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.
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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
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