Friday's Report: Scores, Central Georgia Tech; Braves' Opening Day, Falcons, UGA, Georgia Southern; NCAA basketball, NBA, MLB, college football, NFL, NASCAR, golf, tennis, hockey, boxing
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High Schools
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ACE 9, Dublin 8
Bleckley County 15, Northeast 0
David Emanuel 18, Covenant 0; David Emanuel 4, Covenant 0
Dodge County 15, Montgomery County 0
FPD 9, Stratford 6, 9 inn.
The visiting Vikings overcame a 5-run deficit to win in 9.
GMC JC 17, Twiggs County 0
GSIC 17, Wilkinson County 9; GSIC 15, Wilkinson County
John Milledge 18, Piedmont 4
Mary Persons 4, Sandy Creek 1
Tattnall 11, Mount de Sales 0
Thomas Jefferson 15, John Hancock 3
West Laurens 15, Howard 4
Whitewater 16, Upson-Lee 1
Wilcox County 7, Crawford County 5
Windsor 17, Chattahoochee 2
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Girls
Bleckley County 3, East Laurens 0
CFCA 5, Westfield 0
George Walton 11, Tattnall 1
Houston County 4, Coffee 0
Jefferson County 1, Dublin 0
Lamar County 5, Social Circle 2
Mary Persons 3, Northside 2
Perry 7, Warner Robins 0
The Panthers rolled to their 6th region title in a row behind 2-goal nights from Mia Mathis and Rylee Beasley.
St. George’s 11, Windsor 1
Stratford 7, Bulloch 0
TCSG 3, Piedmont 2
Boys
Bleckley County 2, East Laurens 0
CFCA 2, St. George’s 0
Coffee 2, Houston County 0
Dublin 2, Jefferson County 1
George Walton 3, Tattnall 2
Lamar County 2, Social Circle 1
Perruy 4, Warner Robins 1
Stratford 4, Bulloch 1
West Laurens 2, Baldwin 0
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G-Brookstone 5, Stratford 0
B-Brookstone 3, Stratford 2
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Honor Roll
Central Georgia Tech’s Gordon honored
Around/About Georgia
Falcons bolster running back position by signing Brian Robinson Jr. and Tyler Goodson
Georgia using Sugar Bowl loss as extra motivation during offseason
MBKB-Georgia Southern extends Henry 4 years
WBKB-And loses Haden to Memphis
Opening Day: Kansas City at Atlanta
Braves' 2026 Opening Day roster
What to know about Royals-Braves Opening Day
Braves are relying on veteran Chris Sale to provide stability for a rotation ravaged by injuries
Weiss: “Braves will be much more aggressive base runners this season”
Xfinity reaches deal to carry Braves games on BravesVision
Baldwin will DH on Opening Day, Heim will catch
Why Braves' rotation injuries are no reason to panic
A Worthy Read
Tommy Tuberville boasts new bill will fix ’80 percent’ of NIL, transfer issues
War and Sports
Iran forbids its sports teams from traveling to ‘hostile’ countries
College Basketball/SEC/ACC/South
Oats addresses Alabama future amid UNC rumors: 'I'm not looking to leave'
College Basketball/Women
New Pat Summitt documentary is a very enjoyable watch, but incomplete
College Basketball/Men
Pitino doubles down on blue blood take: 'There's no difference between NC State and North Carolina'
College Basketball/Coaching carousel and awards/teams
LSU fires Will Wade’s successor
Georgia Southern’s Hana Haden hired as Memphis women’s basketball coach
Boston College hires UConn assistant Luke Murray, son of actor Bill Murray, as basketball coach
Huss promises to make Creighton leaders ‘look smart’ for making him successor to Greg McDermott
Iowa State's T.J. Otzelberger says 'speculation' about other jobs is 'not true'
After 4 straight tourney trips, 'Bama women’s coach bolts ... for mid-major
NBA/Basketball
Silver insists NBA will ‘fix’ tanking issue before next season, says he likes 65-game rule
Bulls guard Jaden Ivey and forward Jalen Smith will miss the rest of the season because of injuries
Magic stop 6-game losing streak by beating Kings 111-107 behind 30 points from Banchero
Knueppel scores 26 as Hornets snap Knicks’ 7-game win streak
Jalen Duren’s 30-point double-double leads Pistons past Pelicans
MLB Opening Day
Benge homers in big league debut to help Mets pound Pirates
Skenes did what and his ERA is how big?
