Thursday's Report: Georgia College softball, Coaches Carousel; Braves fall, Hawks GM not done, UGA FB, NASCAR, Olympics, a big night of ⚽ & day of 🎾, college FB,

Thursday's Report: Georgia College softball, Coaches Carousel; Braves fall, Hawks GM not done, UGA FB, NASCAR, Olympics, a big night of ⚽ & day of 🎾, college FB,

In Coverage: The coaching movements in Central Georgia continue (and you can only get them – like most local/area/state/national coverage - here)

 

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Arizona 7, Atlanta 5

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Chicago 78, Atlanta 69

 

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Around/About Central Georgia

Georgia College picks Johnson as new softball coach

 

Around/About Georgia

Hawks GM Fields braces for more tough decisions after trading Murray

Suarez homers, drives in 3 runs to help the Diamondbacks rally past the Braves

Reese secures 14th straight double-double in the closing seconds as the Sky beat the Dream

Three questions about UGA’s running backs

Marshall replaces UCLA on UGA’s 25 schedule

Charges against UGA’s Etienne dismissed

Tech’s initial ‘First Saturday’ set

 

Baseball/MLB

Mets break through in 6th inning to top Nationals and secure series victory

Phillies' bullpen preserves slim victory over the Dodgers without Harper

Iglesias’ latest big hit lifts Mets to 6-2 win over Nationals

Auto Racing

Gragson lands seat in NASCAR Cup Series with Front Row Motorsports

Wallace fined $50,000 by NASCAR for retaliatory contact against Alex Bowman

Golf

McIlroy breaks silence on U.S. Open collapse, shares how visiting NYC afterward helped

With Woods’ approval, Bradley locks in Ryder Cup captaincy — perhaps even as a player

Tennis

Djokovic gets to his 13th Wimbledon semifinal via walkover. 2022 champ Rybakina wins

Musetti reaches his first Grand Slam semi, at Wimbledon, will face Djokovic

Rybakina beats Svitolina to reach semifinals and will next face Krejcikova

Injuries are adding up and determining the outcomes of matches

Barty plays exhibition doubles match at Wimbledon but happy to stay retired

Basketball/NBA

NBA on the verge of a deal with Amazon, NBC and ESPN, potentially leaving TNT on the bench

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

Thompson believes he could be the missing piece for the Mavs after leaving the Warriors

WNBA

'I mean, it's huge': Aces' Wilson, Hammon react to star's historic NBA 2K cover

Wilson’s first career 20-20 game helps the Aces beat the Storm

Copper scores 32 for her seventh 30-point game of the season 

Atkins scores 26 for the Mystics, who overcome Caitlin Clark’s 29 points to beat the Fever

Olympics/Olympic sports

Russia’s war threatens Ukraine’s Olympic future, not just the present. A young gymnast offers hope

Derrick White replaces Kawhi Leonard on US Olympic men’s basketball team

Simone Biles and LeBron James are among athletes expected to bid ‘adieu’ to the Olympics in Paris

Stars Richardson and Lyles among the track athletes looking for their first gold medals in Paris

Canada finalizes its men’s Olympic basketball roster, with 8 returnees from World Cup team

Antetokounmpo flag-bearer for Greece in Paris, will lead Parade of Nations

Soccer

Berhalter fired as U.S. men’s soccer coach after Copa America first-round exit

With a late goal fit for a king, England reaches another Euro final by beating Netherlands

Colombia beats Uruguay and will face Messi and Argentina in Copa  final

Watkins the unlikely toast of England after last-gasp winner at Euro

Deflated Dutch see dream of a first European title in 36 years slip away as coach disputes penalty

England and Netherlands fans clash in Dortmund ahead of Euro 2024 semifinal game

Núñez, Uruguay teammates enter stands and as fans fight after Copa America loss to Colombia

Messi says he will keep on playing for Argentina beyond Copa America final

Gambling

FanDuel fined for taking bets on April Fool’s Day on events that happened a week before

College Football/South

Column-DeBoer embraces 'privilege' of following Saban. Don't expect him to wilt

UCF notes and quotes from Big 12 media gathering

College Football

Whittingham is as ‘excited’ as ever heading into 20th season, but offers a hint about when he might be done

Kansas QB Jalon Daniels ready to play after missing most of ’23 with back injury

Oklahoma State’s Gundy says Big 12 'lucky' to have Sanders

Will Sanders’ second year be any different?

Boise State picked to win Mountain West

Big 12 coaches open up

College Sports, the changing landscape

Judge denies Clemson’s request to dismiss ACC countersuit

After reshaping the conference, what's next for Brett Yormark and Big 12? 'You could say we are still open for business'

Colorado got $2.5 million signing bonus to join Big 12; other new members didn't. Why?

Football/NFL/USFL

Jaguars think Bigsby has better understanding of offense heading into second season

Nabers' strip club video overshadows HBO Giants Hard Knocks' spring behind-the-scenes footage

Around the nation/world

Emotional Vingegaard beats Pogacar in sprint to win Tour de France Stage 11 in Massif Central

Scoreboards

MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games