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Monday's Report: FVSU's Wilson shines with Pack; Tech/realignment, Falcons, UGA, Braves; MLB, college 🏈/realignment, NFL, NBA/WNBA, NASCAR, boxing, tennis,

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In Coverage: Russell Henley closes strong at FedEx St. Jude Championship

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NY Mets 7, Atlanta 6

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Las Vegas 86, Atlanta 65

 

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Around/about Central Georgia

An emotional night for FVSU’s Wilson

 

Around/About Georgia

Tech reportedly on board for Cal, Stanford to ACC

Atlanta RBs coach on Falcons’ big 3, potential explosiveness

Falcons cut 2022 starting linebacker Mykal Walker in surprise move

Column-Only thing stopping UGA is Smart ignoring off-field problems

What does UGA spend on the Kirby Copter? Interesting facts and figures

Ortega keys a big 6th inning for the Mets, who avoid last place

Braves who may be playing their way out of staying in 2024

 

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MLB/Baseball

The umpire who didn’t always call them like he saw them

Lorenzen’s no-hitter backstory a little more than most

Column-Kershaw is back, as are Dodger’s title hopes

Baltimore owner working on proposals for stadium deal

Shohei Ohtani’s 41st homer leads the Angels to a 2-1 win over the Astros

Singleton's HR was 2,935 days in the making

Mariners fan surprises Félix Hernández at team's Hall of Fame ceremony

 

Soccer

Final Four: Australia makes it through to Women’s World Cup semifinals seeking history for Matildas 

College Realignment

Column-The benefit of college football realignment: more big games

What’s next in conference realignment as Pac-4 search for solutions and conferences weight options?

Spurrier checks in on Florida State to SEC

Gonzaga keeping close eye on conference realignment shuffle

College football/South

Is Sun Belt the best mid-major conference?

Spurrier calls out UGA, SEC non-conference schedules

‘Yesterday I had my mind made up’: Freeze on QB battle

Rebel defense dominates scrimmage vs. QBs Dart and Sanders

What Pete Rose said that stuck with Saban 

College Football

Even with due diligence, AP Top 25 voters know preseason ballot is an educated-guessing game

Big Ten games on Peacock will be seen on bars, restaurants across America

Michigan WR Wilson watches hometown burn in Hawaii wildfires: 'They need everything'

Wisconsin going hard early to build competitiveness

NFL/USFL/XFL/Football

Chiefs say new Commanders coordinator Eric Bieniemy’s intense style will pay off eventually

Hurts nearly won MVP last season. Here’s why this season he can be even better

O’Connell impresses for Raiders, while questions linger for 49ers backup quarterbacks

Carr throws a TD pass in Saints debut

Column-Why Jimmy G fits Raiders better than Carr

Auto Racing

McDowell dominates Brickyard 200 for 2nd NASCAR crown jewel victory

Golf

Glover does it again

Mickelson meltdown and a 7-shot win for Cam Smith in LIV Golf

Déjà Vu: American golfer Lilia Vu captures 2nd major in 2023 at Women’s British Open

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Wilkens tells how Magic Johnson incited Jordan during lazy Dream Team practice

Column-Why  Wade entered HOF as greatest ever in history of Miami sports

Stewart sets WNBA record 

Tennis

Pegula routs Samsonova in Montreal for 3rd career WTA Tour title 

Boxing/UFC/MMA

A year after suffering a brain bleed, Vicente Luque grinds out decision win vs. Rafael dos Anjos

Why Joshua's first KO in 3 years doesn't mean much

UFC Vegas 78: Blackshear pulls off ultra rare twister submission

Scoreboards

MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games