College Football/Coaching carousel and moves
Former Auburn standout Burns named USF's co-OC
Wake Forest hires Washington State’s Jake Dickert to follow Dave Clawson as football coach
Southern Miss hires OC Anderson, who was fired by Utah State after 'significant violations'
Former Mississippi State coach Arnett joins Mullen at UNLV as DC
Vick's powerful redemption story continues with coaching job
Law & Order
Aaron Hernandez’s brother pleads guilty to threatening a shooting at UConn
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
RFK Stadium site provision included in federal spending bill, a win for the Commanders and NFL
Picks: Eagles will cruise past the Commanders and Seahawks will upset the Vikings
Browns running back Nick Chubb goes on injured reserve after 4-time Pro Bowler breaks his foot
Bridgewater teases possible return to NFL after coaching alma mater to title
Chargers host Broncos on Thursday with both teams closing in on playoff spots
Lions DE Aidan Hutchinson says he’s on track to reach goal of returning for the Super Bowl
QB Thompson-Robinson excited about start this week, thinks he can be long-term solution for Browns
The Steelers just got exposed as a Super Bowl pretender
Pierce’s future with Raiders remains uncertain, but there are reasons to bring him back
Browns starting QB Thompson-Robinson against Bengals over turnover-prone Winston, AP source says
College Basketball/Women
Clark’s No. 22 to be retired at Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena
Man pleads guilty to stalking UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers
Fournier, Okananwa, rebounding work help No. 9 Duke beat Wofford
College Basketball/Men
Clemson's Dillon Hunter ejected for headbutt in game vs South Carolina
Chattanooga defeats Tennessee Wesleyan
College Sports, the changing landscape
Column-Don’t blame the kid, blame the system
Vanderbilt QB Pavia granted injunction to play in 2025 amid eligibility lawsuit
NBA
Lillard and Antetokounmpo won an NBA Cup together. Now, the next challenge: chasing the big prize
As NBA rolls out new All-Star format, the stars taking a wait-and-see approach
ESPN says Hubie Brown’s final broadcast is scheduled for Feb. 9
Baseball/MLB
MLB's first $1 billion player? It may be someone we haven't heard of yet
Retirement can wait for Alex Cobb, who takes 1-year, $15M deal with Tigers
Auto Racing
Fred Lorenzen, a NASCAR Hall of Famer and the 1965 Daytona champion, dies at 89
Soccer
USWNT legend Becky Sauerbrunn announces retirement
Boxing/MMA/UFC/WWE
Tyson Fury fired up: 'I'm going to absolutely annihilate this motherf***er'
Scoreboards