Sunday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard: SEC follow; CFP coverage; Mercer; Falcons, Hawks, UGA, Tech, college FB/BKB, MLB/Hall of Fame, NFL, 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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College
Basketball
W-Mercer 71, Tennessee State 70, OT
Pro
SPHL
NFL
Tampa Bay 30, Atlanta 17
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SEC Championship
Column: Strength abandons Bulldogs
Mullen: Fourth-down decision ‘deflated’ Georgia sideline
Column: Well, soul-crusher Saban has to retire sometime
College Football Playoffs/Bowls
Final Four as expected, Cincinnati makes history
Huge defenses with Michigan and Georgia
Peach Bowl to welcome Pitt and Michigan State
Auburn gets ‘home’ game in Montgomery vs. Houston
Carolina vs. Carolina in Duke’s Mayo
Pre-season top 10s in Cheez-It with Clemson, Iowa State
Column: A pretty easy weekend for the panel
And what if it was a 12-team field?
Around/About Central Georgia
WBKB: Mercer survives fourth-quarter avalanche for OT road win
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Brady has big day, Bucs top Falcons by 13
Still in the playoff hunt, but time to get hot
‘We deserve to be where we are at’
Remember the Smart-Harbaugh Tweetfest?
Shorthanded Hornets hit 3s to beat Hawks
Georgia State gets Ball State in Camellia Bowl
Georgia Tech has a new offensive coordinator
MBKB: North Carolina pulls away from Tech in ACC opener
WBKB: Tech upsets Georgia in Athens
Former state prep standout moving from Oklahoma to Arkansas
Baseball
Hall of Fame welcomes 6, including Negro League legend O’Neil
College Football/South
Saban, Jack Lambert, and Mick Jagger?
Cristobal has a deadline to decide on Miami
Miami catching heat for leaving Diaz twisting
Saban, Swinney to get some credit for new big deals
Kelly compares LSU to, uh, Broadway
Column: Kelly is quitting on ND’s championship dreams
Louisiana hires Napier’s replacement
College Football
Oklahoma confirms: It’s Venables
Column: Right time for Venables
Column: TCU hired Dykes because he’s no Patterson
NFL
Detroit finally wins, on final play
Lions HC emotionally dedicates win to Oxford shooting victims
Several players honor athlete, all victims
Bears throw four INTs in loss to Cards
Ravens’ gamble fails, lose to Steelers
Chiefs top Broncos, stay atop AFC West
Former “hot name” Brady fired at Carolina
Washington makes it four in a row
Inconsistent Chargers pop Bengals
College Basketball
W-UConn star Bueckers carried off after non-contact injury
Maryland’s Manning stunned by Turgeon’s resignation
W-Triple-double gets coach 800th win
College Sports
Power, influence growing for SEC’s Sankey
Basketball
Iowa HS player arrested in postgame attack
Golf/Tennis
Hovland rallies to win from 6 back
Around the nation/world