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Tuesday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Houston County's hire, Houston County mourns, Mercer, Georgia College; UGA/Trippi, Falcons; college FB/BKB, NFL, MLB, 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.

In Coverage: Houston County didn’t veer far to find its sixth head football coach, and hired one with a winning pedigree

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Around/About Central Georgia

Houston County mourns death of former basketball player

          When Charles Brown went missing overnight Monday morning, his brother Andrew posted his own all-points-bulletin on social media, with hopes.

Photo: Doug Rizer

          But the hopes turned to nightmares Tuesday with the discovery of the former Houston County basketball player and Kennesaw State student. His body was found by divers Tuesday afternoon at a lake near KSU campus housing.

          He was last seen between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. Monday morning, and roommates told police he was reportedly heading home to Warner Robins.

          Brown played basketball at Houston County from 2017-18 to 2019-20, and averaged 10 points and 2.7 rebounds in his career as one of Houston County’s better players in his junior and senior seasons. He earned assorted all-region honors. He had 12 double-digit scoring games as a junior – including scoring 30 against Crisp County – and as a senior.

          A candlelight vigil will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday at the fountain in front of Southside Baptist Church in Warner Robins.

 

MBKB: Georgia College seventh regionally, getting national votes

FB: Mercer pair makes an All-America team

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

UGA legend Trippi turns 100 in remarkable life

Atlanta took advantage of chances to improve

Column: Still in the playoff hunt, bless their hearts

Falcons mailbag

Column: Hawks try to find the spirit of last season

Lanning talks Ducks and Dawgs in Oregon

Brothers, assistant coaches at South Carolina and Georgia State, get bowl bids on the same day

MBKB: Georgia State thumped by Mississippi State

College Football/South

ETSU’s Holmes heads FCS All-America teams

Kiffin says portal has started bidding wars: ‘we have free agency’

Swinney names new coordinators

Auburn extends Cadillac’s contract

Napier’s contract is hefty

College Football

Column: NIL has, no, not changed anything in recruiting

Riley’s journey from Muleshoe, Texas to LA

Column: Why to watch all the bowl games

College Basketball

M-Memphis takes down No. 9 Alabama

M-Auburn goes 2-0 minus Pearl

Pistol Pete’s letterman jacket gets more than $100K

M-LSU is 10-0 for the first time in two decades

M-No. 18 Tennessee rolls past USC Upstate

M-Clemson rallies to beat Miami, Ohio

NFL

Rams have long list, including Beckham, on COVID list

Column: Big Ben not going out easily

Jags’ Khan won’t rush to judgment on Meyer

NBA/WNBA

Curry breaks 3-pointer record in win over Knicks

Freak in COVID protocol

College Sports

Radakovich makes Miami debut

Baseball

Verlander, Astros finalize big one-year deal

Around the nation/world

NFL scores/games

NBA scores/games

NHL scores/games

Men’s college basketball

Women’s college basketball