Wednesday's Report: GHSA softball/volleyball, colleges; Falcons, UGA, Tech, Braves, Dream/Finals; World Series, college football, NFL, college basketball, NBA, golf, NHL, soccer
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(Teams: Please post first and last names, and names are preferred over social media handles (they know who they are, most people don’t) and post team names, not mascots)
High Schools
🥎 🥎 🥎 Softball🥎 🥎 🥎
GHSA Playoffs
AA: Bacon County 6, Bleckley County 0; Bacon County 10, Bleckley County 0
A: Johnson County 6, GMC Prep 4
Down 4-0 after 3, the Bulldogs got within 2 after B Blackwell’s bases-loaded triple, but stranded a one-out double in the bottom of the seventh in the series finale.
🏈🏈🏈Flag football🏈🏈🏈
Athens Academy 26, Hancock Central 6
Central 20, Rutland 0; Central 7, Kendrick 6
Dodge County 32, Claxton 0
Mount de Sales 19, Calvary Christian 7; Mount de Sales 27, Heritage 7
Northeast 13, Spalding 12
Northside 35, Southwest 0
🏐 🏐 🏐 Volleyball 🏐 🏐 🏐
GHSA playoffs
6A: No. 12 Dunwoody 3, No. 5 Veterans 2
4A: No. 6 Mary Persons 3, No. 22 Liberty County 0
A-AA: No. 7 Model 3, No. 10 ACE Charter 0
🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
(Colleges: Please post links to stories with social media posts, and team names instead of logos in graphics)
⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽
M-GMC JC 7, Emory-Oxford 0
M-Jacksonville 3, Mercer 2
⛳⛳⛳Golf⛳⛳⛳
M-Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate, Mercer
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Around/About Central Georgia
MSOC-Mercer breaks scoreless drought
Around/About Georgia
Chicago the latest team to hijack Atlanta’s home and win the loud crowd battle
Daniels receives positive news after injury
Smart pushes back against the idea Stockton was concussed
Georgia injury report: Latest on Bolden, RB room
Tech’s Key looks back, looks ahead
Snyder prepares Hawks for Sweeney’s Magic debut
Final Atlanta starting lineup and rotation projection
4 Braves nominated for Gold Gloves
WNBA Finals: Atlanta vs. Golden State
Reese determined to lead something special for Atlanta Dream starting on big WNBA Finals stage
Finals and the national anthem: The rules and why some teams stay on the court and others don’t
A Worthy Read
NASCAR legend diagnosed with CTE, lived '35 years of constant heartbreak'
MLB Playoffs
AL champion Rays were mainly built by wise trades and low-cost signings
Brewers manager Murphy’s former college players say his MLB success hasn’t surprised them
Can the Miz get his groove -- and his whiffs -- back?
Baseball/MLB
Japanese slugger Teruaki Sato seeking a move to Major League Baseball
College Football/SEC
Texas bans fan after viral confrontation with Florida football players
Who replaces Xavier Atkins? Auburn's linebacker options examined
Beamer talks about Tennessee's quarterback situation
Did MacIntyre, Tennessee know Alabama's defense plan?
College Football/ACC
Florida Bar places employee on leave over ‘morally reprehensible’ comments to Miami football player
Swinney teaches QB Reynolds history lesson
College Football/South
Florida Atlantic announces promotion featuring beers as cheap as $1 during Saturday game
College Football/Thursday
Price’s late TD helps Marshall edge South Alabama
Minicucci throws for 5 TDs, runs for another as Delaware beats Missouri St. 61-38 to end 3-game skid
Brown and Bourgeois power Middle Tennessee past Florida International
College Football
'The JMU Way': Why James Madison keeps winning, no matter who's in charge
Ohio State QB Sayin out indefinitely after injuring throwing arm
Lanning says ‘appropriate action’ will be taken after wide receiver’s arrest
Michigan expected to start QB Carr over Underwood vs Indiana
Why Charlie Becker apologized to Ryan Day after Indiana-Ohio State
Rhule says Nebraska likely a top-10 team if not for 4th-quarter breakdowns against Hoosiers, Ducks
Indiana is no longer a team that looks for moral victories
College Sports, the changing landscape
Louisiana AG calls SEC argument that LSU basketball could add ex-pro a ‘Hail Mary’ in court filing
NFL/NFC
Mayfield might not be able to save the Buccaneers’ season
Young and the Panthers might be starting to learn how to deliver the knockout punch
Giants release running back Harris after two-carry, 4-yard game
Hurts playing with blood clots deserves scrutiny
Commanders’ McLaurin to miss remainder of season with torn patellar tendon in left knee
Cowboys are stacking uninspired performances, and that doesn’t bode well for Schottenheimer
NFL/AFC
Jaguars appear ready to phase out speedy receiver Brian Thomas Jr. after Wembley woes
Payton stands by Bo Nix amid a season-long funk: ‘No’ QB change for Broncos
Baltimore’s loss in Cleveland showed offensive limitations that only Jackson might be able to fix
Titans release defensive tackle Jordan Elliott after an incident at the team facility
Renck: How much longer can Broncos' Nix play like this?
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
NFL defends Eagles’ handling of Jalen Hurts’ blood clots while union calls for an investigation
Key moments in Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts being diagnosed with blood clots in his lungs
Saints players in Paris say they’ll steer clear of protest hotspots ahead of Steelers game
College Basketball
South Carolina is No. 1 in women’s preseason AP Top 25, followed by UConn and USC
Kansas sets Big 12 media day buzzing with Trey Kaufman-Renn signing weeks before the season
Florida faces early questions after preseason No. 1 ranking
NBA Opening Night
Season tips off with Pistons rallying to beat Celtics and spoil George’s debut
76ers win opening game with James and Brown, beating NBA champion Knicks
James talks smack with Knicks fans, drops 14 points
George scores 38 points in a losing debut with the Celtics
Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder roll past Spurs in first matchup since conference finals defeat
NBA/Basketball
NBA opens season with 125 international players on rosters. France, Canada lead the way
Champion Knicks celebrate 2 titles on a banner night in Madison Square Garden
James’ move to Philadelphia makes 76ers the betting favorite out of the East
Achilles tear abruptly ends Ben Simmons' NBA and Australian national team comebacks
Hornets secure Miller with a 5-year, $209 million contract extension, AP source says
Golf
A cancer survivor and a man with an arm full of tattoos among the Korn Ferry graduates to PGA Tour
Steelman learned to build golf clubs as a teen and it hasn’t left him
Tennis
Swiatek risks missing WTA Finals after withdrawing injured from Ningbo Open
Hockey
Penguins forward Ben Kindel hospitalized in Utah after having medical emergency on team flight
Matthews reaches 700 games, scores to help the Maple Leafs beat the Blue Jackets
Soccer
PSG-Barcelona match in Champions League to go ahead amid shock over France’s violent unrest
‘Ruthless’ teen Ngumoha inspires Liverpool comeback in Champions League
Man City fans stay away from 5-1 Champions League rout of AEK Athens
Scoreboards