Saturday's Report: Georgia College, Mercer, Macon Bacon; Falcons, Braves, Hank Aaron, UGA 🥎📰🏀; NBA, MLB, college news/b/s/f, NFL, racing, 🎾⛳⚽🏒
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Colleges
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Catawba 9, Georgia College 6; NCAA Division II Super Regional
Samford 9, Mercer 7; Mercer 10, Western Carolina 8; Southern Conference Tournament
Softball
UCLA 6, Georgia; NCAA Super Regional,Georgia eliminated
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Lexington County 8, Macon 7
A six-run stretch over two innings put Lexington County in control until Macon’s 3-run rally in the ninth.
Macon’s home opener is Saturday at 7 p.m. against Forest City.
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Around/About Central Georgia
BSB-Down 7-0, Samford stuns Mercer with 9-run 7th
BSB-Mercer gets lead, blows lead, retakes lead, holds on
BSB-Down 9-0 through 7, Georgia College’s late rally falls short
Around/About Georgia
Defensive coordinator Jimmy Lake building a deceptive unit for 2024
Gonzales drives in 4 runs, Falter takes 11-0 shutout into 8th as Pirates beat Braves
Hank Aaron's 'keep swinging' attitude in focus as new Baseball Hall statue
SB-Palacios leads UCLA to 13th straight win, sweep of Georgia in super regional
UGA News and Notes: Ticket prices could be on the rise
Georgia men’s hoops will be ‘process driven’
NBA/Basketball
Doncic lifts Mavericks with go-ahead 3 with 3 seconds left to top Wolves for 2-0 lead
Pacers put unbeaten home playoff record on the line vs. Celtics road success in Game 3
After firing, Cavs embark on coaching search with All-Star Donovan Mitchell’s future bigger priority
WNBA
Reese is excelling on and off the court in her WNBA rookie season with the Chicago Sky
Clark and Indiana Fever win 1st game of season, beat LA Sparks in front of 19,103
Aces' 1st matchup with Caitlin Clark is one of WNBA's hottest tickets
Aces rookie Kate Martin prepares out of spotlight for Caitlin Clark reunion and meeting with Fever
MLB/Baseball
Pitcher injuries more likely to occur during spring training, early in season
MLB says robot home plate umpires unlikely for 2025
Giant comebacks: San Francisco is 2nd team since 1900 to erase 3 straight 4-run deficits on road
Back-to-back-to-back: Guardians become 1st team in the majors this season to hit 3 straight homers
Harper ejected early, has choice words for umpire
College Sports
The NCAA has agreed to settle a major lawsuit. It still faces a number of legal challenges
Who gets paid? How much? What to know about the landmark NCAA settlement
With college sports at critical juncture, private equity groups pushing for their piece
NCAA's finance question: 'How desperate are you?'
Column-College sports should learn from Red Lobster's mistakes and avoid the private equity bros
College Baseball
Tibbs III hits team-leading 25th homer and Florida State advances to the ACC semifinals
Obertop drives in final four runs to rally Clemson past Louisville 8-7 for spot in ACC semifinals
South Carolina advances to the SEC Tournament semifinals behind home runs by Casas and Tippett
Kurtz sparks Wake Forest to 9-5 victory over North Carolina for spot in ACC Tournament semifinals
Burke, Tennessee eliminate Mississippi State from SEC Tournament with 6-5 comeback win
College Softball
Florida beats Baylor 4-2 to begin Gainesville Super Regional behind Otis’ home run in the fifth
Curd retires 11 straight and Duke beats Missouri for its first super regional win in program history
Mealer hits go-ahead homer as Tennessee rallies past Alabama 3-2 in Knoxville Super Regional opener
Oklahoma beats FSU 4-2, sweeps Norman Super Regional to earn 4th consecutive WCWS berth
College Football
Jewish QB Retzlaff sees BYU as a welcomed shelter from the storm
Reports: Shilo Sanders facing NIL questions after filing for bankruptcy, lawsuit
NFL/Football
Fields is eager to start over in Pittsburgh, even as a backup behind Russell Wilson
NFL closer to filling every day of the week with a game as league’s reach keeps growing
Auto Racing
Coca-Cola 600 betting: Does Indy/Charlotte double make Larson a favorite to fade?
33 things to know about Indy 500: Larson goes for 'Double' and other drivers to watch
Logano hopes All-Star Race victory will help his team climb out of hole in Cup Series standings
Tennis
If this is Rafael Nadal’s last French Open, it should be similar to Serena Williams’ last US Open
Osaka's message to young Asian players: Embrace your unique backgrounds and cultures
Evert thinks Iga Swiatek could surpass her record of 7 French Open titles
Djokovic loses Geneva semi and goes to French Open with no titles in 2024
Golf
Louisville officer in Scheffler arrest faced previous discipline
Riley has 70-minute wait before last putt in bogey-free 2nd round for lead at Colonial
Bland posts 66 and leads Senior PGA in his senior major debut
Soccer
After nearly walking away from Man City, Kyle Walker is reaping the rewards for staying
NHL/Hockey
Goodrow scores in overtime, Rangers outlast Panthers 2-1 in Game 2 to even Eastern Conference final
Boxing/UFC/MMA/WWE
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