Saturday's Report: Scoreboard; Damar Hamlin update; Mayhem update, Henley stays warm; UGA-TCU, Falcons, Hawks; college f & B, NFL, NBA, MLB, soccer, golf
News and notes of interest to Central Georgia, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
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Damar Hamlin update
Tube removed, Hamlin facetimes
Players union critical of timeline to postpone game
Column-Nothing has prepared Bills, NFL for this trauma
Honors and tributes all weekend
Opinion-Are we football addicts?
Update: The toy fund drive has raised nearly $8.2 million as of 4 a.m. Saturday
Around/About Central Georgia
Mayhem announce schedule update
Henley stays in the hunt in Hawaii
Russell Henley shot a 3-under 70 on Friday to stay in the top 25 in the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii.
Henley is tied for 22nd with a 7-under 139, nine shots back of leader Collin Morikawa. He had only one bogey, on 13, which was countered by four birdies. Through two rounds, he has four bogeys and 11 birdies.
The Stratford grad will get two more days to work on his tan, and then travel a few islands to the northwest to the Wai’alae Country Club in Maui for the Sony Open.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Ridder embraces big moments, wants strong finish
Atlanta’s Smith has plenty of optimism
LeBron leads Lakers to romp of Hawks
College Football Championship
How much is Georgia favored by?
Battle-hardened TCU put pieces together
A Michigan media scouting report on TCU
Monken has Georgia on the offensive with secret sauce
TCU wants to dump Cinderella label, ready for Goliath
Cleaning things up a UGA priority
Bulldogs facing potent offense, Harrison-like receiver
College Football
QB goes from torn ACL to another FCS title shot
College Basketball
M-McNeese State names court after Joe Dumars
W-UConn and DePaul ppd., not enough players
Football/NFL/USFL
Former RB Hillis hospitalized after saving family in swimming accident
Owners approve new plan after Bills-Bengals canceled
And Cincy’s Taylor doesn’t like it
Niners’ Purdy is fun to coach, says Shanahan
Browns done with Clowney after comments
Jets committed to helping Wilson ‘through hell or high water’
Soccer
Gap between Messi and Ronaldo has never been clearer
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Another triple-double for Embiid
Hornets ride record first quarter
MLB/Baseball
Golf
Masters awards exemption to NCAA champ
UFC/MMA/Boxing
Scoreboards