Sunday's News 'n Notes: Mayhem, Demaryius Thomas, Jake Fromm; Falcons, UGA/Michigan, Hawks, Tech; college FB/BKB/bowls, NFL, HS sports, 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.
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SPHL
Huntsville 3, Macon 1
NFL
Atlanta 20, Detroit 16
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Sports and COVID-19
COVID outbreaks eliminate Fenway, Military bowls
Miami is out of the – yes – Tony The Tiger Sun Bowl
Column: NFL, NBA doing it right, rest of us not so much
NHL off until at least Tuesday
NBA numbers rising, expanded testing begins
MBKB: No. 13 Houston vs. Cincinnati is off
Alumni Update
Reflecting on the life of Demaryius Thomas
Fromm has major struggles in debut
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Oluokun’s last-minute picks saves Gage, Falcons
Smith happy home fans got to see a W
Bennett and Bulldogs arrive in Miami relaxed and ready
Column: Please just get us to the UGA-Michigan game
Wolverines go from dreary and cold to, well, South Florida
Michigan’s Smith flying under the radar
Hawks add Collins, Johnson to health and safety protocol
How Atlanta’s Copeland’s business brains helped spread cheer
College Football/South
Alabama arrives for semi minus some key parts
Gamecock for life Noland preps for last game as QB, and for future
ETSU hires Furman coordinator as head coach
Column: UCF win over Florida shows bowl games still matter
Surprising season has been “absolute blast” for Swinney
College Football
Column: What happened to loyalty? Ask coaches
Faith, 'good people' buoy Michigan State's Mike Garland during son's heart transplant
Pickett-less Pitt now gets Patti for Peach
NFL
Hurts keeps Eagles in playoff race with rout of Giants
Burrow goes bonkers for Bengals against Baltimore
Punt return lifts Rams past Vikings, into playoffs
Texans ding Chargers’ playoff hopes with stunner
Allen, McKenzie lead Bills past Patriots
Bucs pummel Panthers, and whoever QBs
Mayfield’s mistakes many upon return
Brady and Panthers: Decades of frustration, little joy
College Basketball
MBKB: North Alabama gets another shot at Goliath
College Sports
The new way of compensation athletes doesn’t work; how’s this?
High School Sports
Donor replacing football field, creating scholarships
Californian first HSer to sign NIL deal?
Auto Racing
Earnhardt family matriarch dies at 91
Around the nation/world