Friday's Report: Mercer All-SoCon; Falcons, Clean Old-Fashioned Hate; NFL, college football/coaches/SEC/ACC/nat'l, obit-Zoeller, golf, MLB, college basketball, high schools
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Honor Roll
Mercer puts 17 on all-conference team, takes top honors
Around/About Georgia
Elliss nominated for 2025 Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award
Falcons injury report: Drake London 'doubtful' vs. New York Jets
Clean Old Fashioned Hate
Why is Georgia-Georgia Tech game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium?
Scouting report, bold predictions, players to watch, injury updates
CFP provided some motivation for Georgia
Georgia in familiar setting after Georgia Tech shifted game for big bucks
3 things to worry about with Tech
A Worthy Read
College football's top 10 rivalries: From Iron Bowl to Backyard Brawl
College Football/Friday’s games
12 p.m. | No. 7 Ole Miss at Mississippi State | ABC
12 p.m. | Iowa at Nebraska | CBS
12 p.m. | Ohio at Buffalo | ESPNU
12 p.m. | Kent State at Northern Illinois | CBSSN
12 p.m. | No. 13 Utah at Kansas | ESPN
3 p.m. | Air Force at Colorado State | FS1
3:30 p.m. | No. 4 Georgia vs. No. 23 Georgia Tech | ABC
3:30 p.m. | San Diego State at New Mexico | CBSSN
3:30 p.m. | Temple at North Texas | ESPN
4 p.m. | Boise State at Utah State | CBS
7:30 p.m. | No. 2 Indiana at Purdue | NBC/Peacock
7:30 p.m. | No. 3 Texas A&M at No. 16 Texas | ABC
9 p.m. | No. 20 Arizona State vs. No. 25 Arizona| FOX
A high-stakes Egg Bowl could be overshadowed by Kiffin’s future
Bring the juice: Arizona and Arizona State riding high heading into Territorial Cup
College Football/Coaches carousel
Missouri locks in Eli Drinkwitz with six-year, $10.75 million annual contract through 2031 season
Hall of Famer Faulk reportedly hired as Southern University head coach
College Football/Thursday
Tecza, Horvath help Navy beat Memphis, clinch a share of AAC regular-season title
Smoot throws for 422 yards, 4 TDs and Alabama State beat Tuskegee in 101st Turkey Day Classic
College Football/SEC
A look at LaNorris Sellers' confusing, heroic career before Clemson game
Goodman: Alabama football is unrecognizable
Alabama has everything to lose in the Iron Bowl
Alabama star on facing Auburn defensive front: ‘It’s a motherf-----’
Beamer predicts Clemson vs. South Carolina will become a playoff rivalry again
Durkin: Simpson presents ‘toughest challenge of the year’
Multiple Auburn starters remain out for the Iron Bowl
College Football/ACC
What Klubnik said about Clemson vs South Carolina, play he'd like to forget
Dabo’s Best Bites: Clemson travels to South Carolina for Palmetto Bowl
What Clemson, Swinney can avoid by beating South Carolina
Where Klubnik ranks among Swinney's Clemson quarterbacks
College Football/South
Morris leaving No. 21 North Texas, but what will QB Mestemaker do?
College Football
Picks: If a rivalry game comes down a field goal, kickers are on a record pace
Former Mercer coach up for Broyles Award
Penn State in wait-and-see mode as potential staff overhaul, player exodus looms
The search for one of the ugliest rivalry trophies in college sports: King Spud
Fantastic finishes from the biggest games of Rivalry Week
No. 9 Notre Dame needs win over Stanford to stay in College Football Playoff hunt
College Sports, the changing landscape
Texas attorney general Paxton urging state schools not to sign CSC’s participation agreement
Obituary
Fuzzy Zoeller, two-time major champion haunted by racist joke about Tiger Woods, dies at 74
NFL/Thanksgiving Day
Bengals win in Burrow’s return, taking advantage of 5 Baltimore turnovers in a victory
Prescott’s Cowboys overcome Mahomes’ fourth-down magic in Thanksgiving win over Chiefs
Love matches career high with 4 TD passes, lifting Packers to win over Lions
NFL/Friday
Bears travel to Philadelphia to take on Eagles on Friday in a matchup of division leaders
NFL/NFC
Buccaneers dynamic running back Bucky Irving is eager to play after a tough time with an injury
Rams QB Matthew Stafford to face potentially short-handed Panthers secondary
College Basketball/SEC/ACC/South
CJ, South Florida knock off Western Kentucky 97-91 in OT at Battle 4 Atlantis
Wilkins scores 26 as Furman knocks off Richmond
College Basketball/Women
Mikayla Blakes scores 35, No. 17 Vanderbilt women beat Oregon State at Paradise Jam
Nivar secures 2nd triple-double in program history and No. 12 UNC women top South Dakota State
College Basketball/Men
Boozer scores 35 points as No. 4 Duke tops No. 22 Arkansas
Davis scores 18, No. 9 BYU uses second-half surge to beat Miami
Miles scores 20 and No. 24 Vanderbilt beats VCU in the Battle 4 Atlantis semifinals
NBA/Basketball
Doncic criticizes the NBA Cup court, but praises Lakers for support in late-game skirmish with Dunn
Sick Gilgeous-Alexander still looks like MVP as Thunder beat Timberwolves for 10th straight win
Celtics end Pistons’ winning streak at a franchise record-tying 13
Sheppard scores career-high 31 points as Rockets rally in 2nd half to beat Warriors
Jackson, Wells and Edey help the Grizzlies outlast the Pelicans
Baseball/MLB
Blue Jays and free-agent pitcher Cease agree to $210 million, 7-year deal, AP source says
Golf
Fox is among the early leaders at the Australian PGA. Adam Scott is 1 stroke behind
Kuchar trying to decide if it’s worth using a career money exemption for a full PGA Tour card
Garcia takes 1-stroke lead at the Australian PGA after completing weather-hit 1st round
Tennis
Alcaraz’s season is done but the tennis star’s year isn’t
Soccer
Premier League title race could be blown wide open when Arsenal and Chelsea clash
Atletico Madrid fined for racist behavior by fans at Champions League game at Arsenal
Olympic Sports
USA Basketball is set to open World Cup qualifying in Nicaragua, and Brandon Knight can’t wait
High school/youth sports
Girls flag football is finally catching on. Florida high schools were 20 years early
Boxing/UFC/MMA/WWE
Whittaker and the curse of boxing's greatest showmen
Scoreboards