The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Monday's Report: Area HS BKB Hall of Famer, Mayhem, Georgia College; UGA, Braves, United; March Madness, college hoops, NBA, MLB, college football, NASCAR, tennis, golf

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College

Links at times will include game story

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Tennessee 7, Georgia 0

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Georgia 8, Arkansas 2

Pro

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Macon 4, Pensacola 3

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Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 4

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Atlanta 3, Chicago 0 

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Honor Roll

Academic All-District: Georgia Collegeā€™s Kudlas, Spence

 

Around/About Central Georgia

Mayhem grind out win at Pensacola

 

Around/About Georgia

Watch out, Kirby Smart. USC is hot on the Georgia recruiting trail

Phillies avert a season-opening sweep by the Braves with a three-run rally in the seventh

Overturned third out on replay leads to a Phillies win

Sale's Uber career on hold after solid Braves debut

Giakoumakis, Thiaré spark Atlanta United to 3-0 victory over Fire

 

Tournaments/Women, Sunday

Undefeated South Carolina women advance to Final Four

South Carolina's starters struggle but the bench comes through vs. Oregon State

James scores 27, leads NC State to 76-66 win over Texas, first womenā€™s Final Four since 1998

Tournament games in Portland played on court with mismatched 3-point lines

WNIT

WBIT

Monday, Women

(1) Iowa vs. (3) LSU, 7:15 p.m.,ESPN

(1) Southern California vs. (3) UConn, 9:15 p.m., ESPN

Friday, Women, Final Four

7 p.m.

9:30 p.m

Sunday, championship

3 p.m., ABC

Tournaments/Men, Sunday

N.C. State and its 2 DJs headed to 1st Final Four since 1983

Scheyer still seeking Dukeā€™s 1st Final Four after Krzyzewski, likes programā€™s direction

Edey goes big and sends Purdue to first Final Four since 1980 

Knechtā€™s huge day canā€™t quite carry Tennessee past Zach Edey and Purdue

'All-time performance from an all-time player'

NIT

CBI

CIT

NCAA Tournament/Women

Clark and Iowa, finding peace in the busy process (great read)

LSU is primed and ready for Iowa rematch in Elite Eight

Newspaper edits its column about LSU-UCLA game after Mulkey blasted it as sexist

All eyes will be on JuJu Watkins and Paige Bueckers as USC and UConn clash in the Elite Eight

Iowa and LSU are ready to meet again in a rematch of the 2023 national championship game

From Los Angeles to Storrs, this is a women's basketball freshman class for the ages

Clark would 'pay' to see Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo, USC's JuJu Watkins play ball

Saturday, Men, Final Four

(1) Purdue vs. (11) NC State, 6:09 p.m., TBS/TNT/tru TV

(1) UConn vs. (4) Alabama, 9:20 p.m., TBS/TNT/tru TV

Monday, Championship

9:20 p.m.

NCAA Tournament/Men

Oats uses advice from Nick Saban and other coaches to get Alabama to its first Final Four

UConn proud of Big Eastā€™s basketball pedigree even as football money upends college sports

Barkley survives yelling ā€˜Roll Tideā€™

Clemson canā€™t get crucial stops vs. Alabama as Tigersā€™ bid for first Final Four falls short

How individual attitudes prevented NC State basketball from making March Madness run earlier

College Basketball

Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese are a major part of the rise of womenā€™s college basketball

Players, coaches dismiss criticism of trash talking, say itā€™s part of the game

ACC-bound SMU close to hiring USCā€™s Andy Enfield as the Mustangsā€™ basketball coach, AP source says

FAU introduces John Jakus, who is hoping plenty of Owls come back next season

Siena hires former Syracuse standout McNamara as its new coach

Where is Chris Mack now? Former Louisville coach lands at Charleston

Wisconsinā€™s Gard will reportedly return for the 2024-25 season

Calhoun is Utah Stateā€™s new coach

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Thunder clinch first playoff spot since 2020, beat Knicks on Gilgeous-Alexanderā€™s jumper

Curry scores 33 points, Warriors overcome Wembanyama, Spurs for 4th straight win

Doncic scores 47 as Mavericks win seventh straight and end Rocketsā€™ 11-game win streak

Roundup

MLB/Baseball

After early team meeting, Angels get Ron Washington first for managerial win since 2014

Bart cut by Giants. Once considered Buster Poseyā€™s likely successor as San Francisco catcher

Roundup

College Football

ā€˜Incredible intelligenceā€™: Hereā€™s what Georgia Tech transfer CB Johnson brings to Utah

South Carolina Spring: Finding consistency, playmakers for struggling offense

Whittinghamā€™s culture of toughness

Alabama WR Hale updates injury: 'It wasn't as bad as it could have been'

What Napier said following first spring scrimmage

Scott elected to stay at Auburn, and McGriff deserves the credit

Column-How Fulmer can rejoin Tennessee coaching staff

Auto Racing

Late caution gives Hamlin a second chance and he beats Gibbs teammate Truex at Richmond Raceway

Tennis

Sinner tops Dimitrov for Miami Open title

Golf

Jaeger wins Houston Open for 1st PGA Tour title. Schefflerā€™s bid for 3 in a row ends on 5-foot putt

Korda rallies to win 3rd straight LPGA Tour start at Ford Championship

Scoreboards

Womenā€™s college basketball

Menā€™s college basketball

NBA scores/games

College baseball Div. I scores