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

Players, communities rally

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

Buffalo News coverage

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

UGA injury update

TCU injury update

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

Gator Bowl was a classic

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

Obit-Former Jags OL Nwaneri

College Basketball

W-Short-handed and Auriemma-less UConn rolls

M-Tennessee pounds Mississippi State

M-Kansas State tops No. 6 Texas 116-103

W-AP poll

M-AP poll

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

NFL games/scores

College football scores/games

NBA scores/games

Women’s college basketball scores/games

Men’s college basketball scores/games