Thursday's Report: Scores, Mercer; Braves, UGA/Tech/NCAA, UGA FB; College 🏀 HQ, NBA, NFL, MLB, NCAA, hockey, tennis, soccer
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High Schools
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Bleckley County 9, Jefferson County 2
David Emanuel 21, Twiggs 2
FPD 9, Heritage 0
Stockbridge 5, Jones County 2
Swainsboro 10, Dublin 0
Warner Robins 10, New Hampstead 3|
Washington County 7, West Laurens 1
⚽ ⚽ ⚽ Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽
G-CFCA 7, FPCA 0
B-Houston County 2, Veterans 1
B-Morgan County 10, Rutland 0
🎾 🎾 🎾Tennis 🎾 🎾 🎾
Bleckley County 5, East Laurens 0
Bleckley County 5, East Laurens 0
FPD 5, Telfair County 0
FPD 5, Telfair County 0
⛳⛳⛳Golf⛳⛳⛳
B-FPD 294, Westfield 336
FPD-Lawson Andress, 70. FPD is 6-0.
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🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎
Mercer 11, West Georgia 4
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Around/About Central Georgia
SB-Mercer completes sweep of West Georgia
Around/About Georgia
Braves sign 9-time All-Star closer Craig Kimbrel to minor league deal
Veteran closers Kimbrel, Neris look to bolster Braves bullpen
Georgia man sentenced to to 1 year in theft of Arnold Palmer green jacket, other Masters memorabilia
Following NIT loss, Tech’s Stoudamire looks ahead to "next step" for program
Smart goes off: Georgia not meeting standard, freshmen out of shape
'One foot out the door' held Delp back in 2024
NCAA M: Georgia vs. Gonzaga
Why Newell almost chose the Zags
Crean: Georgia basketball ‘broke that wall down,’
Traditional power Gonzaga eases into NCAA tourney prep for Georgia: ‘This is easy for us’
NCAA W: Georgia Tech vs. Richmond
A Worthy Read
Trump, Musk play role in March Madness saga about Native American team, unselfish coach
First Four
M_Xavier rallies to beat Texas 86-80 in First Four
M-Mount St. Mary’s beats American 83-72 in First Four to earn date with No. 1 Duke
Injury in March Madness game ends storybook final season for Matt Rogers of American U.
W-Southern defeats UC San Diego women 68-56 for its first NCAA Tournament win in seven appearances
W-Crooks, Brown combine to lead Iowa State women to 68-63 First Four win over Princeton
NCAA Tournament/Women
In March Madness, the women still have more stars and perhaps more people watching too
Ivy League makes conference history with three women’s NCAA Tournament bids
March Madness by the numbers: Watkins ahead of Clark’s 2-year point total. Now it gets tough
Notre Dame looks to dynamic backcourt to regain momentum for March Madness
NC State’s guard quartet gives the Wolfpack a strong edge heading into March Madness
NCAA Tournament/Men
Historically Black underdog Alabama State to face in-state powerhouse Auburn in March Madness
Drake Bulldogs are more bite than bark with a band of D2 transfers who followed their coach to Iowa
DeCock: This NCAA Tournament bracket preview has your dark horses and sentimental favorites
Struggling with free throws, Wofford’s Filewich turns to granny-style — with help from Rick Barry
Student manager Amir Khan living ‘surreal’ moment as McNeese State prepares for March Madness
Omaha Mavericks’ trash (can) turns into treasure with program earning its first March Madness bid
BYU defies low expectations and overcomes slow start to become a team to watch in March Madness
No. 1 seed Auburn has a roster filled with ‘underdog kids’ looking for a turnaround in NCAA play
Zeigler eager to finish his March Madness tenure getting the Vols to their 1st Final Four
‘Region of Coaches’ opens with Calipari vs. Self. Pitino could be next for winner
Michigan’s Goldin is reunited with parents from Russia, hopes to show them NCAA Tournament run
High Point kept falling short of March Madness. Now the Panthers are finally getting their moment
Postseason Tournaments
Floyd’s 19 lead North Texas past Furman
Johnson scores 20 as George Mason defeats Samford
Bennett scores 30 as Dayton takes down Florida Atlantic
West Virginia’s Baker is ‘resilient’ after NCAA Tournament snub and losing DeVries to Indiana
College Basketball/Women
JuJu Watkins, Hannah Hidalgo headline women’s AP All-America team; Bueckers, Betts, Booker join them
The Associated Press 2024-25 women’s college basketball All-America teams
College Basketball/Men
Opinion: Fighting March Madness snub, West Virginia governor looks like a clown
Nevada coach Alford condemns 'utterly ridiculous' college basketball transfer portal, NIL model
Wade to become next North Carolina State coach
NBA
Mamukelashvili makes NBA history with 34 points in 19 minutes to fuel Spurs’ 120-105 win over Knicks
Cunningham might not have called bank. His shot only added to Detroit’s turnaround season
Filipowski and George help Jazz end 10-game skid with 128-112 win over Wizards
Williamson scores 29 as Pelicans defeat Timberwolves 119-115 in rare road win
Baseball/MLB
Jackie Robinson article removed from Department of Defense website has been restored
A 10-year-old boy in Tokyo ended up with Ohtani’s first home run of the season
Fried's decision to join Yankees over Red Sox, others came down to 'gut feeling'
Tennis
Players’ group founded by Novak Djokovic files an antitrust suit against tennis organizers
Djokovic’s players’ association sued the groups that run tennis. Why and what do they want?
Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios beats McDonald at the Miami Open for his first win in 2 1/2 years
Gauff heads home to the Miami Open after her 21st birthday and a bit of a rough patch
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Burrow, Cousins and Goff will be featured on 2nd season of Netflix’s ‘Quarterback’ series
Wide receiver/kick returner Mecole Hardman joining Packers on one-year deal
Commanders rework Deebo Samuel’s contract to guarantee $17 million in 2025 salary
Ex-Falcon LB Landman agrees to a 1-year contract with the Los Angeles Rams
Kupp grew up watching the Seahawks. Now he’s playing for them
Veteran backup OL Johnson is signing a 1-year deal with the Jaguars
Vikings add Okudah, the third pick in the 2020 draft, for cornerback dept
College Sports, the changing landscape
NCAA agrees to lift name, image and likeness recruitment ban
Soccer
Man City ends Chelsea’s season-long unbeaten run with 2-0 win in Women’s Champions League
Mbappé criticizes himself for previous mistakes as he returns to captain France
Hockey
'It was dumb luck': Bought for $4K, Gretzky stick is a record-breaker
Scoreboards