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Saturday's Report: HS/colleges, Jones County investigation; 'Kirby Smart' bill, Hawks, Falcons, Tech; Super Bowl, NFL, NBA, MLB, college 🏀&🏈, WNBA, NASCAR, UFC, golf

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Around/About Central Georgia                   

WMGT 41 NBC: Gray Police investigating possible misuse of Jones County Touchdown Club funds

BSB-Georgia College’s bats wide awake

Around/About Georgia

'Kirby Smart bill' aims to help Georgia football, other state programs with tax exemption

Young helps Hawks overcome 21-point in 115-110 victory over Bucks

Atlanta's defensive success will be defined by more than stats

Georgia Tech hires Texas assistant Blake Gideon as defensive coordinator

Hawks GM Fields says trades of Hunter, Bogdanovic help team this season and beyond

Spurrier sets fans straight on Georgia coach Kirby Smart, value of SEC championship

Penix Jr. gives Pitts vote of confidence: 'I'm going to believe in him'

Those blue canes? What Georgia basketball's Blue Cain thinks of them and where fans leave them

NFL: Kansas City vs. Philadelphia

What Mahomes and Hurts taught us about QB play this season

Payton NFL Man of the Year Community Day connects stars with New Orleans

Eagles fan who survived New Orleans truck attack returning to city for Super Bowl

Kansas City Chiefs player takes on role of coach, training pup to be a star in Puppy Bowl XXI

Who dat former Saint finding new life in Philly? It’s All-Pro Eagles linebacker Baun

Super Bowl backups embracing championship mentality despite limited roles

Hurts reveals what makes the Eagles' group of former Georgia Bulldogs so special

Mahomes shut downs Tuberville lies about recruiting him to Texas Tech after Trump claim

Chiefs' Chris Jones explains why he sheds a tear when the national anthem is played

The Eagles have risen in the East thanks to this man

Chief responsibility: Why the media is leaning into 'this whole ref thing'

NFL/USFL/UFL/Football

Vincent has made community service a priority after experiencing domestic violence as a child

How Josh Allen beat out Lamar Jackson for AP NFL MVP

Belichick attends NFL honors with girlfriend, who gets roasted by Snoop

Crosby's reaction to Myles Garrett trade request? 'Look at Luka'

Players think 1st-time NFL head coaches who are Black feel extra pressure to succeed

Packers president Murphy "not a fan" of the QB push play, would like it banned

Woman is accused of stealing from a TV reporter found dead at his hotel before the Super Bowl

NFL/Carousel

Kelly: If you get a chance to work with Pete Carroll, you're pretty excited about it

New Jaguars coach Liam Coen fills out his staff, which totals 174 years of NFL experience

College Basketball/Women

Defending Division III champion NYU women’s basketball team runs its winning streak to 50

UMass will pay student who made half-court $10,000 after insurance company said his foot was on line

College Basketball/Men

Indiana coach Mike Woodson won’t return next season

No. 6 Florida gets leading scorer Walter Clayton Jr. back for game at top-ranked Auburn

NBA

Hubie Brown, a basketball coach, broadcaster and always a teacher, calls his final game at 91

How Luka's trade has impacted ticket pricing, jersey sales and collectibles

Davis is set for his Mavs debut and understands the ire of fans who lost Luka Doncic

Heat held to 9 points in fourth quarter of first game since trading Butler and lose

College Football

NCAA committee to consider coaches’ proposal to combat ‘unethical behavior’ of fake injuries

Day’s new Ohio State deal includes $80.5M buyout 

College Football/SEC/ACC/South

Swinney believes new DC Allen is key piece for Clemson to win CFP

'What got me here' Napier on why he's calling plays in 2025

College Football/Coaching carousel and moves

Faulk to coach the running backs at Colorado

College Sports

SEC reports 2024 fiscal year deficit after expansion payments to Oklahoma, Texas

College softball predictions 2025: Who will win Big 12, SEC and WCWS championships?

College Sports, the changing landscape

Judge denies ex-DII baseball player’s bid that would have allowed him to play for Maryland this year

Power conferences, not NCAA, will control policing athlete compensation

WNBA/Unrivaled/Women’s basketball

Unrivaled, WNBA star Dearica Hamby surprises daughter with Coco Gauff meeting for birthday

Sabrina Ionescu on WNBA builds on success: 'Not being satisfied with where we're at'

Free agent Tiffany Hayes signs with the expansion Golden State Valkyries

Baseball/MLB

MLB Commissioner Manfred says some fans concerned over lack of salary cap

Interpreter who stole millions from Ohtani gets more than four years in prison

Pham joins 10th big league team, agrees with Pirates on 1-year deal worth $4,025,000

Does Alonso’s return make the Mets one of baseball’s best?

Golf

Detry nearly aces 16, shoots 64 to take 2-shot lead in Phoenix Open

WM's zero-waste approach to golf's raucous Phoenix Open catching on in the sports world

Trump and Jay Monahan meet at White House as PGA Tour deal with Saudis gets closer

Auto Racing

NASCAR honors ‘The Ironman’ Ricky Rudd and ‘Cousin Carl’ Edwards as Hall of Fame inductees

Tennis

Opelka faces possible discipline for criticizing umpire he calls ‘worst’ on tennis tour

Soccer

Man City’s Shaw doesn’t travel to Arsenal after ‘racist and misogynistic’ online abuse

Maguire heads late winner and Man United beats Leicester in dramatic FA Cup match

Boxing/MMA/UFC/WWE

UFC settles antitrust lawsuit filed by former fighters for $375 million

Scoreboards

NBA scores/games

Women’s college basketball scores/games

Men’s college basketball scores/games