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 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

‘Gritty, not pretty’

Smith happy home fans got to see a W

Lions blow late gift

Pitts sets record in win

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

MBKB: Tech-Syracuse postponed

Hawks add Collins, Johnson to health and safety protocol

How Atlanta’s Copeland’s business brains helped spread cheer

A UGA Christmas list 

College Football/South

Alabama arrives for semi minus some key parts

Saban offers COVID update

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

Utah State extends Anderson

Nevada vs. Western Michigan 

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

Wilson, Jets hold off Jags

KC hammers Pittsburgh

Allen, McKenzie lead Bills past Patriots

Dallas dominates Washington

Bucs pummel Panthers, and whoever QBs

Mayfield’s mistakes many upon return

John Lynch’s oops Tweet

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

College bowls

NFL scores/games

NBA scores/games

NHL scores/games

Men’s college basketball

Women’s college basketball