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Tuesday's Report: Rutland/FVSU alum King, Bacon All-Stars; Falcons, Braves; A wild 5-OT Cup race; Celtics pay Tatum, are for sale, US bumped from Copa, UT&OU celebrate

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Alumni Update

Marquette King (Rutland/FVSU) working to get back in NFL

 

Around/About Central Georgia

Bacon players, Middle Georgia Stater make all-star team

          Three players from Macon have made the Coastal Plain League all-star team.

          Catcher David Stokely and pitchers Jagger Iovinelli and Andrew Elkill made the West team.

          Stokely will start, but Elkill is unable to participate.

          Asheboro’s Dylan Dickert of Middle Georgia State made the West roster.

          The games are Sunday and Monday at Forest City, N.C.

 

Around/About Georgia

Jarrett excited to get hands-on with DT rookies at training camp

How Atlanta's bullpen usage will help in the postseason

López on a roll entering series vs. Giants

 

Baseball/MLB

George Brett: ‘I never saw anyone quite like Bo Jackson’

Brewers hit 5 grand slams in 8-game span, reversing earlier struggles with bases loaded

Roundup

Auto Racing

What drivers said after a chaotic, five-overtime Cup race at Nashville

Newgarden dreams of trying the grueling double of the Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600

Golf

Bland wins rain-delayed U.S. Senior Open on 4th playoff hole for his second straight senior major

Tennis

Naomi Osaka wins at Wimbledon for the first time in 6 years, and Coco Gauff moves on, too

Murray’s first-round Wimbledon match is listed on Tuesday’s schedule at Centre Court

Sabalenka withdraws from Wimbledon with a shoulder injury

Basketball/NBA

Ownership group of NBA champion Boston Celtics is putting team up for sale

Celtics star Tatum agrees to 5-year, $314 million supermax extension, AP source says

Thompson is leaving the Warriors and will join the Mavericks, AP sources say

76ers make a splash with $400 million in contracts for Paul George and Tyrese Maxey

WNBA

Teresa Weatherspoon and Becky Hammon embrace their intertwined legacies in the history -- and future -- of the WNBA

'Reality check': Caitlin Clark 1, Diana Taurasi 0. Rookie's near triple-double wins over GOAT

Jones scores 18 and the Sun beat the short-handed Mercury

Olympic sports

Column-Biles deserves this Paris Olympics spot, and the happiness that comes with it

Richardson, McLaughlin and Lyles set to lead the Americans to a big medal haul at Olympic track

Russell, Johnson silence doubters in emotional interviews

Sweet 16: Quincy Wilson headed to Paris as youngest U.S. male track Olympian ever

Soccer

US eliminated from Copa America with 1-0 loss to Uruguay, increasing pressure to fire Berhalter

Copa América: Internet roasts Fox for bizarre USA-Uruguay camera angle, prompting a change mid-game: 'Are they using a blimp?'

Panama beats Bolivia 3-1 to reach knockout rounds and help eliminate the U.S. from Copa America

Epic penalties drama for Ronaldo ends with Portugal beating Slovenia in a Euro 2024 shootout

Mbappé and France into Euro 2024 quarterfinals after Kolo Muani’s late goal beats Belgium 1-0

American midfielder Tyler Adams says receiving online racial abuse is commonplace

College Football

Clemson running back and assistant coach CJ Spiller selected for stadium’s ring of honor

Utah designates DC Scalley as its ‘head coach in waiting’

Some Florida State storylines

College Sports, the changing landscape

How are Texas, Oklahoma celebrating SEC move? Pitbull, pep rallies and more

As the calendar flips to July, the ACC, Big Ten and Big 12 expand while the Pac-12 is officially down to two teams

Football/NFL/USFL

Former Raiders coach Gruden loses bid for state high court reconsideration in NFL emails lawsuit

Browns’ Chubb documenting journey from knee injury recovery

Payton is betting his Broncos future on Bo Nix being a success

Scoreboards

MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games