Wednesday's Report: Signings (Jasper County, Northeast); Braves, Falcons, UGA, Hawks; MLB Opening Day, NCAA W&M 🏀/📰, NFL, NBA, MLB, tennis, golf, NASCAR🎾
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High School
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Heard County 2, Crawford County 1
Swainsboro 6, Dublin 0
Veterans 16, Northside 1, 4 inn.
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Girls
Covenant 8, Windsor 0
FPD 10, CFCA 0
Hawkinsville 0, Dooly County 0
Perry 11, Griffin 0
Senior captain Sadie Thurber scored her 100th career goal – courtesy of a cross from Maddie Foster – to roll by the school record. Thurber, Fraser Bnapek, and Ansley Parker had three goals each, with 1 each from Juli Marfell and Alivia Fordham.
Piedmont 3, Augusta Prep 2
Stratford 5, John Milledge 1
Union Grove 2, Lamar County 1
Boys
Augusta Prep 7, Piedmont 3
FPD 4, CFCA 1
Houston County 3, Northside 2
Perry 2, Griffin 0
Miles Jones and Marcos Gomez handled the scoring and Josh Espinoza the net for the Panthers.
Stratford 5, John Milledge 0
🏫🏫🏫 College 🏫🏫🏫
Links may include game story as well as box
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M-Georgia 79, Ohio State 77, NIT quarterfinal
🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎
Mercer 7, Presbyterian 0; Presbyterian 2, Mercer 1
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Signings
Jasper County’s Austin Young signed to play football at Brevard.
Northeast had a group of athletes sign: Javion Dooley with LaGrange, TJ Wright and JaCoreyon Riggins with Clayton State, and Malachi Hancock with Benedict.
Around/About Georgia
Falcons losing popular Patterson to Steelers?
Blank: 'Don't believe' Falcons tampered for Kirk Cousins
MBKB-Sound familiar? Georgia downs Ohio State in thriller
Kelenic ends Spring Training with a bang
'It's good to be home': Fan-favorite Chavez back with Braves
Braves send Stephens to Triple-A, clearing a spot for Chavez
Smart calls 2025 'probably the best home schedule ever' for Georgia
Etienne will “be susp -” well, disciplined as per normal for UGA’s latest traffic transgression
How each new wide WR could fit with the Falcons
Hawks’ Young enters next step in rehab from finger surgery with no timetable for return
MLB, The day before Opening Day
Baseball Bar-B-Cast's NL East Preview: Braves division dominance, Phillies continue to challenge
NL East Preview: Braves and Phillies primed for another clash
NL Central Preview: Cardinals, Cubs and Reds are at the front of a wide-open division
NL West Preview: Ohtani-led Dodgers team to beat in division with reigning league champion D-backs
AL East Preview: Orioles now have a title to defend, with Yankees, Blue Jays, Rays set to challenge
AL Central Preview: Tigers, Royals try to end years of losing after offseason moves
AL West Preview: Astros still top the division while Rangers are reigning World Series champions
Veteran MLB players who will still get it done in both fantasy and reality in 2024
Our picks for division winners, World Series champion, Cy Young, MVP, and more
College Basketball
The NCAA Tournament wants to expand without losing its soul. It will be a delicate needle to thread
South Carolina men’s basketball leading scorer Johnson to enter transfer portal
Clemson hires Chattanooga’s Shawn Poppie to be women’s coach
Kentucky hires Kenny Brooks as women’s coach after successful tenure at Virginia Tech
May talks Michigan, final FAU team, future of Owls in farewell address
Calipari vows to make changes after Kentucky's latest early exit
NCAA Tournament/Women
Extreme March Madness: Kim Mulkey vs. The Washington Post
Outrage over calls for Clark, Iowa surest sign yet that the women's game has arrived
Column-Will anybody beat South Carolina? It sure doesn't look like it as Gamecocks march on
Iowa’s Clark shows love for the fans after they cheer her on one last time at Carver-Hawkeye Arena
Why bigger is better for Texas in this NCAA Tournament
Kiki Iriafen spent tireless hours bettering her game and it showed leading Stanford to Sweet Sixteen
Tournaments/Women, Tuesday
NCAA Tournament/Men
Bracket not busted: All top 8 seeds advance to Sweet 16 in chalky March Madness
‘Obviously the mistake was made': Big East remains unbeaten in NCAA Tournament after only 3 bids
Clemson says ACC prepared them to reach Sweet 16 showdown with Arizona
Purdue, Edey making believers out of critics
Ten days changed everything: It's really a new era for Keatts and NC State
Disrespected ACC is the big winner so far
Lack of NCAA tournament upsets has a bright side: the Sweet 16 is loaded with marquee matchups
Gohlke's March Madness joyride ends with fans chanting his name, lining up for selfies
Tournaments/Men, Tuesday
Giffa’s 22 lead High Point over Arkansas State 81-80 in CBI semifinals
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) beats Langston (Okla.) 71-67 for program’s first NAIA championship
College spring sports
College baseball notebook: Oregon State’s Travis Bazzana homers leading off 4 straight games
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Column: NBA's gambling push creating pushback, including one harrowing Heat tale
Cavaliers unveil renderings for state-of-the-art riverfront training center
Reaves’ triple-double, tiebreaking 3 helps rally Lakers past Bucks in 2OTs
MLB/Baseball
Ohtani could be more open with teammates without ‘buffer’ Mizuhara, Dodgers manager says
Mets’ Bickford is released after winning in arbitration, gets termination pay rather than salary
Diamondbacks add LHP Montgomery on $25 million, 1-year deal, according to AP source
NFL/USFL/ XFL
NFL owners approve a radical overhaul to kickoff rules, adopting setup used in XFL
Why did the NFL change the kickoff rule and how will it be implemented?
Everything we heard at 2024 NFL league meetings: QB thoughts, draft maneuvers, roster holes
Giants have Jones but Daboll is evaluating QBs ahead of the draft
Lions president says DB Sutton was at team building when news of warrant surfaced
Tomlin declares Wilson the Steelers' starting QB, but Fields will be 'given an opportunity'
Tennis
Defending champ Medvedev, No. 1 seed Alcaraz advance to Miami Open quarters
Sabalenka smashes racket after Miami Open defeat
Auto Racing
Another Byron win has Hendrick on a roll heading toward NASCAR team’s 40th anniversary party
Golf
Masters has only a few spots left. One player could earn a spot at Augusta National via ranking
Scheffler back to work in Houston Open. Final week for Masters invitations to top 50
Scoreboards
NBA scores/games
Women’s college basketball
Men’s college basketball