Sunday’s Report: Bacon, Russell Henley, new FVSU hoops coach; Sale out/Braves win, Falcons, UGA; NBA finals/NBA, College World Series, MLB, WNBA, golf, NASCAR, soccer, CFB, NFL, MMA
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Macon 7, Florence 1
A 3-run fourth put Macon on top and a 3-run ninth made it a convincing win.
Pitchers Eric Valdez and Kai Decker (Mercer) teamed for a 12-strikeout, 5-walk, 4-hitter.
Billy Ham led macon with 4 RBI and 2 hits, while B Leonard had 2 hits and 2 runs.
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Around/About Central Georgia
FVSU names latest head men’s basketball coach
Britt becomes the Wildcats’ eighth head coach this century, following Michael Moore, Travis Williams, Emory Lightfoot, John Douglas, Sammy Jackson, Mark Sherrill, and Montez Robinson.
Around/About Georgia
No Sale: Braves ace out indefinitely after suffering rib injury, Macon’s Cox called up
Acuña reaches base 4 times and Braves beat Marlins
If Georgia offense is to improve in 2025, its seniors will be a key reason why
A Worthy Read
Dwyane Wade wears many hats after the NBA: Father, entrepreneur, cancer survivor
NBA Finals
The final act of the NBA Finals: 2 teams, 1 game, 1 trophy. Pacers at Thunder will decide a champion
Thunder’s Chet Holmgren has struggled in the NBA Finals. Can he bounce back in Game 7?
The Thunder play hard and play with physicality. But they won’t lose by technical knockout
A special kind of NBA Finals history is on the line — 'This is for the championship'
Keys to victory: It all starts with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
How SGA is quietly becoming the best Canadian basketball player ever
What an NBA title would mean for two generations of Pacers legends
NBA/Basketball
Durant refutes Cousins' claim that Suns had fistfights in locker room
Bianchi: Blockbuster deal for Desmond Bane puts Magic in championship conversation
College World Series
Anderson’s 3-hitter against Coastal Carolina in CWS finals opener puts LSU 1 win away from title
'Best pitcher on the planet': Anderson's historic outing has LSU one win from title
9 facts to know after Kade Anderson's complete game in the MCWS finals
10 future MLB draftees who stood out this week in Omaha
College Baseball
Arkansas SS WehiwaAloy wins Golden Spikes Award as top amateur player in the nation
Baseball/MLB
Reds’ Elly De La Cruz and Mariners reliever Trent Thornton fall ill while playing in extreme heat
Giants pitcher Sean Hjelle accused of abuse by wife, MLB investigating
Devers hits first home run for Giants against former team Red Sox
Pozo has RBI single in the 11th to give the Cardinals a 6-5 victory over the Reds
Soto and Nimmo lead power surge as Mets hit 7 solo shots and beat Phillies to snap 7-game skid
Schmidt pitches 7 hitless innings in Yankees 1-hitter, 9-0 rout of Orioles
WNBA/Women’s Basketball
Liberty center Jones out 4-6 weeks with sprained ankle
McBride scores 15 of her 29 in 4th as Lynx beat Sparks 82-66 without Collier
Former WNBA star McCoughtry apologizes to rookie Van Lith
Golf
Fleetwood seizes control after Scheffler blowup and leads Travelers by 3
Lee has 1st bogey-free round at windy Women’s PGA to take 4-shot lead into final day
Jimenez shoots 66 at Firestone for share of lead in PGA Tour Champions major
Auto Racing
Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins NASCAR national series debut as crew chief at Pocono
Daddy’s coming home with pole position. Denny Hamlin celebrates new son with top spot at Pocono
Stenhouse has vowed retaliation on rival Carson Hocevar. Will NASCAR payback be delivered at Pocono?
Tennis
Medvedev defeats old rival Zverev to reach Halle Open final, Bublik awaits
Vondrousova stuns Sabalenka 6-2, 6-4 for Berlin Open final against Wang
Soccer
Dortmund beats MamelodiSundowns 4-3 in blistering hot CWC match
Club World Cup crowds have wildly fluctuated, from swathes of empty seats to ‘hostile’ atmospheres
Chelsea's Neto: '100%' prefer CWC over vacation
College Football/South
5 schools that can stop the SEC from winning a national title
Auburn and Alabama will kick off the football season as road warriors or road kill
College Football
College football leaders revisit moving up season to Week Zero
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Leinart was 'so embarrassed' as his career ended after 5 days with the Bills
Texans sign former Raiders first rounder after 3-year absence due to arrests, gun video
NHL/Hockey
For back-to-back champ Panthers, the celebrations will continue before an important offseason begins
Boxing/UFC/MMA
MMA legend Jon Jones retires, drops UFC heavyweight title
Jon Jones facing criminal charge over fleeing car crash scene as he announces retirement
Around the nation/world
Olympic president Kirsty Coventry starts work with strong IOC and challenges for Los Angeles Games
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