Tuesday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Hawks, Tech, state prep fb openings; COVID, college FB and BKB, NFL, NBA
Tuesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
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Around/About Georgia
Hawks, Suns try to get back on track
Richt fired, and Alabama gets Mac Jones and DeVonta Smith (yes)
Georgia State losing key defender to transfer
Crisp County, Harber suddenly part ways
And Carrollton surprisingly has an opening
Sports and racial/social awareness
Rapinoe to rioter in USWNT shirt: “Don’t bring that (deleted) here”
Sports and COVID
Tuscaloosa mayor disappointed in downtown crowds
College Football
How long does Bama remain untouchable?
Mac Jones: Alabama legend in one year
Tuscaloosa mayor disappointed in downtown crowds
Tennessee picks up Auburn DC Steele
But UT RB Chandler still transferring
Sark off to a quiet start: They will sing “Eyes of Texas”
Rough going early for South Carolina’s Beamer
QB openings may shake up power structure in 2021
NFL
Seahawks fire OC Schottenheimer
Cleveland waits COVID returns, holds breath
College Basketball
Young Oklahoma State knocks off No. 6 Kansas
Kentucky baseball player, basketball walk-on dies suddenly
NBA
League to quarantine for two weeks
Durant’s 34 sparks Nets 18-point comeback
Sixers need OT despite Embiid’s 45
Nets, NBA look into AWOL Irving at party
Divorce coming for Harden and Rockets?
Around the nation/world
Sharks to open NHL season on the road, for a while
Men’s college basketball scoreboard
Women’s college basketball scoreboard