Tuesday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Jones County-Warner Robins tickets; Mercer, Tech hoops; Peach County's Jackson; and more
Tuesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Central Georgia’s only daily and complete Scoreboard is up in Coverage (where Tuesdays and Fridays will never be ignored)
Update on tickets and capacity for Jones County-Warner Robins is in Coverage.
Around/About Central Georgia
Mercer women roll past S.C. State
Georgia State hosts Mercer in rematch
Around/About Georgia
Peach County’s Jackson has become a go-to Bulldog
UGA LB Johnson enters transfer portal
Tech battles No. 15 Florida State, but falls
Georgia Southern hammers Carver
Sports and COVID
Indiana-Purdue lose rivalry game; Frisco Bowl out
More than half at Virginia Tech got virus
College Football
Signing period and game week collide
The “ifs” are out there for the committee, as always
For Alabama and Florida, it’s about Smith and Pitts
Rose Bowl still on schedule for semifinal
NFL
No local bubbles in postseason
Payton not worried about speaking out
College Basketball
VanDerveer passes Summitt on wins list
Florida’s Johnson speaking, talking to teammates
Around the nation/world
Nickname Watch: Washington, Cleveland … who’s next?
Art Briles resigns from high school job in Texas
Mayweather, Ali in boxing hall class
The Greek Freak and Milwaukee agree on supermax extension
Texas HS player and ref-attacker, and school, suspended