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Alumni Update

Houston County’s Burress sets record at Tech: 4 bombs 

Signings

          Brentwood’s Carson Everett has signed to play baseball at Emmanuel.

Honor Roll

SSAC tennis: Middle Georgia State’s Gonfaus and Carrizo

 

Around/About Central Georgia

Public tickets for Kirby Smart visit going on sale

          Tickets to the public for the visit of Georgia head coach Kirby Smart to the Macon Touchdown Club’s jamboree in less than three weeks are almost on sale.

          The club will have windows of opportunity on Thursday, from 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-7 p.m. at the Rumford Center at the Methodist Home for Children and Youth on Pierce Ave.

          Cost for tickets is $50, cash or check. Funds go toward the club’s scholarship fund.

          The club has another option. If interested in joining the club for 2024, the cost is $250, and will include a free ticket to the jamboree and then have 2024 taken care of.

BSB-Mercer holds on to nip FAMU

 

Around/About Georgia

'Hand me the ball': Sale dominant in spring debut

Breaking down the battle for the Braves' bench

Takeaways from McGee’s intro meeting at Georgia State

McGee has lessons galore from Smart

Johnson has 22 points as Hawks never trail in runaway win over Jazz

BSB-Houston County’s Burress sets record at Tech: 4 bombs

BSB-Georgia improves to 8-0

Falcons release TE Smith, gain $6.5 million in cap space

MBKB-LSU blows lead, holds off Georgia

Georgia promotes Hunt to succeed Diaz, take over men’s tennis

 

College Football

Bama’s Smith to Auburn’s Newton: 'It ain't ever gonna be y'alls time'

Column-Why Heupel having to hire two assistants isn't a big deal

Who's the latest key person that Ohio State football has plucked from Alabama?

Clemson’s Capehart back with team after gun, traffic charges handled through pre-trial intervention

Saban talks about being a civilian, what he misses

Women’s College Basketball

Meet Grace Beyer, the small-school scoring phenom Iowa star Caitlin Clark might never catch

No. 1 South Carolina heads into the final week of the regular season still unbeaten

Roundup 

Men’s College Basketball

Column-Who's to blame for court-stormings? Everyone. And NCAA is too feckless to act — per usual

Texas rolls over Texas Tech in game delayed by fans throwing objects onto floor

Sheppard’s runner with under a second left sends No. 16 Kentucky past Mississippi State

BYU ends No. 7 Kansas’ 19-game home win streak

Clemson uses balanced attack and put clamps on Hinson, Pitt 

Watkins scores 19, Florida State jumps out to an early lead and cruises

Manjon scores 22, hits late FTs to help Vanderbilt beat Arkansas

Burton’s career-high 31 points help Notre Dame sink Wake Forest following its big win over Duke

Roundup

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Maxed out: Strus sinks 59-footer at the final horn, sending Cavaliers to 121-119 win over Mavericks

Edwards scores 34 as Wolves beat Spurs

Roundup

MLB/Baseball

Ohtani shows he’s “built differently,” slugs 2-run HR in first exhibition game with Dodgers

Blue Jays right-hander Alek Manoah hits 3 batters in first spring training start

NFL/USFL/ XFL

Chiefs’ Reid expresses sorrow over parade shooting, offers hope to avoid future tragedies

With busy offseason looming, Buccaneers face myriad questions about re-signing players

Effort to have guardian appointed for Houston Texans owner dropped after son ends lawsuit

Auto Racing

Saurez, NASCAR got what they needed in Atlanta; Wallace a model of consistency?

Golf

PGA Tour starts the Florida swing. LIV Golf goes to Saudi Arabia

Column: Chris Kirk’s road to recovery included roommates and Yahtzee

Soccer

Mexico upsets USWNT in Concacaf W Gold Cup: Highlights of stunning defeat

US women fought to raise the level of soccer worldwide, and now the competition is much tougher

Scoreboards

NBA scores/games
Women’s college basketball
Men’s college basketball