Wednesday's Report: Damar Hamlin update; Mercer, Georgia College; UGA/Dooley, UGA/Auburn; UGA-TCU/CFP Playoffs, college 🏈&🏀, NFL, NBA, Pele, golf
Tuesday'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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Damar Hamlin update
Still critical and on ventilator, oxygen improves
From rough childhood, to big recruit, to the NFL
Explainer: What happened to Hamlin?
Hamlin’s toy drive overwhelmed, past $6 mil
Higgins offers prayers, gets prayers
NFL balances emotions, tight schedule
On-field treatment ‘phenomenal’
Column-Remember, athletes are humans
Hamlin on mind of NHL’s Sabres in win
Around/About Central Georgia
MBKB-Struggling Mercer hosts struggling Wofford
WBKB-Georgia College moves up in region
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Delta dedicates plane to Vince Dooley
MBKB-Georgia welcomes No. 20 Auburn
College Football Championship
A first look at Monday night in LA
Notebook-Bennett calls Duggan ‘A-plus dude’, more
Horned Frogs, Bulldogs share culture similarities
CFP teleconference, Smart version
CFP teleconference: Smart, Bennett, Bullard
How Smart and Bennett pulled off an all-time comeback
An unlikely pair for what should be an intriguing finale
Bulldogs’ normal 2-TE set uncertain
College Football Playoffs
179 points, two epic games, and a great day
Thrilling semifinals draw good TV ratings
Ohio State’s Ruggles takes responsibility for missed kick
Ex-NFL ref on UM’s overturned TD
Herbie wonders if Day will give up play-calling
On Ohio State’s latest heartbreaking playoff loss
Is Harbaugh talking with Carolina?
College Football/Southeast
Clinton-Dix, straight from field to Bama staff
Clemson’s Bresee headed to draft
Saban advises Young, Anderson on draft
Clemson QB spot appears to be in good hands
College Football
Small-college player shot and killed
Williams was determined to play for Trojans, second-guesses self
Kansas was resilient, now wants to build
Rising hurt in second straight Rose Bowl
NFL/USFL
Black Monday approaches, who’s available?
Tampa Bay go deep for ‘biscuit’ on day honoring Arians
Colts’ Saturday not happy with O-Line’s reaction to celebration
50 years ago, the Lions’ Chuck Hughes collapsed on the field, died less than 90 minutes later
College Basketball
W-Short-handed and Auriemma-less UConn rolls
M-Tennessee pounds Mississippi State
M-Kansas State tops No. 6 Texas 116-103
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
League: Mitchell’s last basket shouldn’t have counted
And then Mitchell was drug-tested
Giannis goes for 55 against Washington
OKC hits 150 in 34-point win over Boston
Morant gifts young fan pair of Nike Ja 1 shoes
College Sports
Obit-Legendary Texas baseball coach Gustafson was 91
Soccer
Pele buried in city he made famous
Golf
The wrong Scott Stallings get a Masters invite
Scoreboards
Women’s college basketball scores/games
Men’s college basketball scores/games