Monday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Tattnall/Hiller changes, GHSA meeting, Georgia Southern Macon visit, Casey Hayward; Braves, Dream, UGA; MLB, NBA/WNBA, college 🏀🏈, NFL
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: End of the Hiller Era at Tattnall baseball is coming, among Trojan staff changes
Coming Tuesday: It was a quick and quiet but notable GHSA executive committee meeting on Monday
Players of the Week
Peach Belt baseball: Georgia College’s Julian
Around/About Central Georgia
Georgia Southern Eagle Club Tour visiting Macon
The Georgia Sports Hall of Fame will host the Eagle Club Tour for Georgia Southern.
It is Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. Food and beverages will be provided.
New head football coach Clay Helton and athletics director Jared Benko, both of whom were in town last fall to speak at the Macon Touchdown Club, are scheduled, along with head golf coaches Carter Collins and Mimi Burke, men’s soccer head coach John Murphy, track and field head coach Kelly Carter, volleyball head coach Chad Willis, and Georgia Southern president Kyle Marrero.
Tickets can be reserved here. Tickets are free, the visit sponsored by Macon Occupational Medicine.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Ref at tournament in Lithonia attacked by players
How Perry’s Hayward and Terrell may form Falcons’ top position
FB: WR Smith showing potential this spring
Strider OK in relief, Braves thumped
Dream take Kentucky’s Howard with top pick
Baseball/MLB/College
Bohm apologizes for F-bomb – note to lip readers – as Phils come back
Game-ending review spoils Texas home opener
Cubs’ Thompson suspended for hitting McCutchen
College notebook: Vols are really good, polls, more
NBA/WNBA
WNBA draft: winners and losers
Fired: Lakers’ Vogel after three seasons
Fired: Sacramento interim coach Gentry
Support for Griner at WNBA draft
Warriors’ Thompson himself entering playoffs
Former No. 1 pick gives Detroit optimism
NFL
Cam Newton offers some, oh, old-school thoughts on women
Auto Racing
Trip with Gordon paid off for Byron
College Football/South
Saban made a stop in Augusta, not to recruit
College Football
Ohio State’s first Black starting QB mourns Haskins
ESPN’s Schefter apologizes for Haskins tweet
Column: Reaction to Haskins death a reminder of ugly truth about fans
Former Oregon player sues for $125 million
College Basketball/South
W-Column: Staley shows grace in face of unfair questions
W- Henderson goes from prospect to possible first-rounder after championship
College Sports
WVU commits $1.5 mil for athlete education benefits
Alabama has a third-party NIL collective
Around the nation/world