Wednesday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Georgia College; Mark Richt talks; ACC Media Days; Mercer baseballers move; Valdosta lawsuit, Braves, Falcons, Bobby Bowden, NBA, Olympics, NFL, and
Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Scoreboard
Pro
MLB
San Diego 3, Atlanta 2; San Diego 5, Atlanta 4, ppd., bottom 5
MLS
Honor Roll
Georgia College pair up for national award
ACC Media Days
Richt opens up on Parkinson’s: “You’ve got to keep moving”
Commish waffles a bit on vaccination mandates
Jackets need to do better in the red zone
Collins: ‘Time to play really good football’
Miami, King are big underdogs to Alabama
And the Canes will have that chip
Return to divisions means battles for Virginia, Virginia Tech
Brown has advice for UNC players and NIL
Louisville AD has faith Satterfield is hanging around
Around/About Central Georgia
Mercer’s Yeager headed to champion Mississippi State
And ex-teammate Delano signs with independent league
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Parent of Valdosta High player files suit against GHSA
NIL: UGA’s Daniels signs with marketing group
Georgia ready to return to the non-Zoom era
Battles up front await the Falcons
Bullpen falters in first-game loss to Padres
Report: Braves, top pick come to terms
NC high school association faces government abolishment
College Football
Bobby Bowden has a ‘terminal medical condition’
Sanders bans reporter, but not about NameGate
And speaking of NameGate, Sanders has video, explanation
Battling vaccine misinformation hitting the sport
Mountain West coaches ready for player time
Sports and COVID-19/college football
Coaches, administrators urging players to vaccinate
Unvaccinated Washington State coach to skip Pac-12 media day
College Sports
NIL: North Carolina looks at group licensing
NBA/WNBA
NBA is better for the Milwaukee, Freak show
Greece celebrates Bucks and Antetokounmpo
Auto Racing
Indy legends gather, talk racing
Olympics
Bird, Alvarez to carry US flag
US women’s soccer gets major wakeup call against Sweden
Legacies, like Biles’, are more than just medals
US softball team nips Canada for 2-0 start
NFL
Mayfield chilling about contract
Alex Karras was wrong: Cubs won a WS, and he’s in the HOF
Around the nation/world
Seattle kicks off NHL expansion draft