The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Tuesday's Report: Braves, Falcons, UGA; NCAA Tournament, college W&M 🏀/news, 🏈, college news, NFL/UFL, NBA, MLB

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High Schools
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Brentwood 6, Thomas Jefferson 0
Jordan 10, Northeast 4; Jordan 7, Northeast 4
Rutland 20, Kendrick 0
Washington County 17, Josey 0; Washington County 15, Josey 0
West Laurens 12, Metter 2 

Colleges

Links may include game story as well as box

🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎

 Arkansas 8, Georgia 2

Pro

🏀 🏀 🏀NBA 🏀 🏀 🏀

Atlanta 113, Chicago 101

 ⚾ ⚾ ⚾MLB ⚾ ⚾ ⚾

Atlanta 9, ChiWS 0 

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Alumni Update

Baldwin’s Bullard earns some draft props

Bleckley County alum Fordham takes GCAA honor 

Honor Roll

Peach Belt softball: Georgia College’s Condland

SoCon baseball: Mercer’s Dalley

WBKB Division II academic All-District: Georgia College foursome 

Around/About Central Georgia

BSB-Mercer welcomes KSU & alums from FPD, West Laurens 

Around/About Georgia

Sports betting won't be legal in Georgia after lawmakers couldn't agree on how to spend taxes

Georgia hoping for Hinkle magic in NIT semi

Seton Hall chasing history vs. Georgia in NIT

UGA hoops notebook

Smart: ‘I want more than relevance, I want dominance’

Georgia AD Brooks non-committal on scheduled UCLA series

Which 2023 Falcons offensive free agents are still on the market — plus their possible fate in Atlanta

Father Time no match for Morton as he blanks White Sox

Krejci sets career highs with 18 points, 6 3s as Hawks 

 

Tournaments/Women, Monday

Clark leads Iowa back to Final Four, scoring 41 points in win over defending champ LSU

Reese tearfully address critics, harassment, pressure

After beating the Hornets, Celtics intently watch TV coverage of Clark leading Iowa past LSU

Bueckers lifts UConn back to the Final Four with win over Watkins and Southern Cal

Watkins is left in tears after Southern Cal loss

 Bueckers closes out USC, has UConn in Final Four

WNIT

WBIT

 Tournaments/Men, Monday

NIT
CBI
CIT

NCAA Tournament/Women

Bluder, in her 40th year as a head coach, looks to lead Iowa to its first NCAA title

LA Times columnist apologizes for piece characterizing LSU players as ‘dirty debutantes’

NCAA says 3-point line drawn 9 inches short at apex for Portland women’s regional by court supplier

Was Monday the biggest day in women’s college basketball history?

Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese, an unlikely partnership

Super regional format creates logistical challenges for both teams and staff during March Madness

Why making Final Four still feels so good for South Carolina, Staley

 

NCAA Tournament/Men

Edey dominates in college, but the 7-4 center’s future in ‘positionless’ hoops is murky

Robbie Hummel is crying, Purdue fans are hugging, Boilers are heading to Final Four

Column- Tennessee season shouldn't be remembered for way Purdue, Edey ended it

Edey calls out Tennessee's Barnes among his doubters: 'Can't do that anymore'

How did the Wolfpack, left for dead 3 weeks ago, get all the way to the Final Four?

Oats called coaching luminaries in search of advice for struggling team

UConn is a massive favorite to win back-to-back national championships

 

NCAA Tournament/general

March Madness Exile Pepperdine Makes the Most as Tourney Host

NC State joins list of both teams making Final Four in same year

College Basketball

Indiana State and Utah square off in NIT matchup

NIT semifinals is no ‘Hoosiers’ for Indiana State. It’s what team expected after March Madness snub

South Carolina leading scorer, rebounder Cardoso to enter WNBA draft

Virginia Tech PG Amoore enters portal after coach leaves for Kentucky

No. 4 seed Illinois rolls into WBIT championships game with rout over Washington State

Top-seeded Villanova advances to WBIT final with win over Penn State

College Basketball/Coaches

Tennessee fires Harper after 5 seasons

Lutz hired as basketball coach at Oklahoma State after one season at Western Kentucky

Drake hires McCollum, who won four Division II titles, as basketball coach

Former Florida Gulf Coast coach Enfield announced at SMU

College Sports

Column-Nothing personal, NIL has brought business to the forefront of college sports. The schools have to adapt

College baseball notebook: Clemson’s best start since 2002 highlighted by rare series win over Miami

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Porter Jr. defends brother Jontay amid reported betting probe: 'I know Jontay loves the game of basketball'

Bettor turns $5 into $274K after hitting NBA same-game parlays

Roundup

MLB/Baseball

They said baseball was dying. How Rob Manfred and MLB officials revived it.

Pirates see significance in being 5-0 for the first time in 41 years

First no-hitter of the year, in 8th start, comes from …

Oakland set to offer $97 million Coliseum lease extension to A's: report

NFL/UFL/USFL/XFL/Football

UFL Week 1 winners and losers: USFL gets bragging rights, Thicc-Six highlights weekend

Steelers sign RB/KR Cordarrelle Patterson, DT Lowry, WR Watkins and QB Allen

Former Dolphins, Colts player Vontae Davis found dead in his South Florida home at age 35

Chiefs player Rashee Rice is cooperating with police after sports car crash in Dallas, attorney says

Marvin Harrison Jr. is best WR — and arguably the best overall player — in this class

Scoreboards

NBA scores/games

Women’s college basketball

Men’s college basketball

College baseball Div. I scores