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Tuesday's Report: Baldwin mourns; Hawks/draft, Braves/Kelenic/Kerr, Penix; NBA, WNBA, Stanley Cup, College WS, MLB, NASCAR, colleges, NFL, soccer, Olympics

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Around/About Central Georgia

Baldwin mourns death of assistant coach Smith

          Less than three years after its diagnosis, cancer claimed Baldwin teacher and coach Seticia Smith on June 19.

          Smith, 36, coached and taught at Oak Hill Middle, but aided in varsity softball, girls basketball and track at Baldwin. She was the school district’s teacher of the year for 2021-22, but had to resign from her athletics duties late in 2021 to deal with treatment.

          According to the Milledgeville Union-Recorder, she was diagnosed with stage 3 aggressive cancer, had surgery and then chemotherapy, but continued teaching.

The Georgia College graduate – she had three degrees from the school - had another surgery in July of 2022.

          A balloon release will be held Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Baldwin’s football stadium.

 

Around/About Georgia

NBA draft just beginning of Hawks' offseason moves

Donovan, Lynn spark Cardinals over Braves for ninth win in 12 games

Kelenic thriving as Braves’ replacement for Ronald Acuña Jr. as leadoff batter

Lefty Kerr needs Tommy John surgery

Penix officially signs deal with Atlanta

 

Basketball/NBA

French teen Alexandre Sarr and UConn’s Donovan Clingan headline list of top big men in the NBA draft

Free agency: Top power forwards on market are a spicy list

Cavaliers hiring Warriors assistant Kenny Atkinson as next coach, AP source says

Their podcast is over. New Lakers coach JJ Redick still hopes to create great content with LeBron 

WNBA

Commissioner’s Cup preview, Lynx vs. Liberty on Tues.: 'It's all about the money'

Dearica Hamby replaces Sparks teammate Cameron Brink on US 3x3 Olympic team

Baseball/MLB

Dodgers’ Kershaw has been shut down after experiencing lingering soreness

Phillies turn MLB's first 1-3-5 triple play since 1929 vs. Tigers

Cubs unveil statue depicting Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg in a familiar defensive crouch

Finally some good news on the pitcher health front as  Cole and Scherzer return

Well … Angels LH Sandoval has torn UCL, hurt on pitch to former teammate Ohtani

Padres star Tatis Jr. placed on injured list with stress reaction in his right thigh bone

Hockey

Top Cats: Panthers win their 1st Stanley Cup, top Oilers 2-1 in Game 7

McDavid wins Conn Smythe as playoff MVP despite Oilers losing final

College Baseball

Tennessee survives big late A&M comeback and raucous 9th – tying run on third - to take CWS championship

Column: Tennessee completes climb from bottom of SEC to top of baseball

Rare No. 1 finishes as champs

Texas’ Pierce out after 8 seasons before Longhorns move into powerhouse SEC

Auto Racing

Joe Gibbs driver Bell emerges as a championship contender

NASCAR fully enters wet-weather tire era as drivers, officials deem Loudon completion successful

German investigators detain 2 men who allegedly tried to blackmail the family of Michael Schumacher

NHRA great Force remains in intensive care one day after 300-mph fiery crash

Golf

Rahm goes on f-bomb tirade over LIV Tour drones

Tennis

After back surgery, Murray is undecided on readiness for Wimbledon

College Football

Northwestern breaks ground on a new football stadium

College Basketball

Why Auriemma compares this year’s UConn women’s basketball roster to 2016 national champs

Gonzaga’s Few weighs in on new-look West Coast Conference

College Sports, changing landscape

With the future of college sports uncertain, one thing is clear: An official and permanent split of NCAA Division I is here

Football/NFL/USFL

Kansas City releases DL Buggs after 2 recent arrests in Alabama

Jury expected to begin deliberations in NFL ‘Sunday Ticket’ trial on Wednesday

Olympic Sports

For former NBA player Chase Budinger, a second career in beach volleyball was a path to the Olympics

Mu stumbles, falls in 800 meters and will not have chance to defend her Olympic title

16-year-old track phenom Wilson doesn't qualify in 400m for Olympics

Soccer

Euro 2024: Concerns over Mbappé's availability hang over France’s group closer with Poland

Dearica Hamby replaces Sparks teammate Cameron Brink on US 3x3 Olympic team

Zaccagni puts Italy through to knockout round with last-minute equalizer vs. Croatia

Brazil held to draw by Costa Rica in a stunner to open Copa America group play

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MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games