The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Thursday's report: FVSU tragedy, Mercer, Georgia College; Hawks/Johnson, Falcons, UGA; NFL: KC vs. Philly/news/moves, college college 🏈/🏀, NFL, NBA/WNBA, MLB, tennis, golf, soccer, boxing

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High Schools

🏀🏀🏀Girls basketball🏀🏀🏀

John Milledge 41, Tattnall 29

Jones County 58, Ola 40

Lamar County 65, Jasper County 42

Macon County 43, Schley County 33

Piedmont 77, Mount de Sales 40

Stratford 58, FPD 42

Telfair County 63, Hawkinsville 31

Westside 69, Pike County 35

🏀🏀🏀Boys basketball🏀🏀🏀

Hawkinsville 73, Telfair County 66

Jasper County 73, Lamar County 42

Mount de Sales 66, Piedmont 46

Stratford 68, FPD 40

Tattnall 57, John Milledge 41

Westside 67, Pike County 39

West Laurens 82, Aquinas 50

🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫

🏀🏀🏀Women’s basketball🏀🏀🏀

Augusta 63, Georgia College 33

🏀🏀🏀Men’s basketball🏀🏀🏀

Augusta 88, Georgia College 76

Mercer 80, The Citadel 46

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Around/About Central Georgia

Johnson has 18, Mercer knocks off The Citadel

Around/About Georgia

Hawks forward Jalen Johnson to have season-ending shoulder surgery on torn labrum

Cunningham: Jalen Johnson's season is finished, and so are the Hawks

Falcons mailbag: When it comes to offensive tackles and base defensive looks, is the grass greener on the other side?   

Etienne reveals why he opted for NFL, ‘thankful’ for Kirby Smart and Georgia

Wide receiver Young reaches plea, opening door to return to play for Georgia

BSB-Georgia racking up impressive preseason rankings

NFL: Kansas City vs. Philadelphia

Eagles’ run to the Super Bowl vs. the Chiefs is fueled by changes after epic collapse last season

Andy Reid and Nick Sirianni have this in common: Eagles fans wanted them fired

NFL/USFL/UFL/Football

Broncos launch first-in-NFL program to equip Colorado’s high school football programs with helmets

Browns GM Berry wants Myles Garrett as a 'piece of our future,' not open to trading reigning NFL DPOY

Ravens fans urged to donate for Kincaid after Bills fan organized effort for Andrews

Belichick wants the Super Bowl trophy named after Tom Brady

Olsen talks Fox demotion, NFL broadcasting: 'I'm going to call big-time games again'

NFL/Carousel

McCarthy withdraws from Saints’ coaching search and won’t coach in 2025, AP source says

New Jaguars HC Coen calls job 'an opportunity that you just can't pass up,' but dodges questions about timeline

Jets reportedly hiring ex-Cardinals head coach Wilks as next DC

College Basketball/Women

Chen and Fudd score 17 points each as No. 6 UConn defeats DePaul

No. 14 Maryland beats Penn State despite turning it over 23 times 

College Basketball/Men

UCLA's late nights, long trips and endless games: 'We've sold our soul to television'

Pitino-coached St. John’s completes the program’s first unbeaten January since 1985

Broome has 26 points and 16 rebounds to help No. 1 Auburn beat LSU

Cryer scores 17 to lead No. 6 Houston past West Virginia 63-49 for 13th straight win

Lawal, Schutt carry Virginia Tech over Florida State

Chattanooga defeats Western Carolina

Giles leads UNC Greensboro past East Tennessee State

Anderson’s 24 help Furman knock off Samford 

NBA

Rockets’ Dillon Brooks fined $25,000 for using profane language in televised interview

College Football

Doc: Michigan fighting allegations made by NCAA in Connor Stalions sign-stealing saga

Ohio State quality control coach placed on leave amid university investigation

Gabriel to honor every school he played for with Senior Bowl helmet

Sanders on his NFL moment: 'I’m the most guaranteed risk you can take'

College Football/SEC/ACC/South

Alabama 'already feels' different to DeBoer ahead of 2025 season

2024 financial report: Auburn spends less on buyouts than it has since 2020 

Miami’s Cam Ward wins the Manning Award as top college QB, says it can help him prepare for NFL

College Sports

Commissioner doubles down on Mountain West’s commitment to remain viable after 5 teams leave in 2026

College Sports, the changing landscape

Objections flow in on NCAA settlement over ‘unnecessarily harsh’ impact of roster limits

WNBA

Clark declines invite to a 3-point shootout at NBA All-Star weekend, prefers WNBA contest

Vandersloot to sign with Chicago Sky, returning to franchise that drafted her

Baseball/MLB

Pitcher Oviedo loses to Pirates in first salary arbitration decision of year

Rays and free agent infielder Ha-Seong Kim agree to 2-year deal worth $29 million

RHP Ryne Stanek is rejoining the New York Mets on a 1-year deal

Tennis

Sabalenka is a tennis superstar. Her endorsements and brand deals don’t yet match up

Golf

PGA Tour contemplates announcing fines as part of study into slow play

Pebble Beach with its beauty and loaded field gives the PGA Tour a chance to shine

McKibbin ignores Rory McIlroy’s advice and joins Saudi-funded LIV Golf

Hockey

Utah Hockey Club narrows the choice of a permanent name to three finalists. It won’t be the Yeti

Soccer

Champions League: Who has qualified, who is in the playoffs and who is out

Champions League: European giants avoid embarrassing exits

Man City rallies to beat Club Brugge and advance in Champions League. PSG also wins and stays in

The two main goals for the USMNT in 2025 

Boxing/MMA/UFC/WWE

Jake Paul announces his next opponent ... his brother Logan Paul. Well, not exactly

2 years after boxing nearly killed him, one former champion won't stay down

Scoreboards

NFL scores/games

NBA scores/games

Women’s college basketball scores/games

Men’s college basketball scores/games