Wednesday's Report: Scores, Alumni: Bleckley County's Mims, Honor roll; UGA, Tech, Falcons; College football, NFL, NBA, college basketball, hockey, WNBA, MLB, golf, NASCAR, soccer
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High Schools
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East Laurens 13, Dodge County 6
Washington County 21, Academy of Richmond County 0; Washington County 33, Warren County 0
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M-VMI 1, Mercer 0, Southern Conference tournament
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Around/About Central Georgia
MSOC-Mercer completes its first winless season since 1978.
Alumni Update
Bengals getting impact play from Amarius Mims, Ted Karras and the offensive line
Honor Roll
PBC MSOC: Middle Georgia State’s Andres tapped for All-PBC
PBC WSOC: GCSU’s Fagerstrom makes first team
GCAA WSOC: GMC JC takes top honors
Around/About Georgia
Chambliss has Georgia's full attention
Smart gives UGA injury updates on Robinson, Phillips Jr.
Smart explains why we've seen less of Georgia safety Kyron Jones
Georgia Tech’s disappointing season costs Brent Key contract extension
Falcons place DE Ebukam on injured reserve with a hamstring injury
State college basketball
Garland, Craft power Georgia Tech past Hampton
Takeaways From Georgia Tech's win
A Worthy Read
From VHS tapes to NIL: Ex-NFL star sees recruiting change firsthand
College Football/SEC
Sumrall wanted to make tackle in loss to Georgia
Kiffin 'sad' annual LSU-Alabama game to take hiatus in 2027
Missouri's Drinkwitz: 'I'm not a candidate' for Florida State job
Venables admits Oklahoma is 'embarrassing.' So was his contract extension
College Football/ACC
One of Bobby Bowden’s first QBs, Rick Stockstill in driver’s seat as Florida State’s interim coach
Florida State receiver Duce Robinson to have season-ending knee surgery
Ex-QB Wilson interviews with NC State, joins Rivers as HC candidate
College Football/Playoffs
Miami gets top spot in first CFP rankings, but Tide at 5 and Irish at 11 bring a collective ‘Huh?’
America finds out: Why the first CFP rankings of the season drop on election night
Three things we learned and one question
College Football/Tuesday night
Brune’s 91-yard TD rallies Ohio over Akron
Wright accounts for 4TDs to send Buffalo past Miami (Ohio) in OT
College Football
Freeman and Cristobal keeping messages smart and simple heading into Notre Dame-Miami showdown
Contract buyouts: thanks, Pat – great job on that extension
Michigan QB Carr to be starter for 'foreseeable future,' Whittingham says
Day: Everything up for evaluation after rare 2nd loss by No. 11 Ohio State
NFL/NFC
Minshew Mania might be a mirage, but Cardinals’ gritty culture is starting to look real
Barkley knows he doesn’t play for ‘big, bad Eagles anymore’ with team on 6-game losing streak
Ex-Lions LB reflects on life-altering injury after Jack Campbell hospitalized
Veteran kicker Carlson cut by Saints after posting 2nd-worst FG% in NFL
NFL/AFC
Raiders got a vintage comeback from Cousins. They may need his heroics in upcoming stretch
Chiefs rue another flag-filled loss, this time as a penalty wipes out the winning TD in Denver
The culture that Pittsburgh McCarthy wants to create may be taking shape for 6-2 Steelers
Ravens staring into the abyss after Jackson’s thumb injury — and he’s not the only QB hurt
Bills defense shows progress, though too early to gauge how much against QB-depleted Ravens
Broadcast
ESPN's Joe Buck, Troy Aikman headed for split
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Lamar Jackson out again? Zero completions for Baker Mayfield? Let's make sense of a weird Week 8
NBA Game night
Doncic scores 42 points in another brilliant game, leading the Lakers past the Heat
Curry scores 34 points as Warriors hold off Suns in testy game with three technicals
NBA/Basketball
Doncic is off to a spectacular offensive start for the Lakers with a string of 40-point games
College Basketball/Women
Kitts, Watkins impress in return to South Carolina
Mid-major player at Northwestern State ties NCAA/Clark record with 14 3-pointers
Roberson, Nelson lead No. 4 Duke past Green Bay
No. 15 TCU beats Oral Roberts for school’s largest margin of victory in season opener
No. 24 West Virginia survive Rhode Island behind Cooke’s career-high 28 points
College Basketball/Men
Florida shooting in defeat of Miami should have rest of country scared
Brown II scores 17 points and has 17 rebounds as No. 8 Tennessee beats Wofford
Wilkinson scores 23, Smith Jr. 20 as No. 12 Arkansas rolls Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Jemison, Fielder power No. 20 Alabama to win over Sam Houston State
No. 23 Kentucky beats Manhattan behind Momcilovic’s 24 points
Haggerty’s 22 points leads five in double figures as Texas A&M trounces Alabama State
Crowe Jr. scores 23 to help Missouri rout Cleveland State in season opener
Grant scores 19, UNC Greensboro beats Milligan
Hammond, Curry lead Virginia Tech over Coppin State
Fernandez’s 20 points pace South Carolina past Stetson
Dent’s double-double leads LSU over rebranded LSU New Orleans
College Basketball
Women’s college basketball is back: Our All-Americans, Final Four and title picks
A 58-to-1 shock: How East Texas A&M stunned Oklahoma in historic upset
NHL/Hockey
Sweden and Czechs join growing boycott of hockey world championship games against Russia
Canada’s prime minister says Russia not allowed at world juniors after 6 countries threaten boycott
Saros makes 29 saves to lead Predators over Hurricanes
Samberg lifts Jets past Canadiens with OT goal to complete comeback from 4-goal deficit
WNBA/Women’s Basketball
A quote on a mirror in Caitlin Clark’s childhood home inspires her new children’s book
Liberty fire coach Chris DeMarco after one disappointing season
Baseball/MLB
Weak MLB free agent class produces just 8 qualifying offers from teams
Major League Baseball proposes delaying salary cap start until 2028 in talks with players
Mariners hire Cubs farm director Kanzler as manager
Golf
Rahm says he would be willing to pay the same price as Koepka. Still missing is a PGA Tour offer
Europe starts its postseason in Middle East and 11 players chose not to go
Korda clinches LPGA player of the year and moves closer to LPGA Hall of Fame
Auto Racing
Hocevar suspended for season finale following on-track actions at Martinsville
Dodge announces its return to the NASCAR Cup Series beginning at the Daytona 500
Larson still feels NASCAR championship pressure despite comfortable lead for Homestead finale
Tennis
Djokovic overcomes scare late in 2nd set to beat Vacherot in Paris Masters 1st round
Soccer
Tenerife striker Jesús de Miguel dies at 30 after on-field collision
Spanish police investigating after death following on-field collision
Jesús de Miguel, a journeyman whose death after an in-game collision stunned Spanish soccer
Protest turns to cheers after Man United fans delayed Champions League tie by hurling tennis balls
High School
Ohio high school football playoff win erased after unusual ineligible-player scheme
Around the nation/world
A woman running the NYC marathon for charity dies 2 miles from the finish