Saturday’s Report: Bacon walk it off; Hawks/Newell, Dream, Braves, NASCAR/Atlanta; NBA Draft follows/news, MLB, WNBA, golf, racing, tennis, soccer, college football, NFL, NHL
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⚾⚾⚾Coastal Plain⚾⚾⚾
Macon 6, Forest City 5, 10 inn.
The Owls thought they were in good shape after scoring 2 in the top of the 10th, only for the Bacon to score 3 times in the bottom half for the walk-off win.
Eli Stephens (Houston County/Mercer) singled to bring in Billy Ham with the winning run with two outs, to end his 2-hit, 3-RBI night.
High school and college teammate Kai Decker got the win after four innings of relief work, strikingout 7 with 1 walk.
Pro
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Philadelphia at Atlanta🏀🏀🏀WNBA 🏀🏀🏀
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Around/About Georgia
Hawks face new round of uncertainty after drafting Asa Newell
Collier scores 26 points, Lynx use challenges in OT to top Dream, who rallied after weather delay
Dwight Howard crushed by hit-and-run death of “you were my peace” dog
Phillies storm out of rain delay and put Braves away early
Who won NASCAR Xfinity Atlanta race?
Stunning restart pileup collects ten NASCAR Xfinity cars after weather delay
Logano earns NASCAR Cup pole as Ford dominates Atlanta qualifying
Youth Sports
Family, community mourn loss of beloved Midlands umpire, dies after youth game
NBA Draft
Flagg looks comfortable in new home as No. 1 pick gets introduced in Dallas
Broome was a college force at Auburn. He’ll start his NBA journey as a 2nd-round draft pick
Sources: Team in top five told not to pick Bailey
Hidden gems? Don't expect to find a Brunson or Jokić this year
Winners & losers: Mavs get Flagg, Bailey lands in both
Baseball/MLB
Ex-Brave Wash out for the rest of the year
Diamondbacks’ Ketel Marte reveals fan who brought him to tears shouted he messaged his late mother
Chisholm homers in 500th regular season game, has third-most homers and steals in first 500 games
Ohtani hits 29th homer, adds RBI triple to lead Dodgers over Royals
Sullivan: 'Baseball deserves better' than fan's behavior at White Sox game -- and so does society
Keller wins for first time since March, Bryan Reynolds hits 3-run HR as Pirates rout Mets
Martinez and Spencer Steer just miss making history in Reds’ win over Padres
After falling behind by 6 in the 2nd inning, the Orioles storm back and rout Tampa Bay
WNBA/Women’s Basketball
Fever start strong without Clark, hang on for win over Wings and Paige Bueckers
Thornton scores career-high 29 points to help the Valkyries beat the Sky
Sabally scores 25 points, Mercury make 18 3s, WNBA record 35 in 2 games, to beat Liberty
Storm hand the Sun their eighth straight loss
Golf
Knapp makes PGA Tour history at Rocket Classic, trails 2nd-round leaders Kirk, Knowles and Putnam
Power pair of Cink and Harrington tied along with Hensby heading into weekend at US Senior Open
Jennifer Kupcho and Leona Maguire shoot a best-ball 60 to take the lead in the Dow Championship
Reed, Varner III lead LIV Golf Dallas
Collectibles
Autographed Michael Jordan rookie card sells for $2.5 million
Auto Racing
NASCAR’s Cup Series to debut In-Season Challenge as $1 million backdrop to points race for title
Busch says path to NASCAR Cup playoffs is to do 'what we’re paid to do'
Tennis
Gauff prepares for Wimbledon after French Open win: 'Mentally, I'm really excited'
Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka dance at Centre Court and post about it on TikTok and Instagram
Soccer
CWC round of 16 features Messi vs. PSG
More than 1 million empty seats for Club World Cup group stage. Knockout rounds up next
Round of 16 schedule, and how to watch
College Football/South
Goodman: The SEC’s new puppet master (nowhere near who you’d think)
Henderson, dismissed by Clemson, announces transfer to Liberty
Third year success: Coaches who won big in Year 3, Is Auburn football’s Hugh Freeze next?
Many unheralded Alabama recruits have become All-Americans, including one who wore No. 65
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Harbaugh added to lawsuit about hacking allegations against former assistant
49ers’ Lenoir arrested in Los Angeles
Column-Tucker saw women as disposable. He doesn't deserve your sympathy
What Lamar Jackson told Andrews after key drop vs. Bills
NBA/Basketball
76ers expect injury-riddled center Joel Embiid to return from knee surgery in time for training camp
Ujiri fired as Raptors president and vice chairman after 13 years with franchise
NHL/Hockey
Islanders choose Erie defenseman Matthew Schaefer with No. 1 pick in NHL draft
Playoff MVP Sam Bennett agrees on 8-year, $64 million contract to stay with Florida Panthers
With Adam Sandler announcing his pick, Boston College’s James Hagens happy to be drafted by Bruins
Emotional tribute to ‘Johnny Hockey’ as Meredith Gaudreau announces Blue Jackets’ 1st-round picks
Scoreboards