Tuesday's Report: Peach County's Robinson, Mercer, FVSU; Tech/Clemson, UGA, Georgia Southern, Falcons, United; college 🏈, NFL, MLB, WNBA, US Open, golf, NASCAR
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: Monday Morning Quarterback, with Central Georgia polls, this week’s HS football schedule
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College
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Mercer 3, Virginia Tech 2
Saturday
12 p.m., North Carolina at Georgia State
1 p.m., ASA-Miami at GMC
3:30 p.m., Kennesaw State at Cincinnati
4 p.m., Samford at Georgia
7 p.m., Western Carolina at Georgia Tech
7:30 p.m., Georgia Southern at Nebraska
Sunday
1 p.m.: New Orleans at Atlanta
Braves next 8
Tues., 9:40 p.m., at Oakland; Wed., 3:37 p.m., at Oakland; Fri., 9:40 p.m., at Seattle; Sat., 9:10 p.m., at Seattle; Sun., 4:10 p.m.; Mon., 9:45 p.m., at SF; Tues., 9:45 p.m., at SF; Wed., 3:45 p.m., at SF
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Alumni Update
Peach County’s Robinson ready for new role in Baltimore
Around/About Central Georgia
MSOC: Mercer knocks off Virginia Tech
Yet another location change for FVSU football
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Tech gives Clemson a three-quarter battle
Column: Don’t let the score fool you
McIntosh showed something for Bulldogs
Bennett rises on Heisman lists
Kirby talks Samford, Chris Hatcher
Nebraska done with tough win, now set for Georgia Southern
Falcons’ London returns to practice
United battle in loss to Portland
Baseball/MLB
Phils try to hold on, end playoff drought
College Football/South
UNC just happy to have survived, ugly or not
Saban rants about depth charts
One play/moment/miracle may have changed everything for FSU
College Football
Analysis: Will a bigger playoff be better?
Oklahoma State’s Gundy doesn’t think so
Harbaugh: Players should get revenue share from 12-team CFP
How encouraging was OSU’s win over Notre Dame?
Good debut for Texas QB, except for towed car
College Realignment
Pac-12 an attractive destination
Football/NFL/USFL
49er players happy with Jimmy G’s return
Pats faces heat and the Dolphins
Saints lost Brees & Payton, skipped a rebuild: will it work?
Auto Racing
Playoffs likely to be as funky as the regular season
Winners and losers at Darlington
Tennis
Tiafoe ends Nadal’s 22-match Slam streak
A great story authored by Tiafoe
Kyrgios beats Medvedev and discusses mental state
Margaret Court doesn’t feel the Serena love
Golf
NBA/WNBA
Was Sunday’s Aces-Storm greatest game in WNBA playoff history
Boxing/MMA
Around the nation/world