Wednesday's Report: Houston County's Burress, Mercer, Georgia College, FVSU; Jones/Braves/HOF, Hawks, UGA, NL East; More OSU-ND, college 🏈&🏀, NFL, NBA, MLB, tennis

Wednesday's Report: Houston County's Burress, Mercer, Georgia College, FVSU; Jones/Braves/HOF, Hawks, UGA, NL East; More OSU-ND, college 🏈&🏀, NFL, NBA, MLB, tennis

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Alumni Update

Another preseason national honor for Houston County’s Burress

Around/About Central Georgia

Mercer’s First Pitch with Snitker rescheduled

Georgia College doubleheader postponed

Honor Roll: FVSU’s Senghore tapped by SIAC

Around/About Georgia

Andruw Jones not elected to Hall of Fame, needs push in final two years on ballot

Hawks rookie Zaccharie Risacher could miss another week because of injury

Georgia looks to get back on track at Arkansas

Updating Bulldogs' final college football poll rankings

Grading the NL East's offseason: Mets ace the test, Braves need help

College Football

Top 25: Ohio St, Notre Dame are 1-2 in final poll; Mississippi and BYU ahead of playoff teams

College Football/SEC/ACC/South

Why? Why is Meyer in College Football Hall of Fame but not in Gators Ring of Honor?

Bailey, former Tennessee quarterback, transfers to Florida 

College Football/Ohio State 34, Notre Dame 23 (box score)

Less than 2 months after heartbreaking loss to Michigan, Day and Ohio State have their vindication

How Ohio State won college football's national championship

Freeman falls short of breakthrough for Black coaches on historic day in America

'Uptown Funk,' Joe Burrow at OSU and more trends from Ohio State's last national championship

Day-Holtz feud: Why Ohio State coach lashed out at Notre Dame legend

"We hung in there like a family does when things get hard."

Notre Dame DC Golden on key catch: 'There's 15 other calls I could have made'

Notre Dame feels angry and motivated after loss 

College Football/Portal and draft

Ohio State backup QB Devin Brown transfers to Cal

College Football/Coaching carousel and moves

Ol’ Miss hires Stevens to Kiffin staff

NFL Playoffs

Bills finally make it back to AFC title game, where their playoff nemesis awaits in Kansas City

NFC championship game predictions: Who has the edge between Eagles, Commanders?

Is Mahomes vs. Allen already one of the great QB battles of NFL history?

NFL/USFL/UFL/Football

Allen advances while Lamar Jackson goes home, carrying the burden of another playoff loss

Texans believe they’re close to breaking through after another loss in divisional round of playoffs

Lions wanted more in playoffs and ended up with less, falling short of last year’s run

Texans coach Ryans says Boyd’s push of assistant coach Ross was not done in ‘disrespectful manner’

Andrews skips 2 media sessions following critical fumble in Ravens loss

Verse responds to jeers with 2 sacks of Hurts, but Eagles get last laugh in win over Rams

Harbaugh won’t ‘second-guess’ use of Derrick Henry in postseason loss

There’s regular-season Kelce and playoff Kelce. Regular-season Chiefs and playoff Chiefs, too

NFL/Carousel

Assistant coaches say interviewing during the NFL playoffs isn’t a distraction

With Ben Johnson on the move to Chicago, 5 head coaching vacancies remain

Vikings and O’Connell agree to a multiyear contract extension after a 14-win season

College Basketball/Women

UConn teammates Bueckers and Fudd looking to make up for lost time after injury-filled careers

Florida State’s Latson is AP women’s basketball player of the week

College Basketball/Men

Michigan’s May is trying to figure out Big Ten officiating, too

Parrish fuels rally as Ohio State snaps 3-game skid with win over No. 11 Purdue

Hildreth scores 20 to help Wake Forest beat UNC, win 6th in a row

Jefferson scores 30 points as No. 3 Iowa State runs past UCF 

Holloway and Dioubate score 22 each to lift No. 4 Alabama over Vanderbilt

No. 25 Louisville overwhelms SMU in first game in 4 years as a ranked team

No. 19 UConn holds off Butler in overtime to avoid a 2nd consecutive home loss

College Sports, the changing landscape

Indiana eliminates 25 athletic department jobs in preparation for revenue sharing, AP source says

NBA

In his hometown, Spurs’ Wembanyama dedicates a pair of new outdoor courts for kids to enjoy

Towns and Jalen Brunson carry Knicks

Simons and Ayton lead Trail Blazers over Heat

Tennis

Djokovic beats Alcaraz and gets closer to a 25th Grand Slam title

Swiatek overwhelms Navarro and will face Keys in the semifinals

Keys reaches Open semifinals with a win over Svitolina

Ivanisevic says he no longer will be coaching Rybakina after the Australian Open

There’s a screw loose at the Australian Open: Sinner’s win over Rune was delayed by a net problem

Gauff says she has a lot more work to do after loss to Paula Badosa at the Australian Open

Baseball/MLB

Suzuki, Sabathia and Wagner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Hall Of Fame Voting Percentages

Baseball Hall of Fame Year-by-Year Inductees

Young collector nabs rare Paul Skenes card that could offer him a hefty haul in trade with Pirates

Auto Racing

Save this: How to watch NASCAR on TV in 2025: Weekly listings guide

Golf

Thomas is asking fellow PGA Tour players to give more access to broadcast partners

Scoreboards

NFL scores/games

NBA scores/games

Women’s college basketball scores/games

Men’s college basketball scores/games