Tuesday's Report: Bacon, Georgia College, Dublin, GMC JC; Tech AD gone, Braves, UGA; NBA, MLB, WCWS/NCAA Regionals, NHL, golf, NASCAR, French Open, NFL
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Lexington County 16, Macon 2, 7 inn.
The hosts racked up three 5-run innings, in the first, fourth, and sixth, aided along the way by 4 Macon errors and 6 wild pitches and three hit batters.
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Around/About Central Georgia
Georgia College’s Belcher resigns as head baseball coach
The Bobcats are looking for their sixth head coach since 2004.
GMC JC opens national championship tournament
Signing
Dublin’s A.J. Johnson signed Monday to play men’s basketball at Middle Georgia State. He averaged 15.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and shot 49 percent from the floor, earning region player of the year honors as well as assorted all-state selections.
Around/About Georgia
Tech loses AD Blatt to Michigan State
A surprise move? The right fit?
Georgia, SEC schools look to trim athletic department spending to make way for revenue share
Despite recent skid, Braves feel they are 'on the right track'
Braves bring back former manager Fredi González as acting third base coach
Georgia’s Johnson discusses pitching, roster move
White reveals backstory of recruiting Jacob Wilkins, Dominique Wilkins' son
Smart recounts returning 7 kickoffs vs Florida in 1995
NBA/Men’s Basketball
OKC’s Daigneault knows what it takes to win championships. His wife has won a ton of them
Baseball/MLB
McCutchen ties Clemente for third on Pirates’ all-time homers list with 240
Trout bounces back from injury with 3 more hits and his 2nd career homer at Fenway Park
Goodman homers twice as Rockies beat Marlins 6-4 to end 8-game losing streak
Women’s College World Series
Texas Tech ends Oklahoma’s 4-year run as WCWS champ with walk-off win
Stewart homer, Morgan and Kavan pitching send Texas past Tennessee for spot in finals
NCAA Div I Softball World Series Glance
College Baseball/Regionals
Super Regionals
14. Tennessee at 3. Arkansas
13. Coastal Carolina at 4. Auburn
Arizona at No. 5 North Carolina
Murray State at 7. Duke
9. Florida State at 8. Oregon State
West Virginia at 6. LSU
Texas-San Antonio at 15. UCLA
Miami at Louisville
And Florida releases statement of apology
Murray State jumps on Ol’ Miss, holds on to win Oxford Regional for 1st super regional berth
Defending champion Tennessee beats Wake Forestto win Knoxville
LSU finally shed upstart Little Rock
Gonzalez and Williams homer as Miami takes out Soutnern Miss at Hattiesburg
No. 5 overall seed North Carolina beats Oklahoma to win Chapel Hill
Oregon State pounds 4 homers, turn 5 double plays, tops Southern Cal to win Corvallis
Levu’s 3-run HR helps UCLA beat UC Irvine 8-5 to sweep Los Angeles Regional
NHL/Hockey
Surprise! NHL, with the help of kids, gives Barkov the Selke and King Clancy awards
The Oilers are not limping into this Stanley Cup Final against the Panthers
The Stanley Cup final goalie matchup: Bobrovsky and Skinner, matching wits once again
Golf
Homa carries his own bag and falls just short of qualifying for the US Open
Young rallies for US Open spot on a long day of qualifying for Oakmont
Auto Racing
NASCAR’s new $1M In-season Challenge starts with drivers focused more on winning races
Amazon's NASCAR broadcasts are already putting Fox's efforts to shame
Tennis
361st-ranked Frenchwoman Boisson upsets No. 3 Pegula. Gauff, Djokovic and Sinner win
No. 1 Jannik Sinner dominates Andrey Rublev to reach the quarterfinals
Gauff reaches quarterfinals and jokes with Frances Tiafoe about forgetting rackets
PSG star Dembélé raises Champions League trophy at the French Open
College Football
Heisman winners Ingram, Newton, Griffin are among players on College Football Hall of Fame ballot
Football/NFL/USFL
Mahomes on Travis Kelce returning to Chiefs: 'If it's the last ride, you would never know'
Patriots receiver Stefon Diggs attends first practice since viral boat video emerged
College Sports, the changing landscape
Sankey: All SEC schools in lockstep over House enforcement agreement
College Sports
O’Connor, who led Virginia to 7 CWS and 2015 national title, takes over at Mississippi State
College Basketball
Why Dawn Staley believes ESPN TV deal plays a major role in the future of women's sports
Scoreboards