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

W-Auburn 65, Georgia 60

Baseball

Georgia 9, Albany 1

Georgia State 8, Purdue-Fort Wayne 7

Georgia Tech 9, Wright State 6

Mercer 6, Eastern Kentucky 5

Tennessee 14, Georgia Southern 0

Softball

Auburn-Montgomery 6, Georgia College 0; Wingate 10, Georgia College 1

Bowie State 6, FVSU 3

GMC 19, Edison State 0; GMC 9, Edison State 0

Mercer 10, Jacksonville 3

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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: Georgia sweeps Albany

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

Get to know Cindic

Double-digit skids continue for 0-for-forevers

Olympics

Games close, ending safe but odd global moment

A look back, day by day

Column: We haven’t seen anything like these Olympics

AP coverage

More AP coverage

ESPN coverage

Yahoo Sports coverage

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

Jordan made sure to meet James

NBA honors past and present at All-Star game

 

 

College Basketball

M- Michigan’s Howard swings at Wisconsin coach, brawl breaks out

 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

NBA scores/games

NHL scores/games

Men’s college basketball

Women’s college basketball