Friday’s Report: Bacon; Hawks/Newell, Braves, Quaker State 400/Atlanta; NBA Draft/news, MLB, WNBA, college 🏈& 🏀, golf, soccer, NASCAR, golf, NFL, NHL, tennis
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Forest City 7, Macon 3
The Owls took the lead with 2 in the fifth, and pulled away late, thanks in part to 3 Macon errors and drawing 12 walks. Forest City pitching had 9 strikeouts and 2 walks., the offense getting only 5 singles.
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Around/About Georgia
Newell: Atlanta selection viewed as ‘the perfect prospect/team match’
NBA world still can't believe New Orleans made that trade with Atlanta
Alonso’s 3 hits help Mets overcome loss of pitcher Canning in a win over Braves
Atlanta’s night race vomes with higher stakes
Former 3x All-Star, Braves infielder announces retirement
A Worthy Read
Families and businesses are concerned about the effect of tariffs on youth sports
NBA Draft
Trades, early selections of All-Americans Broome and Kalkbrenner
Martin headed to the Toronto Raptors and this time has his passport
Why Pelicans trading up for Derik Queen was ‘Luka-level’ bad
Flagg is first of 4 Montverde Academy players taken in opening round of NBA draft
NBA/Men’s Basketball
NBA players seem to tear their Achilles more frequently nowadays. Why is that?
Dumars dealing early in his tenure as the Pelicans’ new basketball operations chief
Celtics’ Stevens says Jayson Tatum progressing well, but won’t return until ‘fully ready’
76ers expect injury-riddled center Joel Embiid to return from knee surgery in time for training camp
Baseball/MLB
MLB, NASCAR stars talk the legends of Bristol as racetrack transforms for historic ballgame
Rays’ Wander Franco found guilty in sex abuse case, receives 2-year suspended sentence
Bonds will be getting a statue outside the Giants’ ballpark, team CEO says
Dodgers left-hander Kershaw strikes out 5, moves closer to 3,000 career strikeouts
Red Sox P Crawford’s off-field ‘accident’ requires season-ending wrist surgery
Phillies break through ... and score a run to end a 26-inning drought in a sweep by the Astros
Mets P Griffin Canning injures left ankle. Mendoza says ‘it looks like an Achilles’
Enns returns to MLB after 1,371 days to pitch 5 scoreless innings in start for Tigers
WNBA/Women’s Basketball
Wilson scores 22, becomes fastest in WNBA history to 5,000 points
Short-handed Mystics beat the Aces for third straight win
Stevens, Plum each score 20-plus and the Sparks beat the short-handed Fever
Golf
Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley looks to continue momentum into Rocket Classic
Roy and Potgieter shoot Rocket Classic-record 62s to share 1st-round lead
Auto Racing
MLB, NASCAR stars talk the legends of Bristol as racetrack transforms for historic ballgame
Prime Video’s NASCAR viewership averages 2.16 million as younger fans tune in
Judge orders NASCAR teams to turn over financial data to stock car series, limits details
Tennis
Gauff is excited people are 'finally' getting into more women's sports
Wimbledon: 2-time champ Carlos Alcaraz, No. 1 Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic lead the men’s field
Wimbledon: No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, No. 2 Coco Gauff and Madison Keys lead the women’s field
Soccer
Miami’s Lionel Messi at $20.4 million earns more than 21 other MLS teams’ payrolls this year
List of 2025 Major League Soccer Payrolls
Freese, having displaced Matt Turner as US goalkeeper, not yet looking toward World Cup
Lavelle returns to the USWNT and scores in 4-0 win over Ireland
College Football/South
Who’s the greatest of all time, Nick Saban or Bear Bryant? DeBoer answers carefully
College Football
Morehead State to rename stadium after Phil Simms
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
NFL suspends Justin Tucker for first 10 weeks of the season for violating personal conduct policy
Pickens (UGA) backs out of hosting his own youth football camp
Buccaneers extend coach Todd Bowles, GM Jason Licht
Chiefs’ strategy to expand UK fandom: cultural connections and mascot diplomacy
Johnson identifies Kenny Pickett as favorite in Browns QB battle
College Sports
Auburn beats Alabama in all-sports standings for first time in 9 years
College Basketball
NCAA approves increase in regular-season college basketball schedule
Expanding the NCAA Basketball Tournament to 76 teams? That way lies madness
NHL/Hockey
NHL and NHLPA close to agreeing on 4-year CBA extension including an 84-game season
Scoreboards