Saturday's Report: Bacon; Braves/Acuna, Hawks, Dream, UGA QB; MLB, WNBA, NCAA landscape, Wimbledon, golf, NASCAR, soccer, college football, NFL, college hoops, NBA, UFC
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Lexington County 10, Macon 8
A 4-run third put Macon up 6-2, but the hosts crept back and then took control with 4 in the eighth, surviving 3 errors.
Dan Schlaegel and Josiah Rodriguez each had 2 hits for Macon, which was outhit 12-8. The Bacon earned 12 walks while striking ut 11 times.
Macon hosts Asheboro in a Saturday doubleheader.
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Around/About Georgia
Acuña Jr. replaced in Home Run Derby by teammate and fellow All-Star Olson
Acuña quiets concerns over Derby opt-out in 3-hit game vs. Cardinals
Đurišić joins Atlanta Hawks after spending 2024-25 season in NBA G League
Riley leaves game against Cardinals with abdominal tightness
Mitchell scores 25 and the Fever use a 59-point second half to beat the Dream
Fever's All-Star trio gets Indiana back on winning track with second-half surge vs. Dream
A Worthy Read
Arizona State HC Dillingham’s blunt declaration: Recruiting is dead, retention is alive
Baseball/MLB
Holding No. 1 pick, Nationals’ front-office upheaval injects even more uncertainty into MLB draft
The extraordinary mystery of the Tigers' Tarik Skubal
deGrom is vintage again, now an All-Star ace in Texas after several injury-filled seasons
Two A's and how many F's?! Midseason grades for all 30 MLB teams
Hard-throwing rookie Jacob Misiorowski is an NL All-Star after just 5 starts for the Brewers
Mariners’ Cal Raleigh breaks AL record with 38 homers before the All-Star break
Rockies score winning run on wild pitch, snap a 3-game skid with a 3-2 victory over the Reds
Larnach hits two-run HR, Ryan outpitches Skenes as Twins beat Pirates
Yelich, Vaughn homers help power Brewers to an 8-3 win over the Nationals
Raleigh hits 37th and 38th homers, Mariners end Skubal’s 3-month unbeaten streak
WNBA/Women’s Basketball
Storm overcome sloppy start, use strong 4th quarter to top Sun
College Sports, the changing landscape
Plaintiff lawyers in NCAA House settlement set to receive more than $750 million in legal fees
House attorneys slam NCAA and power conferences over denied NIL deals, issue warning
Wimbledon
Last American woman to win Wimbledon final: How Anisimova can join Williams with win over Świątek
Anisimova walked away from tennis two years ago. On Saturday, she’ll play in the Wimbledon final
How Anisimova looks to follow in Serena Williams' footsteps
Sabalenka details testy exchange with Anisimova in Wimbledon loss: ‘It’s on her’
Alcaraz will face Sinner at Wimbledon in a rematch of the French Open final
Alcaraz's 'beautiful tennis' takes him into final
‘P----- off’ Aryna Sabalenka exits Wimbledon in battle of the grunters
Golf
Gotterup pounds his way to a 61 and leads the Scottish Open
LIV Golf tries again to get world ranking points
Hull ‘feeling a lot better’ after collapsing at Evian Championship
Auto Racing
NASCAR takes on California's only race at Sonoma: A thrilling showdown in Wine Country
What to know about Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series Sonoma race
NASCAR 'keeping eyes' on Logano and Chastain after Chicago
Soccer
FIFA Club World Cup Final: Can Chelsea take down Paris Saint-Germain?
Club World Cup final will be a playground for the uber-rich — and make them richer
Adams says hostile home crowds good experience for US in case similar atmosphere at World Cup
Austin forward Brandon Vázquez tears his right ACL, an injury that will hamper his World Cup chances
Unbeaten Spain overcomes Italy, both advance to quarterfinals
College Football/South
Freeze addresses criticism of his golfing amidst Auburn’s recruiting struggles
College Football
Trinity OC's 8-year-old daughter dies in TX floods
Utes' Kyle Whittingham 'couldn't step away' after '24 free fall
BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff transferring following tumultuous few months
“The Louie luggage is gone”: Sanders takes a shot at Big 12 Media Day
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
49ers WR Robinson (Peach County) pleads no contest to DUI
What NFL teams have donated to Texas flood relief efforts?
Smith not sweating franchise tag deadline, contract extension with Chiefs
College Sports
Toomer’s Corner record broken by SEC rival, famous Auburn QBs; Fans on social media outraged
College Basketball
NCAA tourney expansion still undecided as hoops leaders examine options
Former Alabama basketball player Darius Miles has capital murder trial set for Dec. 1
Home runs and hoops: UCLA softball standout Grant also will play basketball in 2025-26
NBA/Basketball
Turner gets introduced by the Bucks, says he wants to keep contending for titles
Boxing/UFC/MMA
Murphy's final fight is last chance to show exactly who she is
UFC legend Randy Couture gets airlifted to a burn center after race track crash
Scoreboards