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-Georgia Tech 55, Georgia 54

W-Mercer 71, Tennessee State 70, OT

Pro
SPHL

NFL
Tampa Bay 30, Atlanta 17

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SEC Championship

Bama’s O-line bowed up

Smart saw ‘brutal truths’

Notebook

Kirby quotes

Column: Strength abandons Bulldogs

Mullen: Fourth-down decision ‘deflated’ Georgia sideline

Column: Well, soul-crusher Saban has to retire sometime

A report card

Another report card

 

College Football Playoffs/Bowls

Final Four as expected, Cincinnati makes history

Bearcats break through

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’

Smart on Michigan

Smart on many things

Remember the Smart-Harbaugh Tweetfest?

UGA’s Dean wins Butkus Award

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?

Clemson QB, WR leaving

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

He’s been there before

Column: Right time for Venables

Column: TCU hired Dykes because he’s no Patterson

AP poll

 

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

Seahawks hold on over 49ers

Jets’ Mosley is ticked off

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

College football scores/games

NFL scores/games

NBA scores/games

NHL scores/games

Men’s college basketball

Women’s college basketball