Monday's Report: Area colleges, Macon TD Club honorees; Falcons, Braves, UGA, Tech, Georgia Southern; College basketball, NBA, MLB, NFL, colleges, NASCR, golf, tennis, hockey

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Columbus State 4, Middle Georgia State 1
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Around/About Central Georgia
Macon Touchdown Club honors area, state players at Jamboree
New Auburn head coach Alex Golesh will get an up-front look at some of the top players in Central Georgia and the state at Monday night’s Macon Touchdown Club year-end jamboree.
The club will honor players from the county, area, and state at the banquet at the Methodist Home for Children and Youth.
Northeast quarterback Jordan Wiggins is the local Edgar Hatcher back of the year while Southwest’s Rinaldo Callaway – on campus at Rutgers – is the Bill Turner lineman of the year. Windsor’s Santiago Medina is the special teams player of the year.
Paul Carroll of GIAA Class 4A state champion Stratford is the local Marvin Davis coach of the year.
West Laurens’ record-setting running back Ty Cummings, headed to Georgia Southern, is the state Elmo A. Richardon player of the year. Thomas County Central’s Justin Rogers, formerly of Jones County, is the Bobby Pope state coach of the year.
The club’s state all-stars: Andrew Beard, Prince Avenue Christian; Elijah Patmon, Northside; Ta'Shawn Poole, Howard; Joshua Sam-Epelle, Douglas County; Ja'Bios Smith, Swainsboro; and Jaden Upshaw, Lee County.
Stratford’s state title team will also be recognized.
Around/About Georgia
Falcons plan to utilize Jalon Walker's off-ball versatility more in Year 2
Fuentes drawing comparisons to Strider in quest for rotation spot
Opening Day roster projection, Final edition
Bulldogs, Loflin dominate Linger Longer
State college baseball/softball
A&M thumps Georgia to avoid sweep
Tech pounces on Pitt for sixth series win
Georgia Southern pops Marshall for first Sun Belt W
College Basketball/SEC/ACC/South
UNC is evaluating its basketball program after another early March Madness exit under Hubert Davis
John Romano: Even with an NCAA loss, USF is a program on the rise. (Potentially)
What does another early March Madness exit mean for UNC basketball, Hubert Davis?
College Basketball/Men
Steele advocates for analytic scheduling change with high-majors
Vorel: Is Washington men's basketball doomed to mediocrity as NCAA Tournament misses pile up?
College Basketball/Coaching carousel and awards/teams
Providence brings in Bryan Hodgson from South Florida as men’s basketball coach
NBA/Basketball
Is LeBron James running out of records to chase? How his list of accomplishments keeps growing
Kevin Durant passes Michael Jordan for No 5 on NBA scoring list in Rockets’ win
Suns have 200th consecutive sellout, work to regain momentum as postseason approaches
Wizards guard Trae Young is out with multiple injuries, no timetable for return
Jokic posts his 35th triple-double as the Nuggets beat the Trail Blazers
Knicks rout Wizards to win their 6th straight and send Washington to its 16th straight loss
Baseball/MLB
Phillies reliever Robert 'stable and alert' after suffering cardiac event
Mets veteran Manaea will open the season in a relief role rather than the starting rotation
Phillies agree to 6-year contract with opening day starter Cristopher Sánchez
NFL/Football
Skattebo sorry for 'tasteless joke' on CTE, asthma
Bucs safety's fiancée helped woman hit by car
College Sports
Penn State cruises to 5th consecutive team title at NCAA men’s wrestling championships
FSU’s Isa Torres sees her NCAA record streak end after she gets 16 hits in 16 at bats
Auto Racing
Reddick wins at Darlington in 4th NASCAR win this season for Michael Jordan’s team
Golf
Fitzpatrick goes from disappointment to winning at Valspar Championship
Kim holds off Korda for a wire-to-wire win in the Founders Cup
DeChambeau wins again by beating Rahm in a LIV playoff in South Africa
Tennis
Wimbledon introduces video review on six courts for this year’s tournament
Alcaraz loses to Korda in the third round of the Miami Open
Hockey
Panthers’ A.J. Greer suspended for 3 games for shoving Flames’ Connor Zary into the boards
Smith’s late goal lifts Vegas past Dallas 3-2 and denies Stars’ bid to clinch a playoff berth
Forsberg scores twice including in OT to lift Predators over Blackhawks for a 4th straight win
Avalanche beat Capitals in OT after Alex Ovechkin scores his 1,000th NHL goal counting playoffs
Sorokin has NHL-leading 7th shutout, Horvat’s early goal stands as Islanders edge Blue Jackets
WNBA/Women’s basketball
What the 2026 WNBA CBA means for league, players, salaries
Here's how much money Caitlin Clark is set to make under the new WNBA CBA
Boxing/UFC/MMA/WWE
2-time Olympic boxer Michael Conlan says time to ‘walk away’ after loss to Brockton’s Kevin Walsh
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