Thursday’s Report: GHSA playoffs, GMC, Georgia College, Middle Georgia State, Mercer Tennis Classic; UGA/Ol’Miss, Falcons, UGA 🏀, United; MLB playoffs, college 🏈/🏀, NFL, NBA, golf, ⚽, tennis, NHL
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High Schools
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Class AAA
Dawson County 8, Peach County 0; Dawson County 19, Peach County 0
Long County 15, Baldwin 0: Long County 16, Baldwin 0
Mary Persons 15, Westover 0; Mary Persons 16, Westover 1
West Laurens 12, Ridgeland 5; West Laurens 9, Ridgeland 1
Class A/Division I
Berrien 12, ACE Charter 11; ACE 9, Berrien 1 (Click here for full story)
Dade County 8, Jasper County 0; Dade County 6, Jasper County 3
Elbert County 15, Putnam County 0; Elbert County 19, Putnam County 0
Jeff Davis 5, Bleckley County 0; Jeff Davis 14, Bleckley County 3
Lamar County 10, Dodge County 2; Lamar County 12, Dodge County 0
Swainsboro 4, East Laurens 2; East Laurens 2, Swainsboro 1
Vidalia 13, Washington County 1; Vidalia 10, Washington County 0
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Class 5A
River Ridge 3, Veterans 0
Sequoyah 3, Houston County 0
Class AAA
Jefferson 3, Peach County 0
Mary Persons 3, Riverdale 0
Troup 3, West Laurens 0
White County 3, Upson-Lee 0
Class A
ACE Charter 3, Jasper County 0 (25-11, 25-17, 25-11)(Click here for full story)
Bremen 3, Crawford County 0
Dade County 3, Central 0
Haralson County 3, Taylor County 0
Lamar County 3, Bryan County 0
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M-Daytona State 8, GMC JC 0
W-Georgia College 3, Auburn-Montgomery 0
M-Georgia Southwestern 2, Middle Georgia State 1
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Around/About Central Georgia
Upsets in doubles, stability in singles at Mercer Tennis Classic
Around/About Georgia
Kiffin: Smart basically is Saban against everybody but Alabama
Georgia vs Ole Miss stat rankings
Tougher challenges await Georgia’s D
Georgia starting defender out for Ole Miss
Falcons entered season with prove-it mentality; they proved something in win vs. Bills
Atlanta D took 'big step forward'
MBKB-Georgia predicted to finish 14th in SEC
United goalkeeper Brad Guzan to retire after 2025 MLS season
Brazilian club Botafogo in court for $21M transfer fee dispute with Atlanta United and FIFA
MBKB-Georgia holds off host Georgia State
A Worthy Read
College Football/Makin’ money
Salaries: Who’s No. 1? With 9-digit buyout? You know who
Which SEC football coach has the highest buyout? Which has the lowest?
College Football/Thursday & Friday night
Locklear throws for 2 TDs and runs for 2 scores as UTEP beats Sam Houston
Cook’s 3 rushing touchdowns lead Jacksonville State past Delaware
College Football/SEC
Florida field rushers facing felony charges under law aimed at Trump protesters
Florida could fire Napier this weekend after high-stakes meeting
Vanderbilt’s Lea, Alabama’s Simpson and Texas A&M’s Howell among winners in SEC midseason awards
Simmons not on injury report for Ole Miss
Another formation to put Alabama football LT Kadyn Proctor in a new spot may be coming soon
Oklahoma looking to improve run game vs South Carolina with 'details and physicality'
‘Find the winning play.’ Missouri moving on to Auburn means evolving from Alabama
Auburn AD Cohen on potentially firing Freeze: 'Not my expectation at this point'
Fourth quarter struggles prove Florida not built to last so far
College Football/ACC
Virginia, N.C. State’s Hollywood Smothers and Georgia Tech’s Haynes King land ACC midseason awards
Hurricanes hear the hype, but insist that they’re not listening
Norvell wants FSU football to channel their emotions into an improved game vs Stanford
Bad football with Bill Belichick isn't only damaging reality at North Carolina
Louisville brings fast defense to No. 2 Miami for prime-time ACC showdown
College Football
Big 12 fines Kansas $25,000 for Lance Leipold’s statement that a knife was thrown at Texas Tech game
More Texas Tech football video shows Kansas sideline during pocketknife discovery
Picks: Top 25’s 5 losses to unranked teams last week run counter to season’s trend
Penn State players feel ‘overwhelming sense of guilt’ after Franklin firing
Cincinnati emerges as a Big 12 contender with its 1st AP poll ranking in nearly 3 years
Big 12 responds to Oklahoma’s Venables' comments on social media
As No. 3 Indiana continues to reach new milestones, Cignetti taking a business-as-usual approach
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Former New York Jets center Nick Mangold says he needs a kidney transplant, seeks donor
Picks: Eagles will get back on track with a victory at Minnesota
AFC North rivalry between Steelers and Bengals takes on a touch of gray with Rodgers facing Flacco
A small bed, cold shower and strange teammates fueled big night for Bears' Jake Moody
Hall’s cryptic post stirs trade rumors. Jets coach says he doesn’t want to deal RB
Saints believe they ‘have a chance against anybody’ if they cut down on mistakes
Sielski: The Eagles have problems that need solving. The recent play of Hurts is one of them
Of course the Ravens aren’t as good without Lamar Jackson, but should the offense be this bad?
Vikings welcome McCarthy back to practice but won’t commit yet to starting QB this week vs. Eagles
Browns’ plan to develop Gabriel and Sanders may face an insurmountable problem
Preston: Ravens need Jackson to pull off a miracle
McDaniel: 'Wrong forum' for Dolphins QB to call out teammates
MLB/Playoffs
Guerrero, Springer sparks Blue Jays, who hit 5HRs and cut Mariners ALCS lead to 2-1 with 13-4 rout
LA starters dominate Brewers. Glasnow, Ohtani will try to continue the trend in NLCS
Scherzer looking to match moment, lean on postseason experience in Game 4 of ALCS for Blue Jays
Just how much are the Dodgers charging for World Series tickets?
Baseball/MLB
Ex-Angels official says employee convicted of pitcher’s fatal overdose struggled with mental health
NBA/Basketball
It’s called automated officiating. The NBA is utilizing it to get even more calls right
Boston’s Mazzulla and his staff played reporters in a pickup game. It went as expected
Lakers’ pick-and-roll offense has promise as Austin Reaves and Deandre Ayton mesh well in preseason
Golf
Greyserman has five runner-up finishes and is drawing some parallels to Cam Young
McIlroy sets sights on one day becoming Ryder Cup captain ahead of India debut
Soccer
Trump threatens to yank World Cup games from Boston though it’s up to FIFA to choose sites
England’s Jess Carter refuses to let online abuse keep her from speaking out
Trinity Rodman and Europe-based players return to USWNT for October matches
Tennis
Sinner and Fritz say the $6 million top prize at the Six Kings Slam exhibition offers motivation
Raducanu’s health issues lead to another early exit at Ningbo Open
College Basketball
M-Purdue’s Matt Painter to be honored with Legends of Coaching award
College Sports
SEC commish Sankey talks league parity, strength of schedule, SCORE Act
Hockey
Red Wings beat Panthers 4-1 to send defending champs to second straight loss
Expansion not discussed at the NHL’s Board of Governors meeting, Gary Bettman says
Boxing/UFC/MMA/WWE
Amanda Serrano to defend featherweight titles in boxing rematch against Erika Cruz
Scoreboards