Monday's News 'n Notes: Season openers for Mercer; Braves, UGA, Falcons, Tech, hoops; colleges, NFL, MLB, NASCAR

Monday's News 'n Notes: Season openers for Mercer; Braves, UGA, Falcons, Tech, hoops; colleges, NFL, MLB, NASCAR

Monday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

 

In Coverage: Macon TD Club players of the week

Coming: Monday Morning QB, Tuesday edition

 

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 Players of the week

PBC volleyball: Georgia College’s Hall

 

Around/About Central Georgia

WBKB: Wake Forest visiting Hawkins and Mercer in opener

MBKB: Mercer men start the season at Arkansas

 

Around/About Georgia

Anthopoulos talks offseason, Freeman, increasing payroll

Smart, Georgia unaware of Anderson investigation before UF game

Multiple QB movement with Bulldogs and Tigers

Tennessee third-down issues haven’t gotten better

Curry goes for 50 and 10 in romp over the Hawks

Studs and duds from Falcons win

‘We just gotta stop fiving people heart attacks, man’

MBKB: Tech welcomes Miami of Ohio in opener

MBKB: Florida International visits Stegeman

 

College Football/South

Florida’s Richardson goes down with, ahem, a dancing injury

Column: Firing Mullen not the answer … yet

 

College Football

What are college head coaches making, and getting in bonuses?

When does head-to-head matter?

Frost gets restructured contract, fires four assistants

TCU’s early candidates

 

NFL

Late FG lifts Steelers past Bears

Raiders cut first-rounder after violence-oriented social media threat

Mayfield wishes Beckham well, proud of Browns

Column: Panthers are more behind schedule than pre-Rhule

Stars or backups, Cards keep winning

Column: State Farm not a good neighbor by supporting Rodgers

 

College Basketball

W-New coach and nickname, same expectations for Baylor

M-Texas Tech holding out Shannon for review

 

NBA/WNBA

Biden praises Bucks for on-court, off-court work in White House visit

 

Baseball

List of finalists – Braves free - for awards announced

Ohtani, fired manager are finalists

Giants president MLB’s top executive

 

Auto Racing

Column: NASCAR ends season with new champs, new energy

Larson shares title with supportive race school

Around the nation/world

Students barred from games after chants at female goalie

NFL scores/games

College football scores/games

NBA scores/games