Thursday's Daily News 'n Notes: Henley off to a good start; more Wallace/noose updates; plenty of COVID-19 news; Mercer dominates honor roll; and more

Thursday's Daily News 'n Notes: Henley off to a good start; more Wallace/noose updates; plenty of COVID-19 news; Mercer dominates honor roll; and more

Thursday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media. Updates will be noted, so check back.

 

Henley on the fringe of the top 10

          One round of the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn., is in the books, and Russell Henley is in contention.

          Henley is among six tied for 11th with a 65, five strokes behind leader Mackenzie Hughes and his lowest round of the season. He started on No. 10, and had only one bogey, on 17, to go with six birdies.

          Heā€™s on a much better path than a year ago, when he shot 74 and 71 and missed the cut, part of such a streak over four straight tournaments and five out of six.

 

Honor Roll

Mercer loads up the Southern Conference honor roll

 

Around/About Central Georgia

One groupā€™s 2020 college football All-American team (includes a Central Georgian)

 

Around/About Georgia

Vince Carter makes official what really happened in March

An honor for the Hawks to be Carterā€™s final team

The Braves through 60 last season

Smoltz OK with some MLB rule changes for 2020

 

Sports and racial awareness/Georgia

Trae Young joins NBA talks on social justice

 

Sports and racial awareness

Racetrack owner in N.C. posts add for a ā€œBubba Nooseā€, other volatile social media offerings

Alabama, Saban release powerful video on racial injustice

Noose was real if hate crime wasnā€™t; NASCAR releases pic

Points system dictated stalls at Talladega

 

Sports and COVID-19

Is Florida the best and safest place to get things going?

Houston Astros owner taking greed amid pandemic to a new level

Football Hall of Fame ceremonies to be combined in 2021

South Carolina high school boss is losing optimism about the fall

Virginia high schools in a holding pattern

Are sports legitimately ā€˜essential businessesā€™?

Boxing legend Duran, 69, hospitalized

 

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Around the nation/world

Reviewing documentary about USA Gymnastics abuse

Mickelson neednā€™t qualify for U.S. Open

Longtime ACC boss Swofford sets a retirement date

His stint with the league has been highly underrated

Bethune-Cookman moving from MEAC to SWAC