Sunday’s Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

Part of Southwest basketball dynasty dies

          Head coaches get the attention, thanks very much to the work of assistants.

          Such was the case at Southwest under legendary Donald “Duck” Richardson, whose legendary status may not have reached quite the same level without Ronald Taylor.

          Taylor was a longtime assistant at Southwest during the Patriots’ glory days as a basketball powerhouse.

          Taylor died Thursday at the age of 69.

          He followed his coaching career with one in administration and counseling/advice, remaining in Bibb County and retiring after 31 years. The Indiana native held degrees from Ball State, Troy State, and Georgia.

          He is the second member of the Patriots family under Richardson to die recently. Terry Fair, part of the 1979 “national championship” team who went on to play at Georgia, died in January of natural causes.   

Sports  and George Floyd

Saturday’s compilation of the sports world and Floyd’s death

Former Hawk Sefolosha has been there

Michael Jordan: “truly pained and plain angry”

NBA’s Silver addresses recent incidents in memo

Pleas from Europe

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has experience on the subject, pens op-ed

College coaches begin making statements

Column: NFL statement’s concerns erased by actions with Kaepernick

Sports and COVID-19

Games, yes. Fans, no. What might that all look like?

NHL plans daily testing

Around the nation/world

Keselowski gets the win late

Eight years after leaving Syracuse, graduation

MJ’s expensive love letter to an actress

Experience will be huge in SEC after COVID slowdown