Wednesday's Report: HS hoops scores; Hawks, Falcons GM, UGA; Soccer, betting, Super Bowl, NFL, college basketball, NBA/trades, college football, MLB, golf, tennis, Olympics

Wednesday's Report: HS hoops scores; Hawks, Falcons GM, UGA; Soccer, betting, Super Bowl, NFL, college basketball, NBA/trades, college football, MLB, golf, tennis, Olympics

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High Schools

(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)

🏀🏀🏀Girls Basketball🏀🏀🏀

Baldwin 44, Howard 26
          Kyra Leslie and Suri Clark teamed for 21 opints and 18 rebounds for Baldwin.

CFCA 44, Gatewood 40

Central 42, ACE 30
          Cay Mathias had 12 points and 7 rebounds to lead Central.

East Laurens 72, Dodge County 36
          Paige Ingram hit for half of Dodge County’s total.

Fullington 49, Twiggs 23

GMC Prep 58, Johnson County 39

Hancock Central 41, Glascock County 36

John Hancock 54, Covenant 28

John Milledge 40, Piedmont 37

Jones County 61, Union Grove 41

Lee County 75, Northside 40

Mary Persons 52, Upson-Lee 49

Monroe 75, Peach County 26

Southwest 42, Bleckley County 33

Stratford 59, Mount de Sales 40
          The Eaglettes led 37-10 at halftime. Camiyah Hudson led Stratford with 27. Da’Laila Lowe added 9 a week after the junior passed 1,000 points for her career.

Washington County 60, Dublin 38
          Jade Kitchens had 20 for the Golden Hawks while Aeria Hagans added 15.

Wheeler County 52, Hawkinsville 7

Westfield 60, Strong Rock 25

Westside 67, Pike County 26
          Senior guard Taylor Talton and sophomore wing Domoniuq Billue each had 24 for Westside, each only a bucket from Pike County’s total. Talton had five of Westside’s six 3-pointers while Billue had the other.

The Pirates were held to their second-fewest points of the season, by three points, and had more turnovers than points.

Wilcox County 65, Macon County 53

Windsor 57, Trinity Christian 54

🏀🏀🏀Boys Basketball🏀🏀🏀

Baldwin 70, Howard 32
          The Braves improved to 20-3 for their third straight 20-win season.

CFCA 80, Gatewood 37

Central 66, ACE 59
          Jarvis Williams led the Chargers with 20 opints, with 12 from Da’Vontae Rembert and 11 from David Evans as Central completed the sweep. Evans had 8 rebounds.

Central-Talbotton 53, Crawford County 51

Covenant 62, John Hancock 46

Dodge County 59, east Laurens 49
          The Indians won the battle of ranked teams for sole possession of second, behind 22 points from Kyler Johnson and 12 from Galvin Hilburn.

Greene County 56, Wilkinson County 51

Hancock Central 77, Glascock County 26

Jasper County 54, McNair 46

John Milledge 55, Piedmont 54

Mary Persons 54, Upson-Lee 46

Monroe 65, Peach County 63

Mount de Sales 61, Stratford 41

New Hampstead 59, Perry 58

Pike County 67, Westside 63

Southwest Atlanta 81, Lamar County 63

Southwest 64, Bleckley County 38

Tattnall 55, FPD 46
          Micah Clyde led the Trojans on Senior Night with 14 points, with 12 from Whit Davidson and 11 from Evan Boney. Jones Handberry led FPD with 15, Gavin Wilson adding 11.

Union Grove 69, Jones County 53

Ware County 59, Warner Robins 31

Washington County 52, Dublin 40

Wheeler County 71, Hawkinsville 49

Windsor 59, Trinity Christian 46
          The Knights retired the No. 1 of alum Anotnio McKinney, who led Windsor to the 2015 state championship with a 26-4 mark. He racked up loads of honors, and scored 1,031 points in 71 games. McKinney played in college at LaGrange and Thomas More, earning conference honors.

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(Colleges: Please post links to stories with social media posts, and team names instead of logos in graphics)

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Albany State 9, Georgia College 4

Emmanuel 6, Middle Georgia State 5

Pro

🏀🏀🏀NBA🏀🏀🏀

Atlanta 127, Miami 115

 

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Around/About Central Georgia

BSB-Albany State surprises Georgia College

Around/About Georgia

Johnson has triple-double and Hawks spoil Miami’s 2006 title celebration 

Heat fall amid chants of 'We want Giannis!'

