Tuesday's News 'n Notes: Bert Williams' services set; Braves win; Falcons, Hawks; HS FB player dies; Olympics, MLB, NFL; colleges (SEC, NLI ...), more
Tuesday'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
Atlanta 6, St. Louis 1
Around/About Central Georgia
Services set for GMC’s Williams
The family of Bert Williams will receive friends on Thursday and a celebration of the longtime Georgia Military College head football coach and athletics director will be held on Friday.
First United Methodist Church – of which Williams was a member - on Log Cabin Road in Milledgeville will host the family, with the service at Northridge Christian Church
A tribute page has also been set up.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Soler, Fried, Freeman lead Braves to road win
Ridley proclaims foot ready to go
The impact of Young big new deal on the roster
Bringing Solomon Hill back helps
Standout Douglas County player dies, unrelated to football
Olympics
Teenager Mu breaks long 800m streak for US
Suni Lee has plans for medals, and wants Chick-Fil-A
Bolt has yet to congratulate his successor
Baseball
Pirates go from no hits to extra-inning win
Harper bomb leads Phils past Nats
Dodger fans have been waiting for Houston’s visit
NBA/WNBA
Curry lands another big contract
NFL
Vikings owner concerned about low vaccination rate
Judge unhappy with fight at camp
College Sports
FSU: We haven’t inquired with the SEC
Clemson: We haven’t inquired with the SEC
Report hammers NCAA on equity, eyes combined Final Four
NIL: Ohio State allows profits from jersey sales
Auto Racing
Chastain to drive No. 1 for Trackhouse
Around the nation/world