Thursday's News 'n Notes: Georgia Sports Hall of Fame; Baldwin's Butts, Mercer; Falcons, college baseball/BKB; Olympics, NBA, colleges, NFL, NASCAR, MLB, more,
Thursday'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: Georgia Sports Hall of Fame gears up for induction weekend
In Coverage: High school basketball region tournament master
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Alumni Update
Around/About Central Georgia
WBKB: Neal-Tysor goes for 31 in Mercer win at Wofford
BSB: Mercer opens the season with Eastern Kentucky
Mercer baseball teams up with Milly Grub
Mercer, Kennesaw State host Linger Longer, top field, at Reynolds
Around/About Georgia
Column: Ridley’s mental health is none of our business
WBKB: Tech assistant Butts bowing up in breast cancer fight
MBKB: Yellow Jackets went from top to bottom in a year
WBKB: Staiti powers UGA past Missouri
MBKB: GSU-Atlanta’s strong second half too much for GSU-Statesboro
WBKB: Notre Dame nips No. 16 Georgia Tech in OT
Talking salaries, raises with UGA football
BSB: Georgia Tech ranked 11th to open season
BSB: Georgia set for high expectations
BSB: Georgia State hopes for Sun Belt run
BSB: Georgia Southern eyes return to SBC title game
BSB: Kennesaw State debuts new coach for first time in 30 years
Blank reflects, projects: ‘We need more rings’
Olympics
Lipinski, Weir quiet during Valieva performance
IOC president disturbed by Valieva outing, entourage’s reaction
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Hammon leads group entering Women’s Basketball HOF Class of 2022
League closer to in-season tournament
Watch Morant and Ball in ASG debuts
HBCUs to have a spot on the All-Star stage
Williamson likely to need another foot surgery
College Baseball
Texas is atop the heap for 2022
College Basketball
Barnes suggests rule change after scuffle with Kentucky
Book: Krzyzewski pushed aside Amaker for Scheyer
MBKB: Florida tries to get in Auburn’s way
W-Duo teams for 50 in Alabama win over Tennessee
W-No. 1 South Carolina cruises past Auburn
NFL
Stafford catching heat for reaction to scary fall of photographer
But Rams and Stafford will cover her expenses
Cincinnati extends Taylor’s contract
Chiefs’ Lammons arrested in Kamara case
Vikings finalize hiring of O’Connell
Burrow humble as well as confident
Dallas paid $2.4 mil to settle peeping allegations
Scandal met with outrage, disgust, Jones ouster
Stafford-Kupp combo at best in biggest moments
Column: Is Burrow the next Montana or Marino?
Auto Racing
‘We’re going to be timid’
Elusive 500 win tops Kyle Busch’s list
Golf/Tennis
Djokovic gets warm welcome in Dubai before tourney
Mickelson against tour’s ‘dictatorship’
College Football/South
Another big name joins Alabama as an analyst
Corral opens up about depression, getting past demons
College Football
Michigan reworks Harbaugh’s contract
Arizona State players didn’t take transfer of QB well, at all
College Sports
Alabama drops booze bid over city fee
MLB/Baseball
Ex-Angels employee found guilty in Skaggs’ OD death
Soccer
Behind-the-scenes mess in US Soccer
Around the nation/world