Wednesday's Report: Central's Laws out, Mercer; UGA, Tech, Braves, Falcons, Hawks; College football/basketball, NFL, NBA, MLB, NASCAR, WNBA, golf
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High Schools
🏈🏈🏈Flag football🏈🏈🏈
Dodge County 13, Washington County 7
Peach County 13, Veterans 7; Peach County 19, Northside 13
🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽
🏐 🏐 🏐 Volleyball 🏐 🏐 🏐
Middle Georgia State 3, Albany State 1 (22-25, 25-17, 25-17, 25-13)
Pro
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Honor Roll
Around/About Central Georgia
Mercer hoops ready for new year, next step
WBKB-Mercer welcomes Clemson for home opener
MBKB-LaGrange serves as Mercer home opener foe
Around/About Georgia
Georgia in good position in CFP’s first poll
Yellow Jackets are in the CFP top 25 for the first time in 11 years
Georgia hoping momentum from back-to-back 20-win seasons helps following a dramatic roster overhaul
Smart defends Georgia defense's lack of sacks, forced turnovers this season
Column: Falcons say they need to 'find ways to win.' They had ways vs. Patriots
Atlanta brings back familiar face on OL
Falcons sign veteran kicker Zane Gonzalez
Weiss embraces responsibility, expectations
Braves extended a successful Bobby Cox link that dates back four decades
Anthopoulos says club ran extensive external search before promoting Weiss
State college basketball
M-ECU finds a way to outlast Georgia Southern
College Football/SEC
Auburn pays insane amount for three buyouts, still less than what LSU owed Kelly
Inside the final hours of Freeze’s tenure at Auburn, behind the scenes
Kiffin on firing Freeze, Tigers' job opening
Firing Freeze might not solve anything for Auburn
DeBoer provides latest on multiple Alabama players
Kiffin thanks Sankey, SEC for kickoff times this season: ‘I owe him a fishing trip’
Elko jokingly knocks on wood when discussing job security in the SEC
College Football/ACC
Canes query ACC on late roughing call in SMU loss
O'Brien erupts on reporter after being asked for message to Boston College fans
Norvell reveals how Malzahn’s family emergency will impact Clemson prep
Duke looks to remain focused on road at UConn after historic win over Clemson
Beck dismisses the thought of SMU causing Miami false starts
Swinney shreds officiating, calls for change
Why it's on Klubnik, offense to prevent Dabo Swinney's worst season
College Football/Tuesday
Bangura’s all-round effort helps send Ohio past Miami (Ohio) creating log jam atop the MAC
Finley and Gant lead Akron to victory over winless UMass
College Football
LSU fired its coach and lost its AD in a week. What’s going on?
Ohio State gets top billing in opening CFP rankings; Indiana, Texas A&M next
Ferentz compares how Oregon uses NIL, transfer portal to Dodgers, Yankees
The College Football Playoff tweaked its strength of schedule metric. Will that help?
Three Bowling Green players arrested on misdemeanor assault charges
Fickell details the challenge of preparing for mobile quarterback in Williams
NFL/NFC
Moore acknowledges frustration with the club’s worst 9-game start since 1980
Eagles have improved on offense and look to be even better after bye week
A regression is one thing, but this Commanders season is now a full-fledged nightmare
Arizona’s Brissett earns another start at QB after stellar play; Murray’s status unclear
Bears see room to grow after already matching win total from last season
Commanders LB Luvu suspended for game for repeated hip-drop tackles
Packers dealing with unexpected adversity as they prepare to host Eagles
NFL/AFC
Jets trade All-Pro CB Gardner, star DT Williams
OL woes and rash of turnovers have Colts looking for fixes before trip to Germany
Darnold doing more than enough for surging Seahawks, off to best start since 2020
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Seahawks get receiver Shaheed from Saints
Costly mistakes: Franchise QB Daniels, All-Pro Mims Jr. injured late in blowouts
College Basketball
Division I HBCU basketball players to watch
College Basketball/Women
No. 1 UConn handles No. 20 Louisville 79-66 in opening game moved due to government shutdown
No. 18 USC opens season with 87-48 rout of New Mexico State as JuJu Watkins cheers from bench
Fulwiley’s 21 points, 7 steals in her LSU debut lead the No. 5 Tigers past Houston Christian
No. 9 NC State leans on Pierre, Jones to beat No. 8 Tennessee after losing last year’s star guards
Doogan scores 28 points as No. 24 Richmond rolls past Mount St. Mary’s
College Basketball/Men
Loyer and Smith team up to lead No. 1 Purdue to rout of Evansville in opener
Evans, Boozer help No. 6 Duke overcome slow start and defeat Texas
No. 9 Kentucky controls the second half to beat Nicholls
Anderson scores 34 as No. 10 Texas Tech routs Lindenwood
College Basketball/Southeast (unranked)
M-Haggerty scores 27 points, Johnson adds 22 to lead K-State over UNC Greensboro
M-UT Martin secures 86-81 win against UNLV
Giles puts up 20 as Wichita State defeats UNC Asheville
McCullum has 18, East Tennessee State beats Converse
Florida State opens Luke Loucks era with victory over Alcorn State
South Carolina beats North Carolina A&T in season opener behind 14 3-pointers
NBA/Basketball
Roundup: Nikola Vucevic, Bulls pull off stunning rally vs. 76ers
Baseball/MLB
After the $500 million Dodgers’ title repeat, what’s next for MLB?
Sullivan: When debating the greatest World Series ever, there's no incorrect answer
Valenzuela to be considered for National Baseball Hall of Fame induction
Auto Racing
Jordan’s race team just scored a major win against NASCAR
WNBA/Women’s basketball
Two-time WNBA champion Sandy Brondello named the first head coach of the Toronto Tempo
Golf
Keefer making steady gains up the ladder and now starts his biggest test on PGA Tour
College Sports
Ausberry’s promotion to athletic director made permanent by new LSU president
Hockey
Roundup: Mikko Rantanen tops 300 goals in Stars’ shootout
Olofsson, Wedgewood lead Avalanche past Lightning in rematch of 2022 final
Flyers beat Canadiens in shootout after blowing 3-goal lead
Schmid makes 24 saves, Barbashev scores in Golden Knights’ 1-0 victory over Red Wings
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