The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Monday's Report: Bacon win, Henley strong US Open; Ex-UGA coach resignation, WACO's Gray/Dream, Braves; US Open; NBA, WNBA, MLB, College World Series; NHL, golf, NFL/UFL, soccer

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 Macon 12, Boone 5

          The Bacon put up five in the third for a 5-3 lead and put it away with two 3-run innings.

          Eli Frank, Mike Morrison, and Antonio Brown each had 3 hits for 6-13 Macon, S Johnson adding 2 hits and 3 RBI.

          Macon hosts Boone on Tuesday, with Florence coming in town on Wednesday. 

Pro

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Tampa Bay 8, Atlanta 6

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Atlanta 87, Los Angeles 74

 

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Around/About Georgia

Ex-Georgia assistant Cochran reveals drug addiction led to abrupt resignation

Washington County’s Gray, Charles propel Dream over Sparks

Siri hits tiebreaking 2-run homer in 9th, Rays beat Braves to avoid sweep

Braves’ Holmes makes major league debut after decade in minors, throws 3 scoreless innings

 

U.S. Open

DeChambeau wins another U.S. Open with a clutch finish to deny McIlroy

‘Payne was looking down’

For McIlroy, there's nothing more to say

McIlroy’s two missed short putts cost him a shot at winning the U.S. Open

Cantlay’s putting derails his quest to win his first major championship at the US Open

Pavon finishes 5th at U.S. Open for his best result in a major championship

World No. 1 Scheffler finishes disappointing US Open with 72, all four rounds over par

Notes and quotes

Prize money list 

Basketball/NBA

Kyrie Irving ends his personal Celtics skid, so now the Mavs will try to win in Boston in NBA Finals

Rookie Lively leaving an impression as Mavericks try to stay alive in NBA Finals

What happened to the Celtics? Should they be concerned?

Irving respectfully calls Celtics a cult, but playing in Boston is certainly a different vibe

Mavericks and Oilers already have made some history in their comeback quests

Celtics back home with chance to close out Mavericks and clinch record 18th NBA championship

WNBA

Diggins-Smith reflects on journey to Storm after Mercury exit

Clark overcomes another physical game by scoring 23 points to lead Fever past Sky 

Reese contends she was making basketball play on Clark despite flagrant foul call

Roundup

Baseball/MLB

The roar of Fleet Week jets in Baltimore caused a few pauses in play at the Orioles-Phillies game

Astros pull Blanco after 7 hitless innings in bid for historic no-hitter

Phillies expect shortstop Turner to be activated Monday after missing over a month

Yamamoto placed on 15-day injured list by Dodgers with triceps tightness

Young, Thomas homer as Nationals complete sweep of Marlins

Reds’ De La Cruz scores all the way from second when pickoff throw goes into outfield

Red Sox set franchise-record 9 stolen bases, steal series from Yankees

Roundup

College Baseball

Ferrer homers twice and Dorsey is nails again as Seminoles knock Virginia out

Tears’ 3-run HR gets No. 1 Vols going in 6-1 win over North Carolina 

A&M hecklers harass Florida, O’Sullivan about controversy, death; Omaha police group with harsh post

Schlossnagle apologizes after Texas A&M fans' Florida dugout incident: 'Don't come back'

Auto Racing

Blaney wins inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at Iowa Speedway

Lawson wrecks into Hamlin after contact with Saurez

Golf

Vu wins playoff in return from back injury, spoiling Thompson’s bid for 1st victory in 5 years

‘Most meaningful win’

Hockey/NHL

Tkachuk-McDavid post-whistle scrum is ‘classic playoff hockey’ in the Stanley Cup Final

Mavericks and Oilers already have made some history in their comeback quests

Game 4 Winners and Losers: Oilers snap out of slump to keep season alive

Football/NFL/UFL

Birmingham Stallions defeat San Antonio Brahmas in UFL championship game

Brady ceremony further proves Patriots are living in the past

Hurts: ‘I have the approach of treating every year like I’m a freshman’

Jets’ Hall says 49ers’ McCaffrey is ‘the standard’ for running backs and he aims to reach that level

Chiefs DT Buggs arrested – again - on charge of domestic violence/burglary in Alabama

Lions sign UFL kicking breakout Bates to 2-year contract

Olympic sports

Gabrielle Rose proves age is just a number as she competes in US swim trials at 46

Gretchen Walsh follows world record with 1st Olympic berth; Carson Foster wins 400 IM

Soccer

MLS teams adjust to a summer of soccer without some of the league’s biggest names

UEFA charges Albania over ‘provocative message’ and fireworks in Euro 2024 loss to Italy

Eriksen scores in Denmark’s 1-1 draw with Slovenia at Euro 2024, 3 years after his onfield collapse

Boxing/UFC/MMA

McGregor says he will return to the UFC octagon after he recovers from an injury

Scoreboards

MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games