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.
He’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 group’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 Carter’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 “Bubba Noose”, other volatile social media offerings
Alabama, Saban release powerful video on racial injustice
Noose was real if hate crime wasn’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 ‘essential businesses’?
Boxing legend Duran, 69, hospitalized
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Around the nation/world
Reviewing documentary about USA Gymnastics abuse
Mickelson needn’t qualify for U.S. Open
Longtime ACC boss Swofford sets a retirement date