Thursday’s Report: HS playoff HQ, Signings, Tickets-Mayhem/Bacon, Mercer; Georgia GM/Smart, Braves, Falcons, state ⚾; College ⚾/🥎, NBA, MLB, NFL, colleges/NCAA, WNBA, NHL
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Signings
Northside’s Jazzlyn Journey has signed with Brewton-Parker and Faith Thompson with Albany State for women’s track. Thompson is a two-time county cross country champ and school 1,600 record-holder, and was the top point-scorer in the county meet. Journey holds top-10 school marks in the 100, 200, and 4x200 relay.
Putnam County’s Jaylin Harper has signed with Brewton-Parker for men’s basketball.
Around/About Central Georgia
Tickets on sale for Macon Bacon and upcoming season opener
Macon Mayhem tickets for sale for next season
Fourth-seeded Mercer set for SoCon tourney opener
Around/About Georgia
Georgia AD Brooks weighs in on hot football GM topic
Smart knows Georgia will need serious contributions for ‘newbies’
Is Atlanta having fastball issues?
Falcons mailbag: Will Morris consider playing some starters in preseason?
BSB-Georgia, Johnson agree on big extension, raise
BSB-UGA trip to Hoover short-lived, Oklahoma nips Dogs
BSB-16th-seed California awaits No. 1 Georgia Tech
Xavier Watts', Billy Bowman Jr.'s past at wide receiver a plus for Falcons
Falcons 'extremely excited' about Penix Jr.-led offense
College Baseball/State
SEC: Wednesday-Oklahoma 3, Georgia 2, Georgia eliminated
ACC: Thursday, 3 p.m., Georgia Tech vs. California
Sun Belt: Wednesday-Georgia Southern 13, Arkansas State 8; Coastal Carolina 8, Georgia Southern 1; GSU vs. Louisiana, Thursday, 1:30 p.m.
CUSA: Wednesday-Florida International 9, Kennesaw State 3; KSU vs. WKU/New Mexico State, Thursday, 9 a.m.
Southern Conference: Thursday, 3 p.m., Mercer vs. Western Carolina
College Baseball
SEC
ACC
Sun Belt
Conference USA
National
College Softball
Women’s College World Series is shaping up to be an SEC showcase with 9 of 16 remaining teams
Liberty’s remarkable journey: From double-wide trailers to NCAA super regionals
NBA
SGA tops Joker and Freak for MVP
Jokic makes history with 5th consecutive top-2 finish in MVP voting
Pacers tie it on Haliburton’s jumper at buzzer, then beat Knicks in OT of East finals Game 1
Anatomy of a comeback: How the Pacers rallied from 14 down in the final 3:14 of regulation vs. NY
Pacers fan that braved Knicks mob in New York City gets invite from Tyrese Haliburton
Edwards, Timberwolves seek answers to Thunder’s ‘AAU’ defense to avoid 2-0 deficit
Edwards fined (again) $50,000 for profane language
Arenas says son's fiery Cybertruck crash caused by faulty steering wheel
Baseball/MLB
Orioles snap 8-game skid as Rutschman homers in 11th inning of victory over Brewers
Tucker homers for second straight game and helps Cubs beat the Marlins
Pirates ride Heaney and 4 relievers to win over the Reds
Clay: Rose may now be a Hall of Famer. Not living to see it is punishment enough
Auto Racing
Dale Earnhardt's family explains why they chose to include "everything" in their new docuseries
Roger Penske parts ways with IndyCar team leadership after Indy 500 scandal
Tennis
Djokovic gets first win on clay this year by beating Fucsovics at Geneva Open
Pro tennis tours file motion to dismiss antitrust lawsuit from Djokovic’s players’ association
Golf
Scheffler goes for 3 in a row by jumping right back in at Colonial after PGA win
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Colts’ often-newsworthy owner Irsay dies
Tush Push survives to live another year
Bengals' Joe Burrow takes issue with prime time game in Baltimore, no international game
Bears coach praises Caleb Williams while QB stays quiet in wake of book excerpt
Signed, sealed and ready: No. 1 pick Cam Ward signs rookie deal with the Titans
College Football
Saban wins Sports Emmy after first year with ESPN
BYU's Retzlaff accused of sexual assault: Lawyer says QB is 'factually innocent'
Notre Dame, Wisconsin will have a Sunday kickoff for 2026 Lambeau Field game
College Basketball/Men
Houston, Sampson agree to new 4-year deal
Trump hosts NCAA basketball champion Florida Gators at the White House
Kansas hires former standout and NBA coach Jacque Vaughn as an assistant on Bill Self’s staff
WNBA/Women’s Basketball
Bueckers crosses another first off career list as homecoming leaves Wings with latest loss to Lynx
Clark vs. Reese is a genuine rivalry, and that's completely OK
Soccer
Vinícius won’t get involved as Valencia makes legal threats over racism claim in Netflix documentary
Tottenham beats Man United 1-0 for Europa League title and ends long trophy drought
Hockey
Stars score 3 PP goals in 5 1/2 minutes early in 3rd, rally to beat Oilers 6-3 in Game 1
Dallas Stars not getting shut out on power play in this West final against Oilers
Boxing/MMA/UFC/WWE
Manny Pacquiao unretiring at 46 to fight WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios in Las Vegas
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