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

Former Tattnall standout admits testing positive

          In Coverage.

Second Mary Persons program is sidelined

          It was football a few weeks ago, and now softball at Mary Persons will be inactive after a member of the coaching staff tested positive for COVID-19.

          Football suspended workouts until June 7 after a player tested positive.

          According to a Monroe County Schools release, the unnamed coach will self-quarantine for two weeks. Workouts had yet to start, so no students have reportedly been in contact with the coach.

Signings

          Covenant grad and standout Ethan Abbott signed Tuesday to play basketball at Covenant College in Chattanooga.

          The sharpshooter was good on half of his 3-point attempts as a senior and left school with 1,508 points, 219 3-pointers, 642 single-season points, all program records. He also had 100 rebounds and 70 steals as a senior.

          He helped the Rams to a GAPPS state title as a junior and runner-up spot as a senior.

Around/About Georgia

UGA men’s hoops adds a few non-conference opponents of note

Braves mailbag: expectations on Hamels, etc.

Sports and racial awareness

Former MVPs move for change to MLB’s plaques and former commish’s name

Study: so few minority head coaches in Power 5 programs across the board

NASCAR keeps plugging away

Former Iowa player said it was a nightmare experience

Sports and COVID-19/Georgia

Travel basketball is back, though

Tennessee HS association starts thinking about adjustments, Georgia next?

Gwinnett will get the extra Braves

Sports and COVID-19

The minor-league season is canceled

Chattanooga among the cities suffering from the move

Arizona stops plan to bring athletes back

The latest on college teams reporting

Around the nation/world

The MLB player from Georgia who has mental problems and is homeless