Automated Ball-Strike System sees 60.7% success rate in first games
Crawford gets 2 hits in anticipated debut for Phillies. His All-Star father hopes for 3,000
Trout homers to kick off what he hopes will be a healthy 2026 as Angels blank Astros
Sánchez strikes out 10 in 6 shutout innings, Bohm, Schwarber go deep in Phillies’ 5-3 win over Texas
Nationals beat Cubs 10-4 on opening day for manager Blake Butera’s first win with the team
McGonigle begins his career with 4 hits in Tigers’ 8-2 win over Padres on opening day
Roundup
Baseball/MLB
Second baseman Nico Hoerner agrees to 6-year deal with Cubs
College Football/SEC/ACC/Southeast
Alabama QB Simpson says he’s ‘absolutely’ a first-round pick after his pro day workout
Venables reveals spring status of multiple key players
What Heupel liked about defense, QBs in Tennessee scrimmage
College Football
Cignetti rips WR transfer Nick Marsh for gold cleats in early 'wake-up call'
Whittingham compares Bryce Underwood to Cam Newton
Stalions hints at hopeful return to Michigan amid Will Wade taking LSU job
NFL/NFC
Nacua denies woman's claim that he made antisemitic comment, but says biting her was 'horseplay'
NFL/AFC
Bills sign 3 players, including veteran interior offensive linemen Corbett and Cushenberry
Auto Racing
Joe Gibbs Racing alleges Spire cheated with stolen data from former competition director
Verstappen demands journalist leave media session at Japanese Grand Prix
NASCAR at Martinsville: Key information, links, results for spring weekend
Golf
Waring trying to get his game on track and leads in Houston by one shot over Woodland
Ko posts career-low 60 and only leads by 1 shot in LPGA’s Phoenix stop
‘Got our ass kicked': Tiger Woods misses crucial short putt in failed TGL return
Tennis
Sabalenka, Sinner keep 'Sunshine Double' in sight with Miami Open wins
Gauff easily advances to Miami Open finals at Hard Rock Stadium
Paul gives reaction after falling to Arthur Fils in deciding set tiebreak in Miami
Townsend explains what her relationship with Naomi Osaka is really like on tour
Hockey
Kindel nets shootout winner as Penguins lose Crosby but squeeze past Senators
Crosby leaves the Penguins’ game early in the second period with a lower-body injury
Wild beat Panthers 3-2 on Joel Eriksson Ek’s goal with 4.4 seconds left
Flyers beat the Blackhawks 5-1 after 2 goals in the first 2:33
Ovechkin’s hat trick powers Capitals’ rally against Mammoth
Roundup
Soccer
FIFA announces latest phase of World Cup ticket sales
Mbappé shakes off knee injury and sparks France’s 2-1 World Cup tuneup win over Brazil
Why Mauricio Pochettino wants the USMNT's 'right 26 — not the best'
Italy beats Northern Ireland 2-0 in World Cup playoff semifinal. Gyökeres gets hat trick for Sweden
Bolivia rallies past Suriname 2-1 to reach a 2026 World Cup playoff final against Iraq
Olympic Sports
Vonn won't 'close door' on skiing again
Transgender women athletes banned from female Olympic events by new IOC policy
Boxing/UFC/MMA/WWE
Sebastian Fundora big favorite to retain the WBC super welterweight title against Keith Thurman
Colby Covington admits to regrets amid UFC's long, winding White House saga
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