The Pac-12 has become the second major conference to shift to a conference-only fall schedule amid growing concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves have released their 2020 Major League Baseball schedule.
The Big Ten Conference announced Thursday it will not play nonconference games in football and several other sports this fall, the most dramatic move yet by a power conference because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Blue Devils were ready for this.
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THOMASTON — Georgia high school sports practices will remain as they are, at least for a few more days.
The Ivy League on Wednesday became the first Division I conference to suspend all fall sports, including football, leaving open the possibility of moving some seasons to the spring if the coronavirus pandemic is better controlled by then.
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TIFTON — Tiftarea Academy resumed football workouts in June and head coach Erik Soliday reported a good first month being back on the field.
TORONTO — The Canadian Football League has not begun the 2020 season, but Tifton native Larry Dean is eligible now for an award.
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TIFTON — For the last month, Georgia high schools have been allowed to get out on the practice field.
TIFTON — The Georgia High School Association opened conditioning practice back up in June, the resumption of sports for the first time since stopping it three months ago.
WASHINGTON (AP) — NASCAR’s layered relationship with President Donald Trump took a sharp turn Monday when Trump blasted the series for banning the Confederate flag and wrongly accused the sport’s only full-time Black driver of perpetrating “a hoax” when a crew member found a noose in the tea…
ATLANTA (AP) — Former Cy Young winner Félix Hernández has opted out of the 2020 season, at least temporarily ending his bid to revive his career with the Atlanta Braves.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Braves four-time All-Star Freddie Freeman, premier reliever Will Smith and two teammates have tested positive for the coronavirus, a jarring hit to the NL East champions less than three weeks before the start of the pandemic-delayed season.
TIFTON — Tift County High School has announced volleyball tryouts for the 2020 season.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodger Stadium’s 40-year wait to host the All-Star Game is going to last even longer.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Redskins are undergoing a “thorough review” of their nickname.
It’s about time.
VALDOSTA — On his 18th birthday, Justin Rome took another step toward his dream.
THOMASTON — Georgia high school sporting practices will look much the same at the conclusion of dead week, but coaches and players will have one notable change when they return: competition among themselves.
NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball's minor leagues canceled their seasons Tuesday because of the coronavirus pandemic, and the head of their governing body said more than half of the 160 teams were in danger of failing without government assistance or private equity injections.
TIFTON — Tift County High softball will soon make the next step towards to the 2020 season. The middle and high school teams have scheduled tryouts in July.
THOMASTON — Next week is “dead week” for Georgia High School Association athletic teams. The league currently has no changes from its current COVID-19 guidelines, but Executive Director Robin Hines said that could change.
Phillie Phanatic, phenomenal. Mr. Met and Mariner Moose, marvelous. Wally the Green Monster, welcome back.
This week’s Friday Flashback goes up the road to Tiftarea Academy and a doubleheader sweep from 2018.
Vince Carter made his retirement official on Thursday, announcing on his podcast that his 22-year NBA career has come to an end.
THOMASTON — The Georgia High School Association published a brief update this week concerning ongoing conditioning workouts.
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball issued a 60-game schedule Tuesday night that will start July 23 or 24 in empty ballparks as the sport tries to push ahead amid the coronavirus pandemic following months of acrimony.
TIFTON — The Tift County Recreation Department has reopened several of its program areas.
THOMASTON — Big changes will be coming to Georgia high school basketball. The Georgia High School Association passed a proposal Tuesday at its spring meeting to introduce the shot clock across the state.
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball plans to unilaterally issue a 60-game schedule for its shortest season since 1878 after the players' association rejected a negotiated deal of the same length, putting the sport on track for a combative return to the field amid the coronavirus pandemic.
EVANS, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia high school athletic director is under investigation, his district said, after he posted a racially insensitive photo on Facebook that trivializes violence perpetrated by the Ku Klux Klan against African Americans.
Federal authorities on Monday confirmed they are investigating the discovery of a noose found in the Talladega Superspeedway garage stall of Bubba Wallace, NASCAR's only Black full-time driver who successfully pushed the stock car series to ban the Confederate flag at its venues earlier this month.
TIFTON — Jamia Level is going from Lady Devil to Lady Bison. She recently signed to play basketball with Southern Union (Ala.).
THOMASTON — The Georgia High School Association issued significant updates Wednesday to its summer conditioning rules.
This week’s Friday Flashback was its own bit of nostalgia when it happened. Today’s featured game is the Jan. 8, 2016, basketball game between the Tift County Lady Devils and Worth County.
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TIFTON — Lady Devils basketball star Nicky Jones is taking her talents to the next level. The Tift County senior recently signed with Cleveland State (Tenn.).
ATLANTA — Spencer Shaw has been named Positive Athlete Georgia’s State-Wide winner for swimming and diving.
Georgia cornerback Champ Bailey, Syracuse defensive end Dwight Freeney and Kansas State running back Darren Sproles will appear on the College Football Hall of Fame ballot for the first time.
TIFTON — Tift County spent its first week back on the field for football practice and head coach Ashley Anders likes what he sees.
NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says there might be no major league games this year after a breakdown in talks between teams and the players' union on how to split up money in a season delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.
THOMASTON — The Georgia High School Association will finally hold its spring meeting June 23. Up for proposal is a significant change to high school basketball.
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THOMASTON — The Georgia High School Association has made an adjustment to its summer conditioning rules.
In this photo Friday Flashback, we take a look at what turned out to be a pretty fun 2018 football game for Tift County.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — College football is still months away and Rashod Bateman is already an All-American.
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LaGRANGE — The sense of community at LaGrange College is second to none.
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball’s amateur draft began Wednesday night with the first of a pandemic-shortened five rounds. Here's a capsule look at the first 10 players selected:
TIFTON — The athletic fields of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College are quiet now. Athletic director Alan Kramer said to expect them to remain that way at least a few weeks longer.
ATLANTA (AP) — Running back Todd Gurley has passed his physical, clearing the final hurdle for his return to Georgia with the Atlanta Falcons.
OCILLA — Irwin County’s football home will be getting a new name this fall when the stadium will be named for late head coach Buddy Nobles.
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