Thursday's Report: Scoreboard; UGA, Braves, Falcons; NCAA Tournament/others, NBA, NFL, college football, golf, tennis, college sports
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Coming Friday: It was on the second day of the opening full round of the NCAA Tournament that Mercer, after the double-OT win over USC Upstate and road win at FGCU for the Atlantic Sun title, went to North Carolina to play Duke. A look back: Column, stories from that season, and catching up with a bunch of Bears (who have not lost some of the silly they had back then)
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High School
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Bleckley County 8, West Laurens 2
Dublin 10, Metter 9
Jasper County 8, Glascock County 4
Locust Grove 11, Warner Robins 2
Tift County 9, Mary Persons 8
Stratford 15, Cristo Rey 0
Washington County 7, Westside-Augusta 1
⛳⛳⛳ Golf ⛳⛳⛳
B-Brookwood 276, Stratford 292, Brookstone 310
Stratford: Drew Southerland 69, Will Fruitticher 72, Phillips Swift 74, Thomas Mann 77, Clay Jones 80, Henry Tarbutton 81, Cam Sharpton 86
⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽
Girls
Fitzgerald 10, Dodge County 0
Rutland 3, Jordan 2
Boys
Fitzgerald 2, Dodge County 0
Jordan 9, Rutland 1
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G-Brookstone 5, Stratford 0
G-FPD 4, Bleckley County 1
B-FPD 5, Bleckley County 0
B-Stratford 5, Brookstone 0
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🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎
Georgia 17, Georgia Southern 1
Georgia Tech 9, Coastal Carolina 2
Kennesaw State 5, Tennessee Tech 2
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Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Georgia has a 2025 SEC schedule
Acuña Jr. drives in four runs in zany 10-9 Braves spring win over Blue Jays
Kelenic's new swing adjustments beginning to pay off
What certain stats say about Falcons free agency class members
College Sports
ACC sues Clemson in North Carolina, day after school filed lawsuit in South Carolina against league
NCAA Tournament/Women (schedule/bracket)
Caitlin, Angel, Paige, JuJu and more. The March Madness star power this year is all about the women
Can anyone steal Player of the Year award from Clark? 4 challengers have a case
Does Clark need to win a title to be the women's GOAT?
Look for these women’s players from one-bid leagues to make an impact on March Madness
For Auburn, March Madness starts with a visit from Toby the dog and a ‘go get ‘em’
NCAA Tournament/Men (schedule/bracket)
Long before Duquesne spent 47 years in anonymity, a progressive approach led to glory
Samford rides Bucky Ball to historic season, first NCAA Tournament in 24 years. On deck is Kansas
March Madness is the last dance for Long Beach St coach Dan Monson, who was let go last week
Wagner has 7 scholarship players for the March Madness. The Seahawks are eager to keep playing
Creighton’s Isaac Traudt wears glucose monitor to stay in game. His diabetes was diagnosed at age 4
All systems go this time as Iowa State heads into March Madness with its hard-nosed defensive team
Iowa State rides March Madness into game against familiar foe in South Dakota State
High-scoring Kentucky aims to prove during March Madness that it also defends, despite the stats
McNeese State coach Will Wade orchestrates major turnaround in first season
Illini’s Shannon enters March Madness playing his best. Criminal charge keeps him quiet off court
Back home during the NCAAs, Calipari hoping Kentucky can mirror his blue-collar roots
NCAA Tournament, general
Here comes more NCAA tournament expansion talk to fix what isn't broken
March Madness is known for late-game winners. The guys who hit those last year are back for more
Watch out for these players from one-bid leagues who could shake up March Madness
Bracket advice? UConn will repeat as champs, but be wary of the Texas Longhorns
Tournaments, Wednesday
Grambling State rallies to win its first NCAA Tournament game, beating Montana State in OT.
Vanderbilt women get past Columbia 72-68 in NCAA First Four
Presbyterian women win 49-42 over Sacred Heart in NCAA Tournament debut
Jackson has 18 as Purdue Fort Wayne beats Bowling Green in CIT
Miller’s 31 lead Wake Forest past Appalachian State in NIT
Dawes and Seton Hall get OT win over Saint Joseph’s in NIT
Deen’s 18 lead Bradley over Loyola Chicago in NIT
Kent scores 35 as Indiana State takes down SMU in NIT
College Basketball
Georgetown makes official Tasha Butts’ successor, her top assistant
Caitlin Clark, freshmen JuJu Watkins and Hannah Hidalgo top AP women’s All-America team
Virginia proves it didn't belong in NCAA tourney
Memphis’ Hardaway has AD's support but 'we were all disappointed'
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Sabonis has 24th triple-double as Kings rout short-handed Raptor
Holmgren scores 35, grabs 14 rebounds and Thunder beat Jazz
MLB/Baseball
Dodgers fire Ohtani’s interpreter after allegations of ‘massive theft’ from Japanese star
Agent Scott Boras defends himself and union leadership against a faction pushing for new negotiator
Opening day lurks as injuries to McLain, Rodriguez, Wisdom put status for next week in question
NFL/XFL/USFL/Football
A teenager faces a new felony charge over the shooting at the Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration
Jimmy Garoppolo discloses reason for PED suspension, expresses excitement at fresh start with Rams
Analysis: Despite low trade value, Justin Fields still has potential to be a special player
Caleb Williams holds pro day workout in front of prominent Chicago Bears contingent
College Football
SEC sticking to 8-game league football schedule through at least 2025
Trust an important dimension of FSU football's success under coach Mike Norvell
Nico Iamaleava is old news at Tennessee football spring practice, and that's good for Vols
College Sports
Where Alabama and Auburn sports rank in SEC for revenue, spending
Maryland university failed to protect students from abusive swim coach, violating Title IX, feds say
UNC tennis player sues for right to collect prize money
Golf
Spieth is part of a big field at Valspar. That’s a big opportunity for players not in the Masters
PGA Tour’s Monahan describes ‘constructive’ meeting with Saudi leader of LIV Golf
Column: Scottie Scheffler has a big golf game. What he doesn’t have is a big head
Rahm makes pitch for ‘union’ with PGA, LIV
Tennis
Murray beats weary Matteo Berrettini to advance at the Miami Open
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