Monday's Report: Bacon; Braves, Hawks, Dream; MLB, NASCAR, golf, Olympics, soccer, NBA moves, NHL, colleges, UFC
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Macon 5, Forest City 4, 7 inn.
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Around/About Central Georgia
Around/About Georgia
Cruz and Tellez homer in 5th as the Pirates avoid sweep and beat the Braves
Column: From a backyard court in Lyon comes Hawks' first overall pick Zaccharie Risacher
Stewart leads New York over Atlanta, scores 5,000th point
Baseball/MLB
Scherzer passes Greg Maddux on MLB's all-time strikeout list, now chasing Justin Verlander
Brewers have American Family Field escalators inspected after malfunction results in 11 injuries
Altuve ejected for 2nd time in MLB career when called out on what appeared to be foul ball
Turner, short-handed Phillies rally past Marlins
Malloy’s inside-the-park HR propels Tigers
Brewers hit 5 grand slams in 8-game span, reversing earlier struggles with bases loaded
Rangers rookie Langford becomes the 1st major leaguer to hit for the cycle in 2024
Auto Racing
Logano wins at Nashville in record 5th overtime for 1st NASCAR Cup Series victory of year
Mercedes driver Russell wins Formula 1’s Austrian GP after Verstappen, Norris clash at front
Golf
Davis wins Rocket Mortgage Classic for 2nd time after Bhatia 3-putts 18th hole
Thitikul birdies final hole and celebrates Dow Championship team win with Yin
Tennis
Murray is still not sure whether he will be able to compete at Wimbledon
Raducanu would be ‘over the moon’ with Centre Court victory after missing Wimbledon last year
Basketball/NBA
Harden reportedly signing $70M deal to remain with Clippers
Paul George will leave the Clippers. Also, Caldwell-Pope to Magic, CP3 to Spurs
Pistons and coach J.B. Bickerstaff agree on 4-year contract with team option for 5th, AP source says
Harden staying with Clippers, Love staying with Heat
Christie is getting a 4-year, $32 million deal to return to the Lakers
WNBA
Lynx rally past Sky while Reese breaks record for consecutive double-doubles
Clark and the Fever rally from 15 down to beat the Mercury
Olympic sports
Simone Biles secures third trip to the Olympics after breezing to victory at U.S. trials
McLaughlin-Levrone runs 50.65 to break world record, qualify to defend Olympic title
Mask-wearing shot put standout Raven Saunders earns spot to Paris Olympics with 2nd place finish
Soccer
American winger Tim Weah’s suspension extended to 2 games for red card against Panama
USA knows it needs a win to keep Copa América hopes alive: 'We're all confident'
US prepared to face South American power Uruguay with its Copa America future hanging in the balance
Ecuador earns spot in Copa America quarterfinals with 0-0 draw against Mexico
USMNT's Weah gets 2-game ban for red card
Slovakia didn’t take its loss to England so well at Euro 2024 as coach lashes out and captain cries
Spain beats Georgia 4-1 to reach Euro 2024 quarterfinals. It next plays host Germany
College Baseball
Texas A&M hires Michael Earley to replace Jim Schlossnagle as baseball coach
Hockey
Rain doesn’t stop the reign for the Panthers, who celebrate their Stanley Cup with parade and rally
‘Unpredictable’ free agency is on tap around the NHL as part of a fast-tracked offseason
NHL draft winners, losers: Surprise pick's priceless reaction, Celine Dion highlight Day 1
College Football
A look at stadiums in the ‘new’ Big Ten
College Basketball
UNC's Roy Williams on ACC Tourney in Charlotte, square dancing, and his toughest player
College Sports, the changing landscape
Pac-12 Networks to go dark Sunday night after 12-year run
Making sense of college sports realignment. Which schools are changing conference affiliation?
Bye to the Big 12 and hello SEC: It’s party time for Texas and Oklahoma
Football/NFL/USFL
There are 4.8 billion reasons why other leagues are watching the fallout from ‘Sunday Ticket’ case
Boxing/UFC/MMA
UFC 303 reports a nearly $16M gate, its 4th-biggest despite 3 bouts with replacement fighters
Around the nation/world
Pogacar takes the yellow jersey in the 2nd stage of the Tour de France. Only Vingegaard can keep up
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