Ryan, new GM Ian Cunningham bring aligned vision to Falcons front office

Dawgs lose assistant to Dallas Cowboys

Georgia’s Dontrell Glover, Bo Walker agree to pretrial intervention after theft charges

UGA's Jere Morehead 'just about there' on SEC needing its own set of rules

A Worthy Read

British soccer union wants fewer headers for pros, and none for kids, to protect players’ brains

Betting

Sports betting roundup: Seahawks start week as 4.5-point favorites over Patriots in Super Bowl

NFL/Super Bowl

Goodell doesn’t expect anything divisive from Bad Bunny at Super Bowl

Kubiak focused on Super Bowl, not Raiders job

Darnold’s season as a backup with the 49ers helped him reach the Super Bowl

59 Super Bowl rings, 59 stories

16 early numbers that could define Super Bowl LX

Biggest 2026 Super Bowl bets: Top 10 largest Super Bowl LX wagers still alive

4 lessons that can resonate for Steelers -- and entire NFL -- from Super Bowl participants

Patriots WR Boutte has big aspirations for offseason after Super Bowl

Super Bowl-bound Patriots follow in Mack Hollins' bare footsteps

NFL/NFC

Lions fan seeks more than $100 million in damages from DK Metcalf, others

Buccaneers hiring Indiana co-OC Chandler Whitmer

NFL/AFC

Monken gives passionate outline of his vision as he’s introduced as the Browns’ coach

NFL/USFL/UFL/Football

Goodell: NFL must re-evaluate minority hiring after just 1 head coaching job went to a minority

10 years of NFL Next Gen Stats has changed how the game is watched and played

Kraft snubbed by Pro Football Hall of Fame

Hurts leads NFC past AFC in high-scoring Pro Bowl Games flag football exhibition

College Basketball/SEC/ACC/South

Alabama college ‘deeply concerned’ after basketball coach handcuffed at game

Steven Pearl reacts to Gus Malzahn retirement

Copeland sets the table with 16 assists to send NC State past SMU

Texas beats South Carolina behind Swain’s 22 points, 10 rebounds

College Basketball/Men

Barnes jokingly questions if his players are betting on games, has immediate regrets

No. 3 UConn remains perfect in Big East play and extends winning streak to 18 by rolling past Xavier

Boozer leads No. 4 Duke over Boston College

Lewis, Thijs De Ridder lead No. 18 Virginia over Pitt

Dunlap’s career-high 22 points help No. 19 Saint Louis top Davidson for 16th straight win

No. 23 Miami (Ohio) extends winning streak to 23 games

Ament’s big 2nd half leads No. 25 Tennessee over Ole Miss

Roundup

NBA/Basketball

NBPA says arbitrator rules Rozier should receive $26.6M salary despite gambling charges

Kidd was fined $35,000 for blasting referees after a loss to the Rockets

Hornets' Lee sorry for 'foolish' collision with Ball

Edgecombe scores 25 in 76ers’ 4th straight win, 113-94 over Warriors with Curry sidelined

Hartenstein has first triple-double as Thunder roll to 128-92 win over Magic

Brown leads Celtics over Mavs 110-100 despite Flagg’s latest record for teenager

James and Doncic help Lakers rout Nets 125-109 in Austin Reaves’ return from injury

Collier has career-high 22 assists as Jazz beat Pacers 131-122 with 7 players

Roundup

NBA trades/moves

Harden to Cavs, Darius Garland to Clippers in deal of All-Star guards

Jackson Jr. traded from Memphis to Utah in 8-player deal that includes 3 draft picks

Huerter heads to East-leading Pistons in 4-player, 3-team deal

Warriors reportedly open to including Draymond Green in Giannis deal
NBA trade deadline updates: The dealing has begun!

College Football/SEC/ACC/Southeast

Auburn's Golesh on transfer tampering: 'There's no guardrails'

Jacksonville State to build new indoor practice facility

Stein calls out coaches tampering in college football: 'Follow the rule'

Hearing set for Feb. 12 in Chambliss eligibility case

College Football

Indiana high school wrestling coach being investigated by IHSAA after Marcus Freeman incident

Riley claims 'there's not just one part of the country paying players' with NIL changes

Third-year coach grades: Sanders gets 'C+'

Baseball/MLB

Sullivan: White Sox drop the ball in latest snub of Frank Thomas -- and the divorce might be permanent

Hockey

Maccelli scores 2 as Maple Leafs beat Oilers 5-2, head into Olympic break with 3 straight wins

Horvat’s 2nd goal of the game lifts the Islanders over the Penguins 5-4 in overtime

Olivier scores twice and Merzlikins has 1st shutout of season as Blue Jackets beat Devils

Tennis

Tennis has its Tiger, or Jordan, and it's Carlos Alcaraz

Golf

LPGA commish on TOC mess: Worried our athletes might be injured

‘I'm sorry': LPGA chief apologizes for ‘confusing' decision to shorten event

WM Phoenix Open picks 2026: Is anyone beating Scottie Scheffler?

LIV Golf to receive world ranking points: Answering 7 biggest questions

Soccer

LA28 announces stadiums from New York to California to host 2028 Olympic soccer matches

Olympic Sports

Speedskater Erin Jackson, bobsledder Frank Del Duca picked as US flag bearers for Winter Olympics

Winter Olympics Schedule

Beleaguered Milan Cortina ice hockey arena praised after first practice sessions

Japan sets up ’24/7' task force to combat online abuse during Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

Can Lindsey Vonn compete in Olympics with torn ACL? 'If anyone can do it, it's Lindsey.'

Scoreboards

NBA scores

Women’s college basketball scores/games

Men’s college basketball scores/games