Monday's News 'n Notes: COVID updates; Westside's Barden, Peach County's Harris, Houston County's Anderson, Mercer; Hawks, UGA/Michigan, Falcons; colleges, NFL, NASCAR, more

Monday's News 'n Notes: COVID updates; Westside's Barden, Peach County's Harris, Houston County's Anderson, Mercer; Hawks, UGA/Michigan, Falcons; colleges, NFL, NASCAR, more

Monday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

 

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Sports and COVID-19

‘Stay focused’ the key for college playoff teams as COVID ramps up again

Update: Boise State pulls out of Arizona bowl (and more)

‘Wake up, America’: College hoops season crumbling with growing cases

Carolina sends more home; NFL updates

NBA changes protocols, expedites path to returns

NHL coming back, but three more games ppd.

Rose Bowl amps things down amid concerns

Alumni Update

Westside’s Barden may be available for Peach

Decisions, decisions

          Former Peach County standout Justin Harris entered the transfer portal at Georgia Southern in September, and announced on Instagram Sunday he is transferring to Fort Valley State.

          He played in two games in 2020 for the Eagles and none in 2021.

          Ex-Houston County receiver Darien Anderson posted on social media that he is leaving Tusculum early for the NFL Draft. He was a redshirt senior at Georgia Southern in 2020, and left with 22 career catches for 474 yards and five TDs in four seasons.

          At Tusculum, a Division II program in Tennessee, he caught seven passes in 2021 for 131 yards and a touchdown.

Around/About Central Georgia

WBKB: COVID wipes out Mercer-UNCW game

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Chicago powers past Atlanta, with Young

Michigan confident upon semifinal arrival

Monday UGA update

UGA notebook

Masks make figuring out who’s missing tough

But Daniels and Pickens have arrived

The close games are a sign of Smith’s impact with Atlanta

Five lessons from the Atlanta win

Progress: Atlanta still relevant through December

Hawks’ Young continues living in Knicks’ fans’ heads

Central Georgians in Tuesday's bowl games
Auburn: 32 LB Wesley Steiner, So, Houston County; 37 LB Romello Height, So., Dublin; 85 TE Tyler Fromm, So., Warner Robins
Louisville: 92 DL Malik Clark, Jr., Baldwin
NC State: 27 LB Jayland Parker, Westside, Fr.
None: Houston, Mississippi State, Texas Tech, Air Force, UCLA, West Virginia, Minnesota

Tuesday’s bowls

12 p.m, ESPN, Houston vs. Auburn

Cougars going for 12th win, Tigers going for positive ending

3:15 p.m., ESPN, Air Force vs. Louisville

6:45 p.m., ESPN, Texas Tech vs. Mississippi State

8 p.m., FOX, NC State vs. UCLA

10:15 p.m., ESPN, Minnesota vs. West Virginia

College Football/South

UCF adds former Auburn assistant Lindsey

Carolinas chase winning season in Duke’s Mayo Bowl

Auburn wants in-state win over ranked Houston

Vols secondary to be busy against Purdue

South Carolina reaches into Texas for recruits

Peach Bowl is Patti’s first start in ‘forever’

College Football

Western Michigan bounces Nevada for second bowl win

Tucker OK with portal players in bowl games

Ohio State WR skipping Rose Bowl

Column: Sure, Urban could teach a class on leadership

NFL

Waddle leads Dolphins past Saints for seventh straight win

The MVP race is who?

Heat growing on Carolina’s Rhule

Column: Warner movie is a good ride, not a classic, though

Where have these Texans been?

Column: Amid Chiefs' COVID-19 limbo, Andy Reid's stability, adaptability anchor the franchise

Seahawks dodge snowballs as dismal finish nears

Chiefs-Steelers so bad, CBS changed games early

College Basketball

Son of legend Summitt still moving on from scandal

Stanford-Vandy game is off

College Sports

College coach handles everything for all sports, and his own teams

Baseball

Dodgers’ Taylor surprises with virtual visit to hospital, plans charity event

Another side to Buck Showalter

Auto Racing

New owner for Nashville Superspeedway

Golf/Tennis

Was the Brooks-Bryson rivalry good for golf?

Around the nation/world

College football scores/games

NFL scores/games

NBA scores/games

NHL scores/games

Men’s college basketball

Women’s college basketball