Sunday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Houston County alums; Mercer sweeps, Russell Henley; UGA/Crean/football, state baseball; Daytona 500, Olympics, NBA All-Star game; college BKB, 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.
In Coverage: Eastman, Dodge County prepare to celebrate with Leonard Floyd; updated state GHSA and GISA basketball tournament info
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College
Basketball
Baseball
Georgia State 8, Purdue-Fort Wayne 7
Georgia Tech 9, Wright State 6
Tennessee 14, Georgia Southern 0
Softball
Auburn-Montgomery 6, Georgia College 0; Wingate 10, Georgia College 1
GMC 19, Edison State 0; GMC 9, Edison State 0
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Alumni Update
Houston County’s Jones finishes it off for Georgia State
Houston County’s Hall back on mound for Mercer
Around/About Central Georgia
BSB: Houston County alum Hall returns, Bears finish off sweep
Henley struggles in final round
Two bogeys followed an eagle and led to Russell Henley’s first over-par round in awhile Sunday in the Genesis Invitational.
Henley shot a 1 over for the day to finish 5 under with a 279, tying him for 33rd. The eagle on No. 11 was Henley’s only under-par hole of the day.
Joaquin Niemann held on to win.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
MBKB: Crean’s frustrations come out during live post-presser mic
Young’s star is raising expectations
Duke’s Coach K gets a lot out of Georgia’s Coach K
Smart: Bennett ‘a little bit better’ than Rudy
Customized jerseys coming to UGA this fall
WBKB: Auburn upsets No. 21 Georgia
BSB: Tech closes out Wright State
BSB: Houston County’s Jones finishes it off for Georgia State
MBKB: Tech visits surging Syracuse
Daytona 500
Rookie wins rowdy race, gives Penski a nifty 85th birthday present
Wallace crushed with being so close
Double-digit skids continue for 0-for-forevers
Olympics
Games close, ending safe but odd global moment
Column: We haven’t seen anything like these Olympics
Black skiers offer hope, share plans for more diversity
Shaun White emotional in end-of-career interview
NBA/WNBA
Incredible scene as the game’s greatest gather
Curry sets 3s record, James hits game-winner
McCollum still hasn’t talked to Williamson since trade
Column: Howard puts Michigan season in peril
W-Boston ties SEC mark, Gamecocks top Lady Vols
W-No. 11 LSU tops No. 17 Florida, sole second in SEC
W-No. 3 Louisville cruises past No. 23 Virginia Tech
M-Providence storms back from 19 down
W-N.C. State gets share of ACC for first time since 1990
NFL/Football
Arians calls BS on report of tiff with Brady
Sunday Ticket moving to streaming
MLB/Baseball
Catching up on labor negotiations
Golf/Tennis
DeChambeau latest to commit to PGA Tour over Saudi league
Green first female winner of mixed-gender tournament
Auto Racing
Brown still searching for identity funding, success in anti-Biden slogan aftermath
Elliott signs 5-year extension
Around the nation/world