Monday's Report: Wesleyan death, Mercer player recovery, Macon TD Club; Falcons lose close one, UGA, Braves, Dream; HS deaths, college football, NFL, MLB, WNBA, NASCAR, soccer
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Around/About Central Georgia
Wesleyan runner dies at local meet
Cross country runner Nefertari Holston of Wesleyan died Saturday morning while competing at Middle Georgia State in a meet hosted by Mercer.
She was pronounced dead by Bibb County coroner Leon Jones at Atrium Health Navicent after suffering cardiac arrest.
Wesleyan has yet to update its roster for 2024-25, and she was not on last year’s roster, but apparently competed.
Her LinkedIn account indicates she started at Wesleyan in 2021 and was a junior majoring in psychology. It doesn’t appear she was active on social media.
The GBI will perform the autopsy.
Well-traveled successful coach Simpson of Georgia Tech at Macon TD Club
Current Georgia Tech defensive line coach and longtime state high school coaching standout Jess Simpson is this week’s speaker at 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.
Georgia Southern’s Clay Helton is next week’s speaker.
Simpson played tight end at Auburn from 1989-91, and stayed there as a student assistant to start his coaching career.
That began officially in 1994 as an assistant at Marietta, then Buford for two seasons before becoming East Paulding’s head coach for a year.
He returned to Buford in 1998, and stayed until 2016, taking over as head coach in 2005. Simpson left high school coaching with a record of 164-12 with seven state titles and 10 straight trips to the final.
Simpson joining the Atlanta Falcons in 20178, the Miami Hurricanes in 2018, back to the Falcons for two years, back to Miami for a year, then to Duke for two seasons.
Simpson joined the Georgia Tech staff last December, reuniting with new defensive coordinator Tyler Santucci, with whom he worked at Duke.
Mercer defensive back still undergoing observation
Mercer’s Khalil Mood is improving after leaving the Bears’ game Saturday against The Citadel in the second half at Five Star Stadium.
He fell to the turf in the third quarter, left the field by cart and was taken by ambulance to Atrium Health Navicent. The game resumed after about a half-hour delay.
The school released a statement Sunday night: "Khalil Moody is in stable condition and in good spirits alongside his family as he remains under observation of the healthcare team at Atrium Health Navicent Medical Center in downtown Macon. He has expressed his appreciation for the support of not only his teammates, coaches and sports medicine staff, but also for the thoughts and prayers from Mercer fans around the world."
Moody is a freshman from Sumter, S.C., who had played in all three Mercer games, and had a tackle and pass breakup on Saturday.
Around/About Georgia
Mahomes throws 2 touchdown passes and the Chiefs’ defense preserves win over the Falcons
Miscues and late stops by the Chiefs lead to another Falcons loss
What happened in Falcons' loss
Cousins becomes fourth-fastest quarterback in NFL history to reach 40,000 passing yards
Georgia favored in Tusclaoosa. Here's the last time Alabama was home underdog
Ingram-Dawkins continues to be a bright spot on injured Georgia defensive line
Peeking in on the Smart coaching tree
Albies, Urshela homer as Braves edge Marlins
Fiebich scores a career-high 21 and the Liberty beat the Dream 83-69 in Game 1
Baseball/MLB
Better than Babe Ruth? Ohtani’s feats make the superstar a legend even among MLB peers
All-Star CJ Abrams is demoted to the minors by the Nationals for nonperformance reasons
Lindor’s earliest return to New York Mets lineup from back injury likely Tuesday at Atlanta
White Sox lose 120th game to tie post-1900 record by the 1962 expansion New York Mets
NL Central champion Brewers overcome 8-run deficit and beat Diamondbacks
In series finale against Marlins, Braves' relievers help save the season
High Schools
Hotter summers are making high school football a fatal game for some players
College Football/South
Auburn’s QB situation messy again with even bigger tests looming
Freeze offers “ouch” analysis of QB situation
LSU loses star LB Perkins Jr. for season with ACL injury
Brown offered to resign after UNC's 70-50 home loss to James Madison
Brown clarifies status after report he told North Carolina team he was resigning
Column-Heupel shows Oklahoma what it's missing as Tennessee smashes Sooners
Bo Wallace eviscerates Freeze for throwing Auburn QBs under bus: ‘Look in the mirror’
Mississippi State QB Shapen out for season with shoulder injury
No. 7 Mizzou overcomes mistakes once again, escapes Vandy
College Football
AP Top 25: No. 5 Tennessee continues to climb and Boise State enters poll for first time since 2020
AP Top 25 Takeaways: USC and Michigan play instant Big Ten classic, realizing dream of realignment
Winners and losers: Clemson and Michigan keep themselves in the playoff picture with big wins
No. 3 Ohio State looks ahead to Big Ten schedule after rolling through nonconference games
Heralded Nebraska freshman QB Raiola takes his lumps in OT loss to Illinois
Football/NFL/USFL
Mercury Morris, part of Dolphins’ two Super Bowl wins and their perfect season, dies at 77
Saquon Barkley’s 2 fourth-quarter TDs lift Eagles over Saints in a defensive thriller
Nix runs for a TD and Lutz kicks 4 FGs to lead Broncos to victory over listless Buccaneers
Andy Dalton passes for 319 yards and 3 TDs to lead Panthers to first win
Fields shines as the Steelers move to 3-0 with win over the Chargers
Willis shows the Titans what they gave up, leading the Packers to rout
Henry rushes for 151 yards, 2 TDs as Ravens hang on to beat Cowboys
Vikings stay undefeated with dismantling of Texans behind fierce defense, Darnold’s 4 TDs
Goff throws 2 TD passes, Lions’ D slows Murray
Colts rush for 3 TDs as struggling defense slows Bears offense
Rookie Nabers catches 2 TD passes from Jones as Giants hold off banged-up Browns
The 2-0 Bills are rolling, while the 0-2 Jaguars are roiling ahead of Monday night matchup
Morse and Davis return to Buffalo with Jaguars and respect for ‘beautiful’ Bills Mafia
Bengals try to avoid an 0-3 start in Monday night matchup with Commanders
WNBA
Las Vegas star Wilson is unanimous choice as MVP, winning the award for the third time
Clark unanimous as rookie of the year, makes All-WNBA
Sparks guard Clarendon retires after 12 years in the WNBA
Thomas’ triple-double leads Connecticut to win over Indiana and Caitlin Clark in WNBA playoff opener
Auto Racing
Stray puppy that brought Hamlin bad luck gets to stay after driver advances in NASCAR playoffs
Soccer
Thomas’ triple-double leads Connecticut to win over Indiana and Caitlin Clark in WNBA playoff opener
Golf
Ko pulls away with a 63 to win Queen City Championship for 3rd LPGA title of the year
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