Thursday's Report: Bacon win; Tech tennis, United beat Miami, Braves, WACO's Gray leads Dream, UGA b; SEC meetings, NBA, MLB/Negro League stats, college⚾🏈🏀🥎📰, golf, 🎾⚽

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Macon 7, Florence 1

Pro
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Washington 7, Atlanta 2

WNBA

Atlanta 73, Washington 67

MLS

Atlanta 3, Miami 1

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Around/About Central Georgia

Bacon finally break into the win column

          A two-run first inning was all Macon needed to get past visiting Florence 7-2 and get its first win of the season.

          The Bacon added 2 runs in the fourth and fifth for a 6-0 lead.

          Sherman Johnson, Jaxon Milam, Mike Morrison, Charles Dean, and Parker Ingram each had 2 hits for Macon, Dean with 2 RBI.

          Macon (1-4) hosts Lexington County on Thursday, visits Florence on Friday, and returns home to face Florence on Saturday.

 

Around/About Georgia

MTEN-Tech’s Lamprecht, Tai earn first-team All-America

Messi scores, but Inter Miami’s 10-match MLS unbeaten streak ends in 3-1 loss to Atlanta United

Thomas hits 3-run homer, Nationals beat Braves to spoil Schwellenbach’s debut

Prospect Spencer Schwellenbach strikes out 5 in mixed MLB debut

Charles and Washington County’s Gray lift the Dream over the Mystics, who have dropped 7 straight to open the season

BSB-Condon emerges as NCAA leader in homers, batting average after beginning Georgia career as a walk-on

 

SEC Spring Meetings

SEC gathers to sort through consequences of settlement, comes away with more questions than answers

Sankey reveals his favorite SEC conspiracy theory

Would Florida Gators block FSU from the SEC?

SEC moving toward adopting injury reports for football games. Coaches weigh in

Sankey aims to be 'statesman' but also 'forceful'

SEC AD expects NCAA to allow sponsor logos on fields

Column-DeBoer skips Nick Saban lecture but offers GOAT philosophy

 

NBA/Basketball

After completing first quest by reaching NBA Finals, Celtics can begin thinking about championship

The T-wolves got back to playing stingy defense and kept the West finals vs. the Mavericks going

Why NBA's potential No. 1 pick went pro at 14, no college

Mavericks look to secure conference finals victory over the Timberwolves

Lue, Clippers reportedly agree to 5-year deal worth nearly $70M

'That's on me': Thunder GM admits to trade whiff 

WNBA

Wilson’s 29 points and 15 rebounds lead the Aces past the Lynx

Roundup

MLB/Baseball

Yankees’ Boone comes to umpire Hernández's defense after backlash

Career and season MLB records that changed following the addition of Negro Leagues statistics

Major leaguers praise inclusion of Negro Leagues statistics into major league records

Mets to cut López after reliever throws glove into stands following ejection

Phillies rally around Harper, rout the Giants to snap a three-game losing streak

Skenes' great MLB start continues with 9 Ks in Pirates win over Tigers

Smith homers twice as Dodgers complete sweep of Mets

Roundup

College Baseball

New traditions, a dance team and a big ballpark: Inside Texas A&M's grand (and expensive) baseball vision

'We believe in what we have': NKU baseball ready for top-seed Tennessee in NCAA tourney

College Softball

Oklahoma starts 4-peat quest in OKC with matchup against newcomers Duke

Sooner, then Gator: Florida’s Jocelyn Erickson returns to the WCWS with a new team and a bigger role

Texas' awesome offense, OU's four-peat quest and what to know about every Women's College World Series team

College Football

How Sanders' son ended up declaring bankruptcy: 'Kind of stunning’

Auburn RB Battie could be permanently paralyzed after shooting

There's no rush for South Dakota State to jump to FBS

7 things to know about Ohio State recruiting heading into summer

How Clemson’s Woodaz is mastering new position under Swinney

College Basketball

Auburn adds Georgia Tech transfer

UConn’s Karaban, Alabama’s Sears and Arizona’s Love back in college after withdrawing from NBA draft

College Sports

Auburn senior J.M. Butler leads Tigers to NCAA golf title

College Sports, the changing landscape

Thamel: Amateurism is dead, big questions remain and more from a historic NCAA settlement

O’Bannon stands tall over NCAA antitrust settlement

How the House v. NCAA settlement will impact the future of college football

Sod story: Eying new revenue, NCAA mulls sponsor logos on field

NFL/USFL/ XFL

Jets’ Quinnen Williams knew Aaron Rodgers has had a long NFL career. But he’s stunned it’s Year 20

Joe Brady places his trust in QB Josh Allen upon taking over the Buffalo Bills’ play-calling duties

Chiefs DT Buggs accused of animal cruelty over allegedly 'neglected' dogs, and more, in Tuscaloosa

Trotter's lawsuit survives NFL's motion to dismiss

Hockey/NHL

Oilers beat Stars 5-2 in Game 4 to tie Western Conference final

Tied going into Game 5, Rangers-Panthers series in the East final is quite the show

Auto Racing

Front Row announces its adding a 3rd car for 2025 a day after Stewart-Haas says it's shutting down

Good news, bad news for NASCAR Cup teams ahead of Gateway weekend

Golf

Charges dropped for Scheffler, who shares 'no ill will'

Scheffler got out of jail in 72 minutes. Did he receive special treatment?

Scott is looking to keep alive a major streak that dates to 2001

Korda faces her toughest test at US Women’s Open

Murray body discovered in Palm Beach Gardens home when he died by suicide

Golfers want millions to give up a World Heritage Site in Ohio with ancient Indigenous ties

Scott is looking to keep alive a major streak that dates to 2001

Soccer

Columbus Crew not feeling pressure to represent MLS in Champions Cup final

Champions League: Rodrygo attracts unwanted attention by saying he is open to leaving Real Madrid

Can Dortmund take down Real Madrid in the Champions League Final?

Tennis

No. 1 Iga Swiatek battles back from match point to win French Open thriller over Naomi Osaka

'Someone spat gum at me': David Goffin criticizes Paris crowd after his first-round win

Boxing/UFC/MMA

UFC 302 main card: Why each fight matters, including Dustin Poirier's underdog tale vs. Islam Makhachev

'I'm gonna knock him unconscious': UFC lightweight Dustin Poirier on Makhachev fight

Scoreboards

NBA scores/games
MLB scores/games