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 Macon 8, Florence 7
          The Bacon coughed up 5 runs in the 8th, but scored 2 in their half and survived another threat in the ninth to knock off the 17-13 Flamingos.
          Ben Tryon led Macon with a 4-for-5 night, with Sherman Johnson driving in 3 runs on 2 hits, Jaxon Milam adding 2 hits and 2 runs. Payton Adkisson threw the final 1.1 innings for the win.

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San Francisco 5, Atlanta 3

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Chicago 85, Atlanta 77

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Alumni Update

Washington County’s Gray earns spot on WNBA All-Star team

          Former Washington County standout Allisha Gray was named Tuesday to her second WNBA All-Star team.

          The All-Star team will take on the US national team – teammates vs. teammates – on July 20 in Phoenix.

          The team was selected in a process: fan voting (50 percent), current players (25 percent) and national media panel (25 percent). Six players in the top 10 were already named to the national team. Four players not on the US team moved up to the team. Then 12 WNBA coaches picked from next 36 highest vote-getters for the remaining spots on Team WNBA.        

          Gray leads Atlanta with 15.6 points a game, second-best in her career, after last year’s 17.1 point. The 2017 Rookie of the Year won gold in 2021 in the first 3-on-3 competition. Last week, she became the 86th WNBA player to score 3,000 career points.

          The WNBA has not released voting results after the top 5.

 

Around/About Georgia

Column: Does it makes sense to build around Trae Young?

Soler, Wade and Ramos homer as the Giants beat the Braves

Reese records 11th straight double-double and the Sky top the Dream

Beck brings new edge, ‘We are always doing the hunting’

A question about spacing, an issue resolved for 2024 Falcons? 

 

Baseball/MLB

Home Run Derby issues format change that limits the number of pitches each hitter will see

Veteran shortstop, former AL batting champ Anderson designated for assignment by Marlins

Nimmo returns from hotel room scare to drive in 2 runs as the Mets win in 10

Turner homers twice as Phillies hold off Cubs

De La Cruz triples, homers and lifts Reds over struggling Yankees

Roundup

 

Auto Racing

Winners, losers after NASCAR Cup race at Nashville Superspeedway

NASCAR looks for drier time on Chicago streets, Formula 1 heads to Britain

Golf

Spieth goes back to the John Deere in a light schedule for golf

Tennis

Vondrousova is the first defending women’s Wimbledon champ out in the first round since 1994

Djokovic wins his first match at Wimbledon with a sleeve on his surgically repaired knee

Atlanta native comes from behind to survive first round at Wimbledon

Gauff tries to keep it going

Murray withdraws from Wimbledon singles

Harris’ tennis journey goes from Isle of Man to van life in Europe to Wimbledon 

Basketball/NBA

With George, Sixers now have a Big 3. That may not be enough

Column-Even if George was the Sixers' best option, that doesn't mean it was a smart move

Mitchell agrees to a 3-year, $150.3M contract extension with the Cavaliers, AP source says

Four-time All-Star guard Walker announces his retirement from basketball

Isaac agrees to $84 million deal with Magic

'Everything I know comes from him.' Sons of NBA stars taking over as top college prospects.

 WNBA

Clark, Reese headline WNBA All-Star team that will face US Olympic squad

Magic Johnson admires how Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese deal with the hype while uplifting the WNBA

Dallas had high expectations, but injuries have it at bottom of the standings

Jones and Stewart plus stellar 4th-quarter D helps New York top Minnesota

Roundup

Olympic sports

Biles and McLaughlin-Levrone help NBC to big ratings in US Olympic trials

Clark, Angel Reese headline WNBA All-Star team that will face US Olympic squad

Biles headlines the hardest team in the world to make

The Bears are letting Biles' husband skip some training camp to go to Olympics

Canadian women’s Olympic soccer team loaded with veterans who won gold in Tokyo

Soccer

Calls for Berhalter to step down from USMNT are growing. Here are possible candidates to replace him

U.S. loss in Copa America averaged 3.78 million viewers, most-watched non-World Cup match on FS1

Much-improved Netherlands beats Romania 3-0 to reach first Euros quarterfinal in 16 years

UEFA fines its Euro 2024 co-organizer Germany over selfie-seekers on field with Ronaldo

St. Louis MLS team fires coach Bradley Carnell in 2nd season

Utah fires coach Amy Rodriguez as part of organizational shakeup in struggling season

Hockey

Lightning lock down star defenseman Victor Hedman with 4-year, $32 million contract extension

Analysis: Big spenders across the NHL made winners out of free agents across the league

College Football

Utah State is firing football coach Anderson, 2 other staffers after Title IX review

Oklahoma AD takes a jab at Riley in ‘mic drop’ moment

What can help Clemson football get back on track in 2024? Here's what QB Cade Klubnik said

College Sports, the changing landscape

OK, so, who all’s in the SEC again?

Get to know the new ACC, the West and Atlantic Coast Conference

Football/NFL/USFL

NFL suspends veteran safety Gipson 6 games for performance-enhancing drug use

Around the nation/world

Pogacar attacks in the Tour de France’s first big mountain stage and reclaims yellow jersey

6 teenage baseball players charged as adults in South Dakota rape case take plea deals

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