Thursday's Report: Scoreboard; Signing Day; Georgia College, Jones County grad Hartley, Mercer; Hawks, UGA/Tech hoops, Falcons, Tech's Hamilton; NFL/Brady/Super Bowl, NBA/WNBA, golf, tennis, NASCAR
Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
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High School
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Girls
Baldwin 87, Perry 45
Boys
Perry 44, Baldwin 38
College
🏀🏀🏀Basketball🏀🏀🏀
M-Central Georgia Tech 79, Southern Crescent Tech 72
W-Flagler 59, Georgia College 53
M-Georgia College 89, Flagler 88
M-Louisville 68, Georgia Tech 58
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Georgia College 4, Emmanuel 2
Pro
🏀🏀🏀NBA🏀🏀🏀
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Signing Day in Georgia
Two more head to Georgia Southern
Alumni Update
Jones County grad Hartley doing work at Georgia
Around/About Central Georgia
MBKB-Boosted by Houston County grad Sloan, Bobcats win in final seconds
BSB-Georgia College wins eighth-straight opener
MBKB-Mercer opens three-game homestand Thursday
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
MBKB-Brooms’ double-double leads Auburn over UGA
MBKB-Louisville holds off Tech in last-place battle
Falcons’ Fontenot talks Senior Bowl, new DC, more
Tech legend Hamilton joins S.C. state hall
Hawks obliterate Portland on road
College Football
Signing day ends assorted sagas
How Power Five leagues allegedly fared
Day still discussing no-call hit on Harrison, who was knocked out
College Football/Southeast
Florida State paying out nearly 2 mil to Southern Miss, North Alabama
NFL/USFL/Football
Brady insists this retirement will stick
Column-Brady’s encore didn’t go as planned, but not bad
Obit-Hall of Fame exec Bobby Beathard
Reserve Philly lineman accused of rape
How Philly’s ‘on one leg’ Johnson dominated Bosa
A divorce that’s worked out well for both sides
38 days later, Tua clears concussion protocol
49ers only have more questions at QB
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Column-Won’t be easy, but Grizzlies can help Memphis heal from Nichols’ death
W-Stewart opens free agency by heading to New York
Tatum hits for 31 to lead sizzling Celts
College Basketball
M-Florida surprises No. 2 Tennessee
M-Top-ranked Purdue cruises past Penn State
M-No. 16 beats No. 17 in OT thriller
M-Stackhouse calls out Vandy after wretched loss
Tennis
Golf
Column-The rivalry is among tours, not players
Where will Masters champ Scheffler sit LIV golfer Watson at dinner?
PGA may prohibit some from playing at Oak Hill
Mickelson embarrassed by last year, rejuvenated for this year
Homa wanted to prove mid-round chats weren’t a pain
Auto Racing
NASCAR bans Chastain’s wall-hugging move
Column-Kennedy takes bold risks with NASCAR family business
Soccer
Women’s World Cup host urges FIFA not to sign Saudi sponsor
Rapinoe back with US for SheBelieves Cup
Scoreboard
Women’s college basketball scores/games
Men’s college basketball scores/games