Sunday's News 'n Notes: Braves, Falcons, Hawks; Obit: Bobby Bowden; Olympics, MLB, Racing, NBA, NFL HOF
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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MLB
Bobby Bowden, 1929-2021
An epic impact, on and off the field
He didn’t act like what his resume had on it
Legends Spurrier, Dunn, Tebow, others remember the legend
Showed getting along with the media was fine
Fans mobilize to statue at Doak Campbell
Column: Bowden was always coaching us
Fondly remembered in West Virginia
Player in trouble: ‘I’m praying for a misdemeanor’
Column: Greatest coach, greatest ambassador
‘Voice of the Seminoles’ reflects
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Duvall bomb helps Braves to win, second place
HOF: Calvin Johnson thanks Detroit fans for support despite losses
UGA’s Cochran taking a leave of absence
Biggest steal of the 2021 deadline? Ask Braves
How do the Falcons look so far?
Savannah finishes off Morehead City for Coastal Plain title
Olympics
Led by women, United States tops China for medal title
Fewer medals, more heart for US
The most off-script Olympics in history
Legend Felix at peace with 11 medals
The agony, ecstasy, and emotion
Gold medal or not, Popovich an enigma as Olympics coach
Baseball
Rockies to investigate slurs by unidentified fan
Pujols gets back a little at Angels
Wheeler, Harper lead Phils to eighth straight
Auto Racing
Kyle Larson handles Watkins Glen
Ericsson wins first IndyCar in Nashville
Johnson looking to get better in IndyCar
Golf/Tennis
Steady, bogey-free Sunday puts Ancer on top of FedEx St. Jude
College Football
Mississippi is 100 percent vaccinated
NFL
HOF: Peyton’s Place is Canton
HOF: Manning’s speech was Manning
More Hall of Fame coverage from the Canton Repository
Watson sexual assault case complicated in many areas
Packers’ Funchess apologetic after anti-Asian slur
NBA/WNBA
Bulls, Pelicans finish Ball deal
Around the nation/world