Tuesday's Report: Macon Tennis Classic; Braves at break/Ozuna at Derby, Megatron honored, Davis harrassed; SEC Media Days; HR Derby/Skenes ready; soccer arrests

Tuesday's Report: Macon Tennis Classic; Braves at break/Ozuna at Derby, Megatron honored, Davis harrassed; SEC Media Days; HR Derby/Skenes ready; soccer arrests

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 Forest City 6, Macon 1

          Macon scored early, but that was it, Forest City taking control with five runs in its final two at-bats.

          Gage Harrelson (Houston County) managed 2 of Macon’s 5 hits.

          The 14-21 Bacon host Asheboro on Tuesday, visit Lexington County on Thursday, and welcome Florence on Friday. Remaining home games: July 23, July 25, July 27.

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Around/About Georgia

Entering the All-Star break, the Braves believe 'our best baseball is ahead of us' after win over Padres

‘Amazing experience’ for Ozuna

Sinnard leads Braves' 'pitcher-heavy' focus on Draft Day 2

Tech legend, NFL Hall of Famer Megatron to get “Pride of Lions” honor

NFL Hall of Famer from UGA says he was unjustly handcuffed and ‘humiliated’ on a flight

Son of former UGA  great Hearst joins program

Robinson: Pitts learning some tight end, some wide receiver

Draft: Another Bulldog selected

Draft: Two more Yellow Jackets picked

Draft: Kennesaw State’s Aita snagged

 

Baseball/MLB

Dodgers’ Hernández beats Royals’ Witt for HR Derby title, Alonso’s bid for 3rd win ends in 1st round

Royals take pitcher Drew Beam from CWS-winning Tennessee

The top draft pick of the Mariners pitches lefty and righty. Jurrangelo Cijntje wants to keep it up

Draft tracker

Skenes in spotlight, starting All-Star Game after just 11 major league games

It’s been almost a half-century since a Pittsburgh pitcher started the All-Star game

Beltré is going from All-Star Game in Texas to Hall of Fame induction in Cooperstown

World Series MVP Seager from host Rangers added to AL All-Star roster, replacing injured Correa

 

SEC Media Days, Monday

Sankey: ‘Time to update your expectations for what college athletics can be’

Sankey keeps door cracked to SEC expansion with question about ACC

Notes from Sankey’s talk

Saban: From SEC media day darling to denied entry

Kelly says LSU expecting young guys to take next step on defense

No UGA-USCE ‘going to be weird’

Kiffin had to hold it together as he spoke about late father

Lea anticipated NCAA rule change with Kill hire to Vanderbilt

Kelly slips into Irish accent when discussing LSU playing in Ireland

Beamer defends South Carolina expectations, finds ally in Saban

Can Ol’ Miss measure up with Georgia, make playoff with new transfer portal additions?

Saban says that Texas is 'not going to run the SEC' in upcoming season

Kiffin against SEC allowing iPads on sidelines

How many SEC teams can make the College Football Playoff?

Kelly: LSU having top O 'not good enough.' How its D has made strides

Ol’ Miss enters 2024 trying to ignore the hype as LSU looks to defy expectations again 

College Football/South

ACC to use Apple’s iPads on football sidelines and in coaching booths for video playback this fall

College Football

Fresno State’s Tedford steps down because of health concerns, Skipper is named interim coach

Tommy Bowden says Saban, Barkley should be college sports ‘co-commissioners’

WNBA

Column: These numbers reflect Clark's great effect throughout the WNBA 

Olympics/Olympic sports

Team USA coach Reeve dismisses question on Clark’s Olympic future

US men’s basketball team builds big lead then holds off Australia for 98-92 win in Olympics tuneup

NBA/Basketball

Barkley praises Sixers for 'great summer,' and laments likely end of TNT's NBA broadcast rights

Kerr said every Warrior except Stephen Curry were part of offseason trade talks

Soccer

Argentina fans revel in their Copa America triumph, a brief respite from their country’s crises

Birthday boy Lamine Yamal wins Euro 2024 and best young player award

Colombia’s soccer federation president and son among 27 arrested in chaos at Copa America final

High Schools

'He would start at every college in America right now': 16-year-old WR Chris Henry Jr. is making his own name

Golf

Harman starts his British Open title defense by returning the claret jug

College Sports

HBCU Talladega College is shutting down its gymnastics program. The team is trying to save it

Football/NFL/USFL

NFL Hall of Famer says he was unjustly handcuffed and ‘humiliated’ on a flight

Jacoby Jones gave Ravens fans a golden memory

Browns reportedly make Dustin Hopkins among highest-paid kickers in league with new deal

Boxing/UFC/MMA

Jones due in court to face 2 charges stemming from alleged hostility during drug testing

Scoreboards

MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games