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Wednesday's Report: Sale rolls again, Falcons interesting offseason, about UGA's WRs/TEs; Tech alum Bart belts bomb, No. 1 down at Wimby, Biles eyes history

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Indianapolis 2, Atlanta 1

 

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Around/About Georgia

Sale wins MLB-leading 12th game, Duvall adds 3-run HR and the Braves beat the D-backs

Interesting offseason blurs picture of Falcons season

Safety Hellams looks to take 'that extra step' in Year 2

Three questions about UGA receivers/tight ends

 

Baseball/MLB

Politician, 44, spins a gem for minor-league team: 'There's never been a story like this'

One thing to know about each of the 64 MLB All-Stars

De La Cruz learning Japanese to talk to Shohei Ohtani at All-Star Game

Turner hits grand slam, Wheeler exits with back stiffness in Phillies’ 10-1 win over Dodgers

Paredes hits 3-run HR, Rays beat Yankees 5-3 for New York’s 17th loss in 23 games

Bart (Georgia Tech) hits grand slam, 1 of 5 Pirates homers in rout of Brewers

Roundup

 

Auto Racing

Bowman quiets Hendrick speculation with his Cup win on a rainy Chicago street course

NASCAR heads to the Poconos, IndyCar takes on oval at Iowa with new hybrid engine

Force moved to California rehab center. Celebrates daughter’s birthday with ice cream

Tennis

Medvedev takes out No. 1 Sinner in 5

Like Federer, Alcaraz epitomizes the joy of tennis

American Fritz upsets Zverev with epic rally

Italian upstart halts Navarro's dream Wimbledon run

Vekic nearly quit tennis but now she’s in Wimbledon’s semifinals and will face Jasmine Paolini

Djokovic uses crowd's 'disrespect' as fuel

 

Basketball/NBA

Ex-Hawk Murray, traded twice in 3 years, pledges to push Zion Williamson, Pelicans to higher level

Martin insists he’s happy with $32M deal with 76ers after turning down $65M in Miami

Curry wants to be a Warrior for life, but knows 'things change quickly'

 Pistons and Cunningham agree on $224M, 5-year deal that could be worth nearly $270M, AP sources say

Olympics/Olympic sports

Biles has a shot at history at the Olympics while defending champion Russia stays home

Is the 2024 USA men's basketball team better than the 1992 'Dream Team'?

Edwards' confidence still soaring even on star-studded Team USA

Soccer

Messi’s 109th goal leads defending champion Argentina over Canada 2-0 and into Copa America final

Spain beats France 2-1 to reach Euro 2024 final. Yamal sets the mark as youngest-ever scorer

Even after ditching the mask, Mbappé's Euro 2024 comes to a disappointing end with loss to Spain

Paraguay fires coach Garnero after winless Copa America

Deschamps: If France is boring you, go watch something else

Netherlands hit by travel disruption ahead of Euro 2024 semifinal against England

College football media days schedule
ACC: July 22-25 (Georgia Tech, 22nd)
American: July 22-23
Big 12: July 9-10
Big Ten: July 23-25
Conference USA: July 23
Mid-American: July 19
Mountain West: July 10-11
Pac-12: July 10
SEC: July 15-18 (Georgia, 16th )
Sun Belt: July 23-24
Southern: TBA
SIAC: TBA

College Football/South

Auburn’s Freeze feeling ‘really confident’ in a ‘more comfortable’ Thorne

Low expectations: Oddsmakers install Alabama as underdog to make 12-team playoff

College Football

Utah is coming into the Big 12 favored to win a title in yet another league

Big 12 media days: One big question for all 16 teams, including Mike Gundy, Deion Sanders

Oklahoma St RB Gordon won’t miss games after arrest, Gundy has to clarify comments about decision

Commish: Big 12 has solidified itself as one of nation’s top 3 conferences

The Big 12 has a weird mix of teams. So what? It's not done yet

Football/NFL/USFL

No more confusion: Jags rusher Allen changes last name to Hines-Allen to honor maternal family

Burrow has an idea to fix the ailing Pro Bowl

Former Browns QB great Bernie Kosar battling health challenges

Scoreboards

MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games