The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Thursday's Report: Sale rolls/Snit OK, Hawks/Risacher, raise for UGA's Johnson; All-Star teams, Wimbledon, NBA free agency Ws & Ls, Olympics, Vitale cancer

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Around/About Georgia

Sale fans 9 in 6 innings and earns 11th win in victory over Giants

Sale's latest gem begs question: Could he start the ASG?

Braves notes: draft, ASG, Sale

Snit OK after foul ball finds a major target

Column: Before Risacher became a Hawk, he'd already had a teammate from Atlanta

UGA baseball boss Johnson gets hefty raise after successful first season

Beck: Bowers-less Bulldogs still confident

Vrioni scores twice to spark Revolution to victory over Atlanta United

 

Baseball/MLB

Ohtani elected to start at DH in 4th straight All-Star Game, joins Judge as only holdovers

All-Star Futures Game headlined by last two No. 2 MLB draft picks, Dylan Crews and Druw Jones

What Burnett sees in Pirates' Skenes and Jones and their 'fifth day' mentality

Sosa, Whit Merrifield drive in runs in 8th, Phillies top Cubs

Wood drives in go-ahead run, Garcia homers twice in the Nationals’ win over the Mets

Roundup 

Tennis

Murray is getting set to say farewell to Wimbledon before retirement (probably)

Gauff and Alcaraz advance at Wimbledon. Naomi Osaka loses

Navarro’s mental notes help her beat former No. 1 Naomi Osaka at Wimbledon

Evans in angry outburst over player welfare amid fears of injury on wet grass at Wimbledon

Auto Racing

Hocevar fined $50,000, docked 25 points for spinning out Harrison Burton under caution

Hendrick Motorsports has dropped sponsor Hooters because restaurant chain could not pay team

Golf

Analysis: The easier path on the PGA Tour doesn’t make it easy

Rose qualifies for the British Open as Garcia misses out again

Basketball/NBA

Free agency winners and losers: A new beast in the East? Who is the best in the West?

Thompson's departure from Warriors was hiding in plain sight

James agrees to a 2-year extension with the Los Angeles Lakers,

Bucks banking on long-term potential of their two 19-year-old draft picks

Column: Lakers' decision to draft James is a costly move toward chaos

/Snit OKWNBA

Minnesota has continued its playoff momentum and is one of the top teams

Tunnel Vision: Clark’s teammates shed light on her focus amid the pressure 

Olympic sports

Summer Olympians will get their support systems back in Paris

Is Team USA strong enough to defeat the Russian women this time?

Soccer

CONMEBOL assures Hard Rock Stadium’s surface will be in ‘excellent condition’ for Copa America final

Ronaldo says he is playing his ‘last European Championship’

Weah to serve 2nd game of suspension in CONCACAF Nations League in November

Copa America quarterfinals will have plenty of intrigue, even if Lionel Messi can’t participate

High school/youth

Former Alabama DB’s advice to youngsters: ‘Discipline yourself or someone else will do it for you’

College Football/South

Column: The season of discomfort is here

Roddy White doesn’t want to be UAB’s greatest football player forever

Auburn loses young CB for the season, other notes

College Football

Big 12 newcomer Utah tabbed as favorite to win the expanded 16-team football conference this fall

College Basketball

Dick Vitale is in another fight against cancer. For the fourth time, it's his own.

Paris looking to mold South Carolina into another SEC contender and NCAA Tournament team

College Sports

Column: Between Texas and Oklahoma, one team is already falling behind

Alabama self-reports 11 minor NCAA violations, 1 for men’s basketball

College Sports, the changing landscape

The NCAA has agreed to settle a major lawsuit. It still faces a number of legal challenges

Ex-Kansas stars Chalmers, Collins file class-action lawsuit vs. NCAA, others over March Madness

Scoreboards

MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games