Friday's Report: WACO's Takeo Spikes, Mercer/SoCon; Braves business, Falcons, Gray/Dream, Tech, UGA, Hawks; college football/sports, MLB, World Cup, golf, NFL, auto racing, tennis

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Coastal Plain

Florence 11, Macon 9

Pro

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NY Liberty 95, Atlanta 84

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Alumni Update

'Full circle': Auburn/WACO alum Spikes on his consideration for CFB Hall of Fame

Around/About Central Georgia

Mercer picked to contend in SoCon, 12 make All-SoCon

Rankings and teams

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Braves CEO Derek Schiller on going public: There’s a lot of room for growth

Falcons notebook

WACO’s Gray goes for 25, not enough for Dream

Tech’s Yondjouen brings Belgium to The Flats

UGA’s backfield in good shape for awhile

Mexico City will host Hawks, Magic for regular-season game

Baseball/MLB

Ohtani is staying with the Angels, at least for the rest of the season, GM says

So, he throws a complete-game shutout in Game 1, belts two bombs in Game 2

Cubs’ Happ hits Cardinals catcher Contreras in head with follow-through, then gets hit by pitch

 Around the nation/world

Wincinnati! How the Reds and Bengals have brought life and swagger to a fan base starving for good news

Soccer

Loyd questions US heart during tie

After disappointing draw, USWNT needs math to add up to avoid World Cup embarrassment

College Football/South

Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Pruitt have new jobs, in Alabama, in high school

Auburn signee was poster child of Jeremy Pruitt's illicit recruiting operation at Tennessee

Ex-UGA assistant Friend now linked to Tennessee scandal

Old-school Dabo Swinney keeps Clemson on top in ACC

Florida State has a chance to return to elite status. The program’s history offers examples how

College Football

Harbaugh shows again he can't get out of own way with latest misstep

Who has the worst Big 12 travel challenge?

Ex-interim Wisconsin coach a boost to Illinois

Big 12 deeper than perceived

Penn State’s Franklin sees less question marks across the board'

Golf

Monahan: PGA won’t support rollback of ball

Harman to contemplate British Open title from atop his brand-new tractor

NFL/USFL/XFL/Football

Rivera 'fired up' about post-Dan Snyder era in Washington: 'Now it's about football'

Bengals QB Joe Burrow carted off the practice field after calf injury

Barkley and NFL RBs are getting a taste of the real world, where jobs aren't valued as they once were

Payton unloads on previous Denver staff, among ‘worst coaching’ jobs in NFL history

Part of which is on a 2023 opponent, and there’s a response

Auto Racing/NASCAR

Pocono boasts its largest NASCAR crowd in more than a decade for Hamlin’s win

Around auto racing

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Young James released, Dad James sends thanks, says family is ‘safe and healthy’ after Bronny’s cardiac arrest

Las Vegas Aces' Williams arrested on domestic battery, strangulation charges

Tennis

Time for Dojo to retire, his dad thinks

College Sports

Colorado leaving Pac-12, returning to Big 12 in 2024 after unanimous vote

Lawsuit: Butler trainer sexually abused 3 female soccer players, school lacked safety plans

LSU gymnast and influencer Dunne doesn't go to class in-person because she's worried about staying safe from crazed fans

Memphis’ Hardaway won’t fight suspension

'How do we improve the landscape?' — With NIL headaches aplenty, NCAA group meets on fact-finding mission

'The power of broadcast TV cannot be underestimated': Big Ten readies for new media deal with NBC, CBS, Fox

Amid hazing scandal, Northwestern AD's book draws scrutiny over his views on women

High Schools

Virginia athletics organization plans no changes to its policy for trans athletes

Scoreboards

MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games