Sunday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; playoff pairings, Henley; Jordan to visit TD Club; United, UGA/Tech, KSU; college FB (Mullen), BKB, NFL, NBA
Sunday'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.
In Coverage: Updated GHSA and GISA playoff pairings
Coming Monday: Macon TD Club winners; Monday Morning Quarterback
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W-Georgia 73, Alabama State 43
M-Georgia State 74, High Point 66
M-Wofford 70, Georgia Southern 52
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Macon TD Club welcomes Brian Jordan
Former Atlanta Falcon – and Braves – Brian Jordan is Monday’s speaker at the Macon Touchdown Club.
The club meets at the Methodist Home for Children and Youth, in the Rumford Center, at 304 Pierce Ave. It starts at 6:30 p.m. with dinner and the program to begin around 7. Admission for non-members is $30.
Rutland is the featured high school. Author and ESPN senior writer Mark Schlabach is next week’s speaker in the final meeting of the season. Georgia’s Kirby Smart makes his annual visit in the jamboree in February.
Jordan is a Baltimore native who was an all-conference baseball and football player at Richmond, earning All-America honors in football. He was picked in the first round of the 1988 baseball draft by St. Louis and in the seventh round of the NFL draft in 1989 by Buffalo.
He was cut by the Bills, but latched on with the Falcons from 1989-91, but gave up football after St. Louis gave him a new contract with a signing bonus to stick to baseball.
Jordan went to his second Atlanta team for the first time in 1998, and he spent three seasons there, moving to the Dodgers and Rangers before returning to the Braves in 2005 for two seasons.
He now works in the broadcast booth, doing baseball and football while also heading the Brian Jordan Foundation, in which he works to inspire youngsters to read.
Henley gets a top-25 finish
Russell Henley survived a double-bogey to finish with an under-par round and tie for 22nd in the RSM Classic.
Henley shot 68 on Sunday to finish 10 under with a 272.
Talor Gooch rolled to a three-shot win.
The field for the Dec. 2-5 Hero World Challenge in the Bahams won’t be announced until later this week.
WBKB: Doughtery just misses double-double in road win
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
New York blanked United in playoffs
Georgia a big favorite over Tech
And as a not-so-big favorite over Alabama
Blaylock returns, is Pickens next?
Kennesaw State hosts Davidson in FCS first round
FCS bracket
WBKB: No. 18 Tech surprised by Auburn
College Football/South
Fired: Florida cans Dan with a game left
(Pre-firing) Column: Keep Mullen, unless … (but Dan Mullen is done)
Fired: Troy’s Lindsey, with a game left
College Football
AP poll: Ohio State jumps Bama, Cincy
Coaches poll: Buckeyes up to 3
How many teams are bowl eligible?
Notes and observations: Drinkwitz trolls soon-to-be-former Florida coach
College Basketball
M-Virginia Tech gets 1,500th win
M-Tennessee bops UNC in Tip-Off tourney
NFL
D the key, not QB, in KC win over Dallas
Cincinnati romps over reeling Raiders
Backup QB leads Ravens to last-minute win
Chubb good for 130 yards as Brown survive Lions
Colts’ Taylor goes off in Colts’ bashing of Buffalo
Miami is suddenly warm, wins third straight
Herbert throws for 382 yards vs. at-home-away-from-home Steelers
Golf/Tennis
Olympic officials: tennis star Peng says she is safe
NBA/WNBA
LeBron draws blood in melee with Pistons
Fired: Luke Walton, early in his third season
Pippen’s book is his own ‘Last Dance’ story, and different
Around the nation/world