Sunday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; GC men win, ESPN's Schlabach to TD Club; Falcons win, Tech fires, UGA/Bama, Hawks, GSU-Boro; college FB/BKB, NFL, NBA, more
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
📰S📰C📰O📰R📰E📰B📰O📰A📰R📰D
College
Basketball
M-Georgia College 81, West Florida 77
M-Kennesaw State 89, Charleston Southern 52
M-Wofford 68, Georgia 65
Pro
NFL
Atlanta 21, Jacksonville 14
📰C📰O📰V📰E📰R📰A📰G📰E📰
Around/About Central Georgia
MBKB: Georgia College shoots way past West Florida
WBKB: Mercer, Kennesaw State resume rivalry
Macon TD Club welcomes ESPN’s Schlabach
Author and longtime ESPN writer Mark Schlabach is the guest speaker Monday night 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. This is the final meeting of the season, with the jamboree and Georgia head coach Kirby Smart in February.
Tattnall is the featured high school.
Schlabach is a Norcross and Georgia graduate, whose journalism career began at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution where his beats included UGA, the SEC, then the NFL and then NASCAR. He moved on to the Washington Post and covered college football and basketball, and boxing.
He joined ESPN in July 2006. In the past decade plus, he has authored or co-authored books on Bobby Bowden, John Heisman, and several on the Duck Dynasty family, with a number of titles making the New York Times best-seller list, and has been one of ESPN’s primary investigative reporters.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Sort-of Black Sunday at Georgia Tech: three assistants cut loose
Next year begins now for Yellow Jackets
Falcons take advantage of Jags’ mistakes
Atlanta working to make December matter
Smith called out the run game, and it answered
Smart dismisses 6-game losing streak to Bama
Smart chatty on a variety of topics
And Saban was chatty on the Bulldogs
Alabama was – was – favored 92 straight times
Bogdanovic out for two weeks for Hawks
Georgia Southern’s Helton to retain Whitley
MBKB: Wofford takes advantage of UGA mistakes in win
College Football/South
Former Oklahoma QB hits recruiting trail at UT as OU job opens
Column: Did Auburn and Harsin make a mistake?
Saban really enjoyed wild Iron Bowl win
Iron Bowl notes and observations
Dose of reality for Clemson and South Carolina
Alabama’s Robinson pulled muscle in Iron Bowl
Orgeron opts out of bowl game, opts in to Destin
Kiffin gives shoutouts to Bama, Saban
College Football
Boom: Riley going from Norman to LA
The interim coach is pretty familiar
Column: Decision was a no-brainer
Harbaugh takes a shot at OSU, Day
Napier leaving the Cajuns for Gators
Upsets by North Texas, others push bowl list to 83
Help wanted: Indiana offensive coordinator
Column: Unpredictability is thankfully back
Misery Index: Ohio State, long contracts …
NFL
Fournette’s fourth TD comes late, lifts Bucs
Bengals crush Steelers behind Mixon’s 165 yards
Jones, Patriots roll past undermanned Titans
Rodgers overcomes toe injury to lead Packers
Giants D goes off against Eagles
Tua hot, Cam not, Dolphins roll Panthers
Banged-up Browns (lose Harrison Bryant and) fall to mistake-prone Ravens
Broncos beat Chargers, tighten up AFC West
NBA/WNBA
Morant out for a few weeks with sprained knee
Bucks rout Pacers for seventh straight win
New American citizen, new name: Enes Kanter Freedom
College Basketball
M-Ellis leads No. 10 Alabama over Miami
W-Tough early matchups test top teams
M-Self beats Pitino in first meeting
M-Florida handles Troy, remains undefeated
Golf/Tennis
WTA concerned about Peng’s ability to speak freely
No Brooks-Bryson fireworks, but good for golf
Around the nation/world