Monday's Report: Scoreboard; Mercer, Georgia College; Braves, Falcons, UGA; MLB, college 🏈, college sports, golf, tennis, NASCAR
Sunday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media. Updates will be noted, so check back.
In Coverage: This week’s HS football schedule
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Soccer
W-Bethel 2, Middle Georgia State 0
W-Mercer 4, Stetson 1
M-Mercer 1, Georgia State 1
W-St. Leo 2, Georgia College 1
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MLB
MLS
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Around/About Central Georgia
Mercer to face Finley at QB for Auburn
WSOC-Georgia College loses late on the road
MSOC-Mercer battles Georgia State to tie
WSOC-Mercer outdoes Stetson win wild physical match
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Column: Waxing nostalgic about college football in Athens
HR in eighth lifts Cardinals over Braves to take series
Bell makes case for Falcons roster spot
Blooper ain’t scared of children
The official beer of the Georgia-Oregon game?
The mind games of picking a QB, Oregon version
Atlanta battles back to beat DC United
Baseball/MLB
Marquez outduels Scherzer in Rockies’ win
Triples lead Pirates to shutout of Phillies
Mets retire Willie Mays’ No. 24
Yanks’ Chapman on IL with tattoo infection
College Football/South
Tar Heels handle undermanned Rattlers
Florida State cruises past Duquesne
Jacksonville State handles SFA
Northwestern’s Hilinski pays tribute to late brother
Column: Big win over Oregon won’t canonize UGA (and other thoughts)
Column: UNC-FAMU should have been a showcase, not embarrassment
First-week report card: Ohhh, Nebraska (at least there was free beer)
In SEC’s ‘Year of the QB’, can anybody stop Bama or UGA?
How Kentucky can live up to hype
Chances of Gators, Noles, Canes, or Knights in CFP in 5 years
Good-vibes offseason now over for Beamer, South Carolina
College Football
Free beer the right call in Dublin, says catering firm
College Sports
Auburn AD Greene stepping down early
Duke VB player: BYU slow to react to racial slurs
What’s next with media rights?
Vols’ White takes a slight shot at Auburn
Football/NFL/USFL
Hall of Famer Lanier has many Dawson memories
Rodgers admits “misleading” about vaccination status
Report: Washington’s Robinson shot during carjacking
Column: If Bills took allegations seriously, what took so long to act?
Trubisky sharp in Steelers’ win
Auto Racing
Dillon, Blaney snag final spots at rainy Daytona
Blaney: ‘Our fate was not in our hands’
Truex misses playoff by three points
Golf
McIlroy pulls off stunning comeback for Tour title, FedEx Cup
For McIlroy, it’s about the trophy over money
Tennis
Complaints at US Open before first serve
Around the nation/world