Monday's Report: Mercer, Georgia College, MGSU; UGA/Freeling, Hawks, hoops; College 🏀/🏈, NBA, NFL/combine, MLB, soccer, golf, NASCAR
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Georgia College 15, USC Beaufort 5
North Georgia 14, Middle Georgia State 3
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Mercer 5, Tennessee State 4
Pro
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Atalnta 135, Portland 101
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Around/About Central Georgia
BSB-Bobcats complete the series sweep of Sand Sharks
BSB-Kamaka’s big game clinches sweep for Mercer
Around/About Georgia
Georgia OT Freeling steals the show at NFL Combine
Hawks score 44 points in the 1st quarter and rout the Trail Blazers
February finish puts Georgia basketball in strong March Madness position
State college basketball
Carnegie, Woolfolk power No. 23 Georgia women in 71-58 victory over Florida
State college baseball/softball
Georgia edges Oakland in series finale
Tech mashes 5 bombs, sweeps Northwestern
UGA SB finishes off Bulldog Classic with romp
A Worthy Read
Miami teacher uses football to teach character, earns Hall of Fame award
College Sports, the changing landscape
Can Trump fix college sports? Can't sell plan if SEC, Big Ten don't want to hear it
Purdue's Bakyne Coly sues NCAA for additional season of eligibility
College Basketball/SEC/ACC/South
What returned for Clemson basketball just in time to preserve March Madness hopes
Carlyle’s 19 lead Florida Atlantic past Charlotte in OT
Enis’ 25 help South Florida knock off Tulane
Riley has 31 points, 12 rebounds as East Carolina defeats Memphis
College Basketball/Women
Fudd helps No. 1 UConn rout St. John’s for 47th consecutive victory
No. 2 UCLA complete undefeated Big Ten regular season with 73-50 win over USC
No. 3 South Carolina holds off No. 16 Kentucky
Booker scores 21 to lead No. 4 Texas women over No. 24 Alabama
Blakes’ 34 points lead No. 5 Vanderbilt past Tennessee
No. 6 LSU beat Mississippi State in regular-season finale
Beers scores 23 points to help No. 7 Oklahoma beat Missouri
No. 9 Iowa beats Wisconsin to secure the No. 2 seed in the Big Ten Tournament
Hidalgo scores 30 points and Notre Dame tops No. 10 Louisville
No. 11 TCU repeat as outright Big 12 champs with win over Baylor for 42nd in a row at home
Aarnisalo, Harris help No. 21 UNC beat No. 12 Duke in rivalry rematch
Cambridge scores 33 to lift No. 13 Ohio State over No. 15 Michigan State
Shaw hits career-high 24 as No. 17 West Virginia beat Cincinnati
Bristow scores 18 for No. 20 Texas Tech in win over Arizona State
Texas A&M defeat No. 19 Mississippi, will take 5-game win streak to SEC Tournament
College Basketball/Men
Calipari matches the worst loss of his career and wishes it ‘would have gone faster’
USC 2nd-leading scorer Baker-Mazara abruptly out of the program with no explanation
Ohio State revives NCAA Tournament hopes with victory over No. 8 Purdue
Lewis makes seven 3s as Saint Mary’s beats No. 9 Gonzaga to share WCC regular-season title
Kohler, Fears each score 21 points to help No. 13 Michigan St. top Indiana
2026 Winter Olympics/Milan Cortina
Knight delivers joke during ‘SNL’ appearance featuring US men and women hockey gold medal winners
Hyde: Why did such Olympic fun need such political fury?
NBA/Basketball
Grizzlies center Edey headed for another operation on his ailing left ankle
Jokic reacts to Lu Dort trip after altercation: 'Unnecessary move. And a necessary reaction.'
Knicks snap the Spurs’ 11-game winning streak
Giddey has triple-double, Bulls use 27-0 run to beat Bucks and stop 11-game slide
Cunningham, Harris help NBA-leading Pistons beat Magic for 6th straight road victory
Harden scores 22 points with broken thumb, leads Cavaliers over the Nets 106-102
Baseball/MLB
De La Cruz thought Reds were going to sign Kyle Schwarber: ‘Was going to be fun’
Royals reportedly sign 2-time All-Star outfielder Marte to 1-year deal
Mets infielder Kessinger expected to miss at least 8 to 12 weeks with a hamstring injury
Top prospect Griffin homers again for the Pirates against St. Louis
College Football/SEC/ACC/Southeast
Livvy Dunne teams up with Kiffin for unlikely TikTok video
Why Morris was confident he could be Clemson, Dabo Swinney's OC again
College Football
Colorado quarterback Dominiq Ponder dies in a single-car crash at age 23, police say
Fitzgerald reveals biggest hurdle he has faced in recruiting at Michigan State
NFL Combine
Sunday at the combine: Draft experts pick risers, standouts at every position
What we learned about the linebacker class at the combine
Fano, Styles brothers take sibling rivalries to NFL scouting combine
Polarizing QB Pavia not toning it down at combine
NFL/AFC
Steelers to replace Acrisure Stadium grass, which received F- grade in survey
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Sanchez accused of being on multiple drugs during stabbing incident
Lions' Terrion Arnold 'had no involvement whatsoever' in alleged crimes, lawyer claims
Auto Racing
Reddick makes NASCAR history at COTA with 3rd straight win to start the season
Golf
Echavarria wins the Cognizant Classic with a flawless weekend after Lowry melts down late
Hockey
LA Kings fire coach Hiller and name Smith as the interim replacement
Lee scores in final minute, Schaefer has 2 more goals as the Islanders beat the Panthers
Soccer
President of Iran’s soccer federation says World Cup participation in US is in doubt
Heaps and Shaw score as USWNT blanks Argentina 2-0 in SheBelieves Cup
Messi, Telasco Segovia rally Inter Miami to 4-2 victory over Orlando City
Canada beats Colombia 4-1 in SheBelieves Cup women’s soccer opener
New laws to help speed up soccer will be in effect at the World Cup
Olympic Sports
Durant’s LA 2028 hopes land on Spoelstra’s desk, and the US Olympic coach is listening
Scoreboards