Wednesday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard, Mercer softball players recovering, Houston County's Fromm, Mercer BKB; UGA-Alabama, Hawks, Tech-Duke; college FB/BKB, NFL/AB, tennis, NBA, more

Wednesday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard, Mercer softball players recovering, Houston County's Fromm, Mercer BKB; UGA-Alabama, Hawks, Tech-Duke; college FB/BKB, NFL/AB, tennis, NBA, more

Wednesday'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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High School
Basketball
Girls
Piedmont 50, Briarwood 26

College
Basketball
M-Mercer 83, Samford 80

Pro
NBA
Atlanta 108, Sacramento 102

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Georgia vs. Alabama

Column: If not now, when will Saban’s machine stop rolling?

Rat poison alert: Bama as an underdog is not good news for favorites

Column: Why ‘what if?’ still haunts the Dolphins 15 years after Saban left

Job 1: Defending Brock Bowers

Job 1: Disrupting Bryce Young

Wednesday’s update

The Bama weakness iiiiis …

Pressure on Bennett? Yes and no

Alumni Update

Houston County’s Fromm likely to get second start this week 

Around/About Central Georgia

Mercer softball players recovering from car accident

          Two Mercer softball players were injured in a serious car accident Sunday morning in Minnesota.

          Ashlyn Donner and Bailey Pattison were taken to different hospitals after the single-vehicle crash near Courtland, Minn. Around 6:30 a.m. Sunday.

          The car, driven by junior pitcher Donner, rolled over near an intersection of county roads near her hometown of New Ulm.

          Donner was transported to Mayo Clinic Health System hospital before being airlifted to St. Mary’s in Rochester, Minn. Pattison, a senior pitcher from Florida, was taken to the New Ulm Medical Center.

MBKB: Grant’s career high lifts Mercer to tight win over Samford 

Around/About Georgia

Huerter steps up as Young-less Hawks edge Kings

Krzyzewski and Tech’s Devoe had an ‘exchange’ Tuesday

Column: Blue Devils and Jackets were not very sharp 

College Football/South

How did South Carolina land Rattler?

Jacksonville State’s Rodriguez building impressive staff

Oklahoma snags another Clemson assistant

Crowder apologizes to Sanders for HBCU/power-5 diss

Florida swipes South Carolina assistant Peterson

Who is grateful for time in Columbia

Kentucky WR Robinson heads to draft

College Football

Former Ohio State LB rips Ohio State

Meyer confirms Trayvon Martin/hoodie story at OSU

Is Harbaugh considering the NFL?

As expected, Michigan’s Hutchinson headed to draft

Lanning expects to recruit nationally at Oregon

Obit: Notre Dame defensive legend Ross Browner

Notable underclassmen heading to the NFL Draft, so far

College Basketball

Geno and Muffett going at it again

M-No. 18 Tennessee edges Mississippi in OT

M-Big second-half run lifts Alabama over Florida

Column: ACC has tournament problem it can’t solve on its own

NFL

Antonio Brown - *sigh* - replies, has some blame to lay

Henry’s return is near for Titans, who can clinch top seed

Mayfield’s season is over, surgery is next

Column: Inevitable Cleveland-Mayfield divorce won’t fix Browns

Lions struggle to finish with mishmash roster
Column: Brown gives the perfect job walkout in pandemic era

Writer apologizes for anti-Rodgers MVP foot-in-mouth rant

And Rodgers calls him a bum

Obit: Robinson won two SBs as a DC, coached at Syracuse

NBA/WNBA

Nowitzki emotional as jersey retired after Mavs’ win

Bucks’ Budenholzer in protocols

Irving helps Nets past Pacers in season debut     

Porter’s last-second 3 beats Wizards

Baseball

Column: Good time for MLB to swap lockout nonchalance for action

High Schools

Lawmaker apologizes for referee confrontation, including a pantsing attempt

Golf/Tennis

Djokovic has visa canceled over error, vaccine exemption

Djokovic was in guarded room after landing in Australia

Column: Getting deported makes nobody look good

Medical exemption sparks Open debate

Explainer

Around the nation/world          

Capitals finally get players back from protocol

US women get opponents for SheBelieves Cup

Bowl games

NFL scores/games

NBA scores/games

NHL scores/games

Men’s college basketball

Women’s college basketball