Thursday's Report: State hoops/Baldwin, HS/college scores, Mercer, Georgia College, Middle Georgia State; Falcons, Braves, UGA; NCAA hoops, NBA, MLB, NASCAR, tennis, golf, NFL, college FB

Thursday's Report:  State hoops/Baldwin, HS/college scores, Mercer, Georgia College, Middle Georgia State; Falcons, Braves, UGA; NCAA hoops, NBA, MLB, NASCAR, tennis, golf, NFL, college FB

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High Schools
⚾ ⚾ ⚾ Baseball ⚾ ⚾ ⚾

Eastside 12, Putnam County 1

East Laurens 17, Jefferson County 4

Jones County 8, Woodland 0

Marion County 17, Hawkinsville 2

Peach County 19, Westover 3

Treutlen 13, Twiggs County 0; Truetlen 8, Twiggs County 0

⚽ ⚽ ⚽ Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽

B-Morgan County 8, Westside 0

🎾 🎾 🎾Tennis 🎾 🎾 🎾

G-FPD 5, Stratford 0

B-FPD 4, Stratford 1

🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫

🏀🏀🏀Women’s basketball🏀🏀🏀

Georgia College 82, Flagler 73, Peach Belt Tournament

⚾ ⚾ ⚾ Baseball ⚾ ⚾ ⚾

Mercer 1, Alabama State 0

🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎

Southern Wesleyan 7, Georgia College 3; Southern Wesleyan 9, Georgia College 3

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Around/About Central Georgia

Ligon to step down as Middle Georgia State women’s basketball head coach

Strong fourth quarter propels GCSU past Flagler in PBC Quarterfinal

Bears take on Chattanooga in Thursday’s SoCon quarterfinals

Honor Roll

All-SIAC WBKB-FVSU’s Bell

ALL-SIAC MBKB-FVSU’s Diallo

Alumni Update

Westfield grad Knowles takes PBC honor

Around/About Georgia

Baldwin's star rising 'like night and day'

5 free agent safeties the Falcons could consider

WBKB-UGA knocks out Arkansas in SEC Tourney

BSB-Bulldogs beat Panthers for 12th straight win

Top prospect Baldwin gets vote of confidence from Sale

MBKB-Putnam County grad Banks scores 16 as Georgia Southern takes down Southern Miss 78-64 in Sun Belt Conference Tournament

Conference tournaments/women

Ra Shaya Kyle’s double-double helps Florida topple Auburn in women’s SEC Tournament

No. 18 Tennessee women rout Texas A&M

McQueen scores 17, Moore 14 as Clemson defeats Stanford

Jordan, McPhaul combine for 40 points and Mississippi State women use 31-0 run to top Missouri

Peterson scores 35 and UCF beats BYU for the program’s first Big 12 Tournament victory

Olsen, Iowa blow it open early and cruise to win over Wisconsin in Big Ten

Maupin and Freelon help Texas Tech women hold off Kansas  in Big 12 Championship

Brown scores 27, Skinner 26 and Arizona State women upset Cincinnati in Big 12 

Conference tournaments/men

Durugordon scores 21, Old Dominion downs Louisiana in Sun Belt

Selden’s 18 lead Gardner-Webb past South Carolina Upstate 83-63 in Big South

Brown scores 24, UMKC knocks off Oral Roberts in Summit League

Guinyard’s 18 lead UT Martin over Tennessee Tech 70-67 in Ohio Valley Conference Tournament

College Basketball/Women

ACC awards: Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo, NC State coach Wes Moore honored

USC's JuJu Watkins, coach Lindsay Gottlieb sweep top line of Big Ten awards

College Basketball/Men

Why a national title would cement Auburn as one of college basketball’s all-time great teams

Lucas, Miami finalize agreement to make him Hurricanes’ coach, AP source says

Condon helps No. 5 Florida top No. 7 Alabama 99-94 in key SEC matchup

Fears scores career-high 31 as Oklahoma beats No. 15 Missouri

Zackery returns to BC and scores 21 to lead No. 11 Clemson

N.C. State uses balanced attack to keep ACC tourney hopes alive

St. Thomas is rising with rare D3-D1 jump. NCAA postseason ban makes Summit tourney the present peak

NBA

Antetokounmpo joins 20,000-point club as Bucks roll past short-handed Mavericks

Cavaliers hold off Heat 112-107 to extend winning streak to 12 and clinch playoff spot

Heat’s Kevin Love feels the love in return to Cleveland, where he won an NBA title with Cavs in 2016

Lakers and LeBron are clearly reveling in what the Luka trade did for their title hopes

Dončić joins LeBron James, Magic Johnson and Jerry West as only Lakers to post 30 points and 15 assists in a game

Baseball/MLB

Sullivan: Donald Trump inserts himself into the Pete Rose-Hall of Fame saga - and rips baseball as 'dying'

Orioles hopeful star SS Gunnar Henderson ready for season but being cautious with rib strain

Major League Baseball Final Payrolls 2024 vs. 2023 List

Auto Racing

Briscoe wins appeal over modified spoiler during Daytona 500 pole-winning run

NASCAR countersues 23XI and Front Row, as well as Michael Jordan’s manager, in dispute over charters

Tennis

Raducanu says she struggled to breathe after seeing ‘fixated’ man in the crowd

Golf

Scheffler and McIlroy lead a strong field at Bay Hill. LIV Golf resumes in Hong Kong

Schauffele is ready to return from rib injury with modest expectations

DeChambeau quiets PGA Tour return rumors: 'Very excited about the future of LIV Golf'

NFL/USFL/UFL/Football

Chargers release linebacker Joey Bosa after 9 seasons with the franchise

Raiders give pass rusher Maxx Crosby record-breaking extension

Cowboys and defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa agree on $80M, 4-year contract, agent says

Seahawks release longtime wide receiver Tyler Lockett in cost-cutting move

Rams trading Jonah Jackson to Bears for 6th-round pick after 1 disappointing season, AP source says

Aaron Rodgers’ next destination and Myles Garrett’s future headlined the buzz from the NFL combine

'Most fun I ever had': Jimmy Johnson retires after 3 decades as Fox NFL analyst

Report: Raiders were willing to pay Matthew Stafford up to $100M on two-year deal

College Football/SEC/ACC/South

‘Hard Knocks’ deal with UNC, Belichick falls through

College Sports

College baseball betting odds: Every SEC team's chance of winning the national title

College Sports, the changing landscape

The ACC made Clemson and FSU happy; can it keep them?

Soccer

Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer injures himself while celebrating a goal

Liverpool stuns PSG with late winner in Champions League and 10-man Barcelona beats Benfica

Hockey

Hyde: Matthew Tkachuk likely out for regular season, Seth Jones ready -- are Panthers done making moves?

Variety is the spice that has Alex Ovechkin fast approaching Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record

Ovechkin gets No. 885, Wilson scores in OT as Capitals beat Rangers

Boxing/MMA/UFC/WWE

Times Square boxing event in May promises to be big, with 3 fights and talk of half a million fans

Scoreboards

NBA scores/games

Women’s college basketball scores/games

Men’s college basketball scores/games

College baseball scores