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Tuesday's Report: More for Houston County's Burress; long, good night for Braves/updates, Falcons good & young; Say Hey Willie honored, more All-Stars, Edwards the man

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Alumni Update

Another day, different national honor for Houston County’s Burress

 

Around/About Georgia

Sparked by Murphy’s tying homer in the 9th, Braves rally to beat D-backs in 11

Injuries & Moves: Rosario, Elder up amid flurry of moves

Ozuna will take part in Home Run Derby

Sale scratched from scheduled start Monday vs D-backs and bumped back to Tuesday

ESPN ranks Falcons among top teams in 'under-25 talent'

Baseball/MLB

Late Hall of Famer Willie Mays receives final military honors for his U.S. Army service

Former MLB outfielder Raúl Mondesi sentenced to 6 years in jail in the Dominican Republic

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D-backs’ Walker among best current MLB players to never make All-Star game

All-Star reserves and pitchers announced

Keller pitches 8 innings for 10th win to lead Pirates over Mets 8-2, split of 4-game series

Roundup

Golf

Bradley appointed US Ryder Cup captain after Tiger Woods turns down the job

Tennis

Djokovic gets into it with Wimbledon fans after reaching the quarterfinals

Raducanu’s Wimbledon ends at the hands of astonishing Sun

Svitolina is in a fog at Wimbledon because of the missile attacks on Ukraine

When tennis and soccer collide: Wimbledon players and crowd keep one eye on Euro 2024

Roundup

Basketball/NBA

Embiid commends Sixers' front office on landing Paul George, and hopes it eases the load

Thompson offers thoughtful farewell to Warriors, fans in Instagram post

George: Hoped to stay in LA, but Clips offer 'disrespectful'

'I get sad when people buy into lies and just make up s---'

WNBA

Hammon’s careerlong ‘underdog’ mentality has helped defending champion Aces get back on track

Wilson becomes Las Vegas Aces’ all-time leading scorer

Column-Clark is a superstar, but she shouldn't be the WNBA's Rookie of the Year

Olympics/Olympic sports

Edwards says he's 'No. 1 option' on U.S. Olympic roster featuring James, Curry, Durant

U.S. men’s basketball team has two goals for Paris: win gold and see Simone Biles

The teenager who's stealing the show at Team USA camp

Soccer

US women’s coach Hayes sidesteps equal pay question if high-priced star takes over American men

Messi will start vs. Canada in Copa America semifinal, coach says

The best XI of the 2024 Copa América quarterfinals

France players celebrating election results back home ahead of Euro 2024 semifinal

German referee once linked to match-fixing will oversee England’s Euro 2024 semifinal

England defender Luke Shaw ‘ready to go’ in Euro 2024 semifinal after injury

College Football

How 'the flex' is changing the way defense dictates games

Day seeks to turn Ohio State from 'really good' to 'absolutely great' in 2024

College Basketball

UConn, Hurley agree to 6-year, $50 million deal a month after he spurned offer from Lakers

College Sports

Shocking news: Millionaire, national champ, aaaaand returning for fifth year

College Sports, the changing landscape

Inside the logistical challenges of moving conferences

Football/NFL/USFL

'People forget about you': Burrow feeling slept on after wrist injury

Is Eagles' restocked secondary the missing piece to returning to Super Bowl contention?

NFL suspends Steelers CB Sutton for 8 games for violating the league’s personal conduct policy

 

Boxing/UFC/MMA

 

Around the nation/world

 

Scoreboards

MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games