Monday's Report: Cronic/TD Club/POTW, Alumni Update, Mercer; Falcons, Braves, Kennesaw State; NFL, US Open, colleges, MLB, NASCAR, basketball, soccer

Monday's Report: Cronic/TD Club/POTW, Alumni Update, Mercer; Falcons, Braves, Kennesaw State; NFL, US Open, colleges, MLB, NASCAR, basketball, soccer

In Coverage: Macon Touchdown Club high school honorees for the first four weeks; Monday Morning Quarterback

 

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M-Mercer 1, Bradley 1

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Auburn 3, Mercer 0 (25-15, 25-20, 25-11)

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Atlanta 5, Pittsburgh 2

WNBA

Dallas 94, Atlanta 77

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Alumni Update

          Dublin’s JaQues Evans had four tackles in helping Western Kentucky roll Houston Christian 52-22. Peach County grad Talique Allen had five tackles, half a tackle for loss, and a forced fumble in the win. Northside’s Cory Munson averaged 64.8 yards on eight kickoffs

          John Milledge’s Harrison Bryant caught a touchdown pass in Cleveland’s romp over Cincinnati.

          Desmond Gilbert of Dublin helped Sewanee to a 32-14 win over Westminster, Mo., with four tackles, five assists, and 1.5 sacks.

 

Around/About Central Georgia

Mercer’s Cronic kicks off Macon Touchdown Club season

          Fresh off a big 48-22 home-opening win over Morehead State and with this weekend off, Mercer head coach Drew Cronic is the first speaker of the season for the Macon Touchdown Club.

          The club meets at the Methodist Home for Children and Youth, in the Rumford Center, at 304 Pierce Ave. It starts at 6:30 p.m. with dinner and the program to begin around 7. Admission for non-members is $30. Membership for the year is $250.

          Sewanee head coach Andy McCollum – who has coached at UTEP, Baylor, Middle Tennessee, N.C. State, Georgia Tech, Western Carolina, and with the NFL’s Tennessee Titans – is next week’s speaker.

          Cronic was named in December of 2019  to succeed Bobby Lamb and become Mercer’s second head coach since the program was restarted. He was on the sidelines for the Bears’ first game, when he was an assistant at Reinhardt under his father.

          He came to Mercer from Division II Lenoir-Rhyne to a 25-3 record in two seasons, tying a school record with 13 wins in 2019.

          Cronic was head coach at Reinhardt, an NAIA program, for two years after serving as an assistant. Before that, he was on the staff at Furman and James Madison. He spent another year, 2017, at Furman.

          He is 21-14 at Mercer, and 69-20 in his head coaching career. 

Mercer baseball alum wins MLB starting debut 

This week’s state college football schedule (All Saturday, all on ESPN+ unless noted)
12 p.m.: Georgia Southern at Wisconsin, Big Ten Network
1 p.m.: Lackawanna at GMC (Jock Jive)
3:30 p.m.: South Carolina at Georgia, CBS
5 p.m.: Furman at Kennesaw State
6 p.m.: Edward Waters at Fort Valley State; Georgia State at Charlotte
7:30 p.m.: Georgia Tech at Mississippi, SEC Network

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Robinson outshines top pick Young as Falcons knock off Panthers

Young: ‘It’s on me’

Braves first MLB team to clinch playoff berth this year after rally

Beck shows improvement

Luck or coaching=3 INTs?

Georgia grades

Board of Regents approves new residence hall, baseball stadium renovation at Kennesaw State

 

Football/NFL/USFL/CFL/XFL

Carr’s New Orleans debut is a success as the Saints edge Titans

Buccaneers top Vikings, Mayfield finishes strong in his debut

Watson runs for TD, Browns bottle up Burrow again

Purdy throws 2 TDs in return from elbow surgery; 49ers drill Steelers

Chargers’ defense historically shredded by Tua & Tyreek

Big penalties, special teams spoil Payton’s debut in loss to Raiders debut

Hurts, Eagles build early lead, hang on to beat Patriots

Mistake-prone Giants hammered by Dallas

Roundup

MLB/Baseball/

Ragans throws three straight wild pitches, Blue Jays sweep Royals 

Tucker 12th with 2 triples in an inning, driving in runs

Marlins break up Suárez’s no-hit bid in 7th, then rally on De La Cruz’s homer

Roundup

Tennis

Djokovic wins Open for 24th Grand Slam title

Sabalenka’s loss to Gauff will sting, but being No. 1 Monday will help ease it

Doubters fuel to Gauff’s fire

College football

Michigan State suspends Tucker amid sexual harassment of rape survivor charges

Details of the investigation

Dantonio is back

Texas jumps to No. 4 after beating ‘Bama; Pac-12 sets conference high with 8 ranked teams

AP poll

Same story in coaches poll

Oklahoma investigating disgraced ex-Baylor coach Briles being on field with Sooners assistant Lebby

AP Top 25 Takeaways: A breakthrough for Miami; ACC statement vs. SEC; Colorado is no fluke

Winners and losers: Horns up, Huskers down

Column-F-S-Who? Deion Sanders disses Seminoles while reviving Colorado 

College football/South

Questions for South Carolina, with Georgia next

Column-How serious are Alabama’s problems?

FSU’s Coleman waited months for moment

Column: S-E-Weak: Mississippi left to take up torch for weakened SEC

Simmons is a 17-year-old Ole Miss QB garnering attention for his unique situation

Auto Racing

Reddick cashes in at Kansas, advances in playoffs

Wolfe details gutsy call

Updated playoff standings

Golf

Norrman captures Irish Open to follow Aberg as Swedish winner on European tour. McIlroy bid falters

Roundup

Soccer

Spain soccer chief Rubiales resigns

Arena quits as coach of the New England Revolution citing ‘difficult’ investigation

NBA/Basketball

Germany wins Basketball World Cup for 1st time, holds off Serbia 83-77 for gold medal

Former NBA player Stanley ‘Whitey’ Von Nieda dies at the age of 101

Boxing/UFC/MMA

UFC 293-Fighter apologizes for calling crowd homophobic slur

UFC schedule

Scoreboards

MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games

NFL scores/games

College football scores, FBS

College football scores, FCS