Central Georgia Sports ReportJuly 15, 2025Comment

Tuesday's Report: Bacon win, Central Georgia MLB draftees; Braves/draft/ASG/Derby, Hawks, UGA; SEC Media Days, All-Star Game, MLB, WNBA, British Open, NASCAR, soccer, college football, NFL

Central Georgia Sports ReportJuly 15, 2025Comment

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Macon 6, Forest City 3, 7 inn.

          The Bacon won their fourth straight, thanks to a 3-run homer in the sixth by Brady DeLamielleure.
          DeLamielleure, Levi Ham, and Elias Fiddler each had 2 hits for Macon, Jon Shields going 5 innings and getting the win despite 4 more walks than strikeouts.
          Macon hosts HP Thomasville on Tuesday.

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Around/About Georgia

Olson excites home crowd in Derby: 'Something I'll never forget'

Atlanta's All-Star Game site is the envy of sports – but The Battery isn't all peachy

Former Braves players Freddie Freeman and Max Fried are making their return to Atlanta as All-Stars

Sugiura: As Truist Park revels in All-Star glow, has it been worth it for Atlanta?

Braves' Draft picks from Day 2

Hawks' Newell posts double-double, plus takeaways from win over Suns

Muschamp not listed on Georgia’s 2025 staff

A Worthy Read

Teddy Bridgewater says he has been suspended by Miami HS he coached to state title

MLB/All-Star weekend

Seattle’s Cal Raleigh becomes first catcher and switch-hitter to win Home Run Derby

Home Run Derby Results

All-Star Rosters

Ohtani to hit leadoff for NL in All-Star Game, followed by Ronald Acuña Jr. of host Braves

Robot umpires to make All-Star Game debut, another step toward possible regular-season use in 2026

Roberts defends Jacob Misiorowski’s All-Star selection as an ‘easy answer’

College Sports, the changing landscape

Argument over ‘valid buisiness purpose’ for NIL collectives threatens college sports settlement

Colleges are already skirting the rules about paying athletes

Baseball/MLB

How do MLB scouting grades work? Explaining how players are evaluated ahead of draft

Draft tracker: All 20 rounds and 615 picks

Curveballs are disappearing in MLB as velocity obsession reshapes pitching landscape

A mix of youth and chemistry has Red Sox rolling into All-Star break on 10-game winning streak

WNBA/Women’s Basketball

What Caitlin Clark learned from Michael Jordan, Phil Jackson on path to stardom

Collier scores 29 and the Lynx beat the Sky

College Football/SEC Media Days

Sankey embellishes bold claims about SEC football schedule

LSU, South Carolina, Ole Miss quarterbacks in spotlight

Sellers on emerging as a Heisman candidate, increased expectations

Nussmeier emphatically defends SEC toughness at media day: 'I don't care what anyone says'

QB Pavia back for Vanderbilt amid battle with NCAA that could reshape eligibility rules

Beamer: South Carolina has 'no ceiling'

Saban return rumors run rampant during SEC Media Days

Kiffin said what every coach is thinking about NIL and salary caps at SEC

'I want to win a national championship” Vanderbilt Football Makes Declarations Like It Rarely Has at SEC Media Day

Three and out:takeaways from the opening day of SEC Media Days

'I want to win a national championship” Vanderbilt makes declarations like it rarely has

More takeaways

College football media days schedule
Big 12: July 8–9
Mountain West: July 16–17 | Las Vegas, Nevada (Circa Resort & Casino)
SEC: July 14–17 | Atlanta, Georgia (Omni Hotel & College Football Hall of Fame)
Conference USA: July 22 | Frisco, Texas (PGA of America Headquarters)
ACC: July 22-24 (Hilton Charlotte Uptown, Charlotte, N.C.)
Sun Belt: July 22–23 | New Orleans, Louisiana (Marriott Warehouse Arts District)
American Athletic Conference (AAC): July 24–25 | Charlotte, North Carolina (Charlotte Convention Center)
Mid-American Conference (MAC): July 24 | Detroit, Michigan (Ford Field)
Pac-12 TBD