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Monday's Report: Braves win 2nd straight, Cousins & Bates & Falcons; MLB trade action, Olympics, NCAA rosters and money, the top 5 at each spot in NFL, colleges

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Around/About Georgia

1-on-1: Cousins, Bates III benefit from watching film together

Is Smith-Williams the sleeper of the first block of practices? 

Beck reflects on being passed over for Bennett

Olson homers again but López departs early as Braves salvage split

Braves’ López leaves start with right forearm tightness

 

Baseball/MLB

Mets add OF Winker in trade with Nationals, continue to buy for playoff push

Pirates rally with tying run in 9th inning, 4 in 10th to beat Diamondbacks 

Phillies blow three run lead, drop series finale to Guardians

Mountcastle shines, Cano closes as Orioles snap San Diego’s 7-game winning streak

Roundup

 

Olympics/Olympic sports

75% of US Olympians played in college. Future of Games hinges on fallout from NCAA athlete payouts

Biles shakes off a calf injury to dominate during qualifying

US men’s basketball team rolls past Serbia in opener

Nadal wins in singles and will play rival Djokovic on Monday

Monday schedule

Gold (medal) standard: USWNT finally looks like a contender again

US women beat Germany and Canada tops France amid drone-spying scandal

Murray’s tennis career is extended with a come-from-behind doubles win

Day 2: Biles and James shine as Americans step up

Batten wins silver in best finish by American mountain biker — then gets fined

Djokovic wants an rule change after routing opponent who hadn’t played singles in 2 years

'Aging like fine wine.' Biles leads U.S. defying age expectations

What’s in a name? US tennis player Danielle Collins getting Irish support

 

College Football/South

How Clemson QB Klubnik has leaned on Lawrence, other NFL sources

Column-Eight SEC football predictions that probably won't happen (but totally could)

Column-Nico is MVP for Tennessee, but who else can Vols least afford to lose?

Column-By trashing Kentucky’s NIL, Stoops makes his job tougher 

Basketball/NBA

Column-We might be near end of 'Inside the NBA' – greatest sports studio show ever

Here are some of Chuck, Shaq, Kenny and Ernie's top moments

Golf

Vegas wins the 3M Open with a closing birdie, his first victory in 7 years

Coughlin wins the CPKC Women’s Open for her 1st LPGA Tour title

Rahm wins LIV Golf UK for his 1st victory on the Saudi-funded tour

College Basketball

Column: After leg amputation, an ex-Kentucky men's player confronts a changed life

College Sports, the changing landscape

Roster limits, revenue sharing & NIL arbitration: what to make of the milestone NCAA antitrust agreement

75% of US Olympians played in college. Future of Games hinges on fallout from NCAA athlete payouts

Football/NFL/USFL

McCaffrey picked as the top running back in the AP’s NFL Top 5 rankings

Warner picked as the top linebacker in the AP’s NFL Top 5 rankings

Browns edge rusher Garrett is the No. 1 defensive lineman in AP’s top 5 rankings

Mahomes is a unanimous choice for the top spot in the AP’s quarterback rankings

Dolphins’ Hill lands the No. 1 spot in AP’s NFL top 5 wide receiver rankings

Chiefs’ Reid lands the lead spot in AP’s NFL top 5 head coach rankings

Scoreboards

MLB scores/games