Monday's Report: Athens Regional, instant UGA-Tech classic, Braves, Falcons, Dream, United, Tech golf, Albany State coach; MLB, NBA, NFL, NCAA ⚾🥎⛳, racing, UFC
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College
Links at times will include game story
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Georgia Tech 4, UNC Wilmington 2; Athens Regional
Georgia 8, Georgia Tech 6; Athens Regional championship
⚾ ⚾ ⚾Coastal Plain League⚾ ⚾ ⚾
Macon was held scoreless for seven innings, and committed four errors – somehow, though, leading to no unearned runs - en route to falling to 1-8.
Pro
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🏀🏀🏀WNBA🏀🏀🏀
Connecticut 69, Atlanta 50
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Around/About Georgia
Morton, Braves shut down Athletics 3-1 to take series on Murphy’s bloop double
BSB-Georgia battles back, takes down Tech in 10 to advance
BSB-(Early Sunday) HoCo’s Jones big on the mound, Becchetti provides go-ahead runs with 2-run smash to send Georgia Tech past UNC Wilmington
Sources: NFL tampering rulings likely this wee; more severe punishment for Atlanta?
Bonner has 18 points and 10 rebounds as the Sun shut down the Dream
Rookie Abada scores twice to lead Charlotte to 3-2 victory over Atlanta United
MGLF-13 ex-Yellow Jackets qualify for U.S. Open
WBKB-Albany State names new head coach
MLB/Baseball
Why ump Hernández was branded as baseball's bumbling boogeyman
Skenes uses success on mound to help the lives of veterans
Joey Meneses, Jake Irvin help Nationals end Guardians’ nine-game home winning streak, 5-2
Marte homers twice, including go-ahead, 2-run drive in 9th as Diamondbacks beat Mets
Betts and Freeman homer in the 1st to back another solid outing from Stone as Dodgers blank Rockies
NBA/Basketball
Injured Kristaps Porzingis on track for return as Celtics prepare for NBA Finals against Mavericks
Kyrie opens up about 'rough time' in Boston ahead of Finals
Column: There will never be another Bill Walton, a free spirit as a player and a broadcaster
Most of us were wrong about Luka and Kyrie – 'a beautiful combination'
WNBA
Sky refuse to address multiple hard fouls on Clark in loss
WNBA upgrades foul on Clark by Carter, fines Reese for no postgame interview
Aces bring Hayes out of retirement in an effort to make another title run
Taurasi hits 7 3s, scores 31 to help Mercury beat Sparks, snapping a 4-game skid
Clark held to just three as Laney-Hamilton and Jones help Liberty rout Fever
College Baseball
Heartbreaker: Birmingham-Southern’s magical postseason ends with 11-10 loss in D-3 World Series
Tears hits big home run and Tennessee rolls into super regionals
Clemson beats Coastal Carolina, advances to first super regional since 2010
Virginia tops Mississippi State to advance
East Carolina takes offense to another level smashing Evansville to force winner-take-all game
Nicholson, Pitre hit homers, Kentucky advances to super regionals
Texas A&M rolls over Louisiana for regional title
Defending-champion LSU stays alive, tops host North Carolina
Kansas State heads to super regional claiming Fayetteville Regional beating Southeast Missouri St.
Florida State rides nine-run inning into berth in super regionals
Lodes has 7 Ks over 7 relief innings, Oklahoma beats UConn, avoids elimination
N. C. State tops James Madison to advance
Shelton’s 3-run HR helps Florida survive in Stillwater
West Virginia tops Grand Canyon, earns first trip to super regional
Seitter leads Oregon to over host UC Santa Barbara for regional title
Oregon State, UC Irvine suspended until Monday
Early Sunday games
LSU rallies from big deficit to defeat Wofford, advance to Chapel Hill final
Bodine’s home run lifts Coastal Carolina past High Point, into Clemson final
Mancini goes deep twice, James Madison advances to Raleigh final
Indiana State uses big third inning to demolish Illinois on way to Lexington final
Southern Miss rolls in early innings, routs Indiana to reach final at Knoxville
East Carolina keeps super regional hopes alive holding off VCU
Jordan goes 5 for 5 to help Mississippi State eliminate St. John’s
Zyska’s home run sends UCF into Tallahassee final
Grand Canyon beats Dallas Baptist in elimination game
UC Irvine rolls over Tulane in elimination game
Louisiana beats Texas 10-2 to advance to regional championship against Texas A&M
Caglianone and Shelton have 4 RBIs apiece, Florida beats Nebraska
SE Missouri State’s Andy Sawyers bounces his old coach, Arkansas’ Dave Van Horn, out of regionals
Oklahoma holds off Duke 4-3, sets up rematch with UConn for regional championship
College Softball
Erickson’s 4 RBIs help Florida top Alabama and advance to the semifinals
Canady strikes out 8 and leads Stanford past UCLA and into Women’s CWS semifinals
Tennis
Dimitrov vs. Sinner and Alcaraz vs. Tsitsipas in French Open quarters
No marathons as Swiatek and Gauff sprint into the French Open quarterfinals. Sinner and Alcaraz win
No one at the French Open loves it when matches go past 3 a.m. And no one can agree on a solution
Golf
Saso wins another US Women’s Open. This one was for Japan
Scottish left-hander MacIntyre wins RBC Canadian Open for his first PGA Tour title
NFL/USFL/XFL/UFL/Football
Commanders release kicker McManus after two women sued him for sexual assault
Tagovailoa shows up noticeably thinner for promotional event
Jackson won’t earn $750K bonus after missing too many offseason workouts
Auto Racing
Cindric claims victory in NASCAR Cup series after Blaney runs out of gas on final lap
Dixon wins record 4th Detroit Grand Prix, becoming 1st IndyCar driver to win 2 this season
NHL/Hockey/College Hockey
Oilers top Stars 2-1 for West title, will play Florida in the Stanley Cup Final
Rangers leave disappointed after Presidents’ Trophy curse hits them in East final
Panthers return to Stanley Cup Final and earn rare place in Miami sports history
Olympic Sports
Biles wins record 9th all-around title at U.S. championships ahead of Paris Olympics
Soccer
Real Madrid celebrates another Champions League title with its fans on streets of Spanish capital
Fiorentina beats Atalanta to prevent the Europa League champion from finishing 3rd. Venezia promoted
Germany coach blasts public broadcaster for asking if there should be more white players in his team
Boxing/WWE/UFC/MMA
UFC 302 takeaways: So close but so far for Dustin Poirier, Sean Strickland's broken promise and more
Scoreboards
College baseball Div. I scores