Tuesday's Report: Bacon, Middle Georgia State, Lamar County's Allen, LAFC/CWC; Braves, Falcons, UGA champs; the new NCAA, NBA, CWS boom, NHL, MLB, WNBA, golf, racing, colleges, UFC
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Boone 12, Macon 5
The good news was Macon battled and scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth. The bad news is that Boone put the game away with six runs in the top of the inning.
Macon put up 5 runs despite only 2 hits, 12 fewer than Boone. The Bacon were struck out 11 times, and walked 11 times, stranding 3 more runners than Boone, Bacon pitching struck out 11, but also walked 11.
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Around/About Central Georgia
Get to know Middle Georgia State’s new women’s head coach
Alumni Update
NFL GM compares Lamar County grad LB CJ Allen to elite NFL duo
Around/About Georgia
Buyers or sellers? Braves approach crucial pre-Deadline stretch
Ulbrich's history as a LB shows in his coaching
Relay win highlighted UGA’s dominance in national title
Club World Cup
Neto, Fernández each score to lead Chelsea over LAFC in opener
LAFC set for youth soccer clinic - with Mercer teams - at Mercer’s Five Star Stadium on Wednesday
Next: Friday, 6 p.m., LAFC vs. Esperance de Tunis, Nashville
LAFC "proud of the effort" against Chelsea
About 50,000 empty seats in Atlanta: apathy or bad scheduling?
Chelsea's win over LAFC overshadowed by empty seats inside Mercedes-Benz
Group D: Flamengo to a 2-0 win over Esperance
Boca Juniors, Benfica draw 2-2 in Club World Cup match that includes 3 red cards, 21 fouls
FIFA Club World Cup buzz is building as diehard soccer fans take over U.S. cities
College Sports, the changing landscape
Why new collegiate sports model seeks congressional oversight
Louisiana is poised to hike its sports betting tax to help colleges pay their athletes
The unsaid goal — and debate surrounding — the NIL Go initiative
NBA/Basketball
Williams scores 40 points and Thunder win 120-109 for a 3-2 NBA Finals lead over Pacers
Pacers’ Haliburton plays through lower leg injury in Game 5
College World Series
Arkansas’ Wood pitches third no-hitter in CWS history, gets 19 strikeouts against Murray State
UCLA-LSU game suspended due to rain, will resume Tuesday with Tigers leading 5-3
No-hit loss won’t erase the lifetime memories made by Murray State during its improbable run
Coastal Carolina’s unbeaten Morrison comes back from Tommy John surgery to dominate on mound
NHL/Hockey
‘Dialed in’ from October, the Panthers are a win away from repeating as Stanley Cup champions
McDavid is producing in the Stanley Cup Final, but is it enough for the Oilers?
Baseball/MLB
Singer at Dodgers game performs anthem in Spanish to protest ICE
The Red Sox called up their top prospect and swept the Yankees. Then they made a stunning trade
Anthony hits 1st MLB home run and Giolito strikes out 10 as Red Sox blank Mariners
Schanuel’s 11th-inning double lifts Angels over Yankees, extending their losing streak to 4
Turner hits leadoff homer to help Phillies over the Marlins
WNBA/Women’s Basketball
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame 2025 class a reminder of who believed in the sport
Golf
Champion JJ Spaun turned a free fall into a title at rain-soaked Oakmont
How Spaun went from unknown to legendary with one unforgettable putt
Auto Racing
Busch takes blame for causing wild multi-car wreck in the rain
NASCAR won't commit to returning to Mexico in 2026 but 'very hopeful' to be back
Tennis
Shelton gives the US 3 men in the ATP top 10 for the first time since 2006
College Football/South
Belichick doesn't think outside distractions will be an issue at UNC: 'We've always dealt with that'
College Football
Penn State’s Franklin suggests a fix to one of College Football Playoff's problems
Kracht isn't just Washington State’s new mental performance coach. He's a difference maker
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
McCaffrey hopes longer offseason leads to better health in 2025 for 49ers
Smith: We didn't go get Aaron Rodgers, DK Metcalf to run the wishbone
Boxing/UFC/MMA
Usman: 'Everybody wants to watch' me fight Makhachev after UFC Atlanta win
De Fries: The silent reign of MMA's most dominant heavyweight champ
Breen: A mind MMA couldn't replace, and a man it couldn't save
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