Tuesday's Report: Honor Roll (Georgia College/West Laurens/John Milledge), Signing (East Laurens); Baldwin's Bullard; United, HoCo's Burress/Jones; Falcons, UGA, Braves; College ⚾/🥎, NBA/WNBA, NFL
Coming Tuesday: Mike’s Monday Minute(s)
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Honor Roll
Signings
Parker Manley of East Laurens signed with Toccoa Falls College for men’s soccer.
Alumni Update
Baldwin’s Bullard, Green Bay come to contract terms
Around/About Central Georgia
WBKB-Mercer adds F from Vermont, Greece
Around/About Georgia
Mired in disappointing season, Atlanta United fires coach Gonzalo Pineda
Resetting the division races: Acuña’s injury, Phillies’ fast start puts Braves’ streak in jeopardy
BSB-Houston County alums Burress, Jones make All-Regional
Houston County grads Cam Jones and Drew Burress were two of Georgia Tech’s three players to make the Athens Regional All-Tournament team.
Also making the team: RJ Sales, UNCW; Van Lackey, Georgia Tech; Braden Golinski, Army; and Tre Phelps, Corey Collins, Slate Alford, Charlie Condon, Kolby Branch, and Clayton Chadwick, Georgia.
Collins was voted the top player of the regional.
Cousins remains on track in recovery from torn right Achilles as team approaches minicamp
BSB-Another classic Jackets-Dawgs baseball game; An all-time win for Georgia
Hilliard breaks down the Falcons WR group
'It’s been cool to get back': Bennett sheds some light on lost rookie year
Some Braves trades hurt your heart more than others
Braves finish 3-4 homestand, but they see plenty of positive trends
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NBA/Basketball
Luka Dončić is the series' best player. What does that mean for the Celtics?
Draymond sparked Timberwolves' ‘Inside the NBA' boycott
HOFer Mourning recovering from prostate cancer
These Mavericks are a reflection of Jason Kidd — 'We like the underdog role'
Gambling
Sports betting roundup: Celtics open as NBA Finals favorites, Panthers narrow picks for Stanley Cup
WNBA
Carter takes shot at Clark on Threads
Weatherspoon: Carter's hit on Clark 'not appropriate'
McAfee apologizes for profane remarks used in trying to praise Caitlin Clark
MLB/Baseball
Column: Hernandez 'retired.' Good. Now bring on the robots and protect sports' integrity
Padres’ Marcano faces possible lifetime ban for alleged baseball bets, AP source says
Rangers manager Bochy misses game against Detroit for ‘scheduled personal matter’
Hoskins sheds a tear, as he expected, in his return to Philly with the Brewers
Super Regionals
Fri-Sun or Sat-Mon
No. 1 Tennessee vs. Evansville
No. 2 Kentucky vs. No. 7 Oregon State
No. 3 Texas A&M vs. Oregon
No. 4 North Carolina vs. West Virginia
No. 6 Clemson vs. Florida
No. 8 Florida State vs. UConn
No. 9 Georgia vs. No. 15 NC State
No. 13 Virginia vs. Kansas State
College Baseball
Emotional run ends for Birmingham-Southern
Evansville becomes ninth four-seed to make Super, takes out host East Carolina
No. 4 seed North Carolina beats defending-champion LSU 4-3 in 10 innings for regional title
Florida advances after winning Stillwater Regional over host Oklahoma State
Oregon State finishes off rain-delayed 11-6 victory over UC Irvine to win Corvallis Regional
UConn beats No. 9 national seed Oklahoma 7-0 to win Norman Regional, grab final super regional spot
South Carolina fires coach Kingston after 7 seasons
College Softball
Florida stuns Oklahoma 9-3 in Women’s CWS semis; Sooners still alive in quest for 4th straight title
Teagan Kavan’s 1-hitter leads Texas past Stanford, into Women’s CWS championship series
Dominant Pac-12 softball nears end with conference realignment set to scatter programs
Auto Racing
Cindric gives Team Penske its first NASCAR win and some much-needed momentum
Golf
Scott loses a playoff for a US Open spot on a long day of qualifying at 10 sites
NFL/UFL/USFL/XFL/Football
Legendary OL Larry Allen dies suddenly at 52
Vikings reach agreement with Jefferson on 4-year extension to give him NFL’s richest non-QB contract
Panthers, city seek $800M stadium renovation deal to keep team in Charlotte for 20 years
Vikings reach agreement with Jefferson on 4-year extension to give him NFL’s richest non-QB contract
'It’s been cool to get back': Rams QB Bennett sheds some light on lost rookie year
College Sports
Outgoing Coastal Carolina coaching legend unloads on NIL
Column-SEC commish Sankey has had it with the NCAA
College Football
Saban, Meyer, Aaron Donald and Manti Te’o among 7 making debut on College Football HoF ballot
Penn State found ‘friction’ between coach James Franklin, team doctor; could not determine violation
WVU's Brown: Big 12 is the 'most exciting conference in the country'
College Basketball
Creighton will rename its practice facility the McDermott Center in honor of coach and his family
Tennis
Sabalenka powers into French Open quarterfinals, Medvedev loses to De Minaur
Djokovic wins his record 370th Slam match but isn’t sure he can continue at the French Open
17-year-old Andreeva reaches her first French Open quarters by beating last Frenchwoman
De Minaur is a firm clay court believer after reaching the French Open quarterfinals
NHL/Hockey
Analysis: Why the Florida Panthers will win the Stanley Cup Final
Analysis: Connor McDavid is the reason the Edmonton Oilers win the Stanley Cup
How Florida got over its Stanley Cup heartbreak only to return to the Final
Soccer
Finally! Kylian Mbappé joins Real Madrid on five-year deal
Scoreboards