Sunday's Report: Bacon; Braves, Falcons, state teen/US Jr. Am; Little League/ICE, MLB, media day leftovers/college football, WNBA, NFL, golf, tennis, NASCAR, soccer, NHL, UFC

Sunday's Report: Bacon; Braves, Falcons, state teen/US Jr. Am; Little League/ICE, MLB, media day leftovers/college football, WNBA, NFL, golf, tennis, NASCAR, soccer, NHL, UFC

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Forest City 8, Macon 5
          The teams traded 4-run innings and were tied at 5 through 4, but Forest City took the lead for good with 1 in the fifth and sealed it with 2 in the eighth.
          Half of Forest City’s runs were unearned, thanks to 3 errors. Forest City pitchers struck out 12 and walked 5, to 10 and 5 for Macon’s staff.

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Texas 6, Atlanta 5, 10 inn.

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Atlanta 2, Seattle 2

 

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Around/About Georgia

Penix Jr. hilariously describes visiting Kalen DeBoer in Alabama: 'His house is bigger than mine and cost less'

Robinson trained with Christian McCaffrey during offseason

Georgia makes it clear what it needs from KJ Bolden

Semien has game-ending hit for Rangers in 10th to beat Braves after earlier shot to helmet

How will the Braves navigate the Trade Deadline?

Braves sign Auburn star first baseman following MLB Draft

Miranchuk’s goal late in stoppage time gives Atlanta United 2-2 draw with Sounders

Georgia teen Hamilton Coleman wins US Junior Amateur

BSB-UGA’s Johnson trying to build from the portal 

Youth Sports

Venezuelan Little League team denied U.S. visas, won't take part in senior World Series

A Worthy Read

Kirk Herbstreit, Pat McAfee called out for claims about saving ESPN College GameDay

Baseball/MLB

Francona on Trump's call to return racist monikers: 'Not how it's supposed to work'

Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner are set for Hall of Fame induction

CC Sabathia asks for rides to Cooperstown after car breaks down

Yankees acquire 3B McMahon from the Rockies for pair of prospects

Royals acquire veteran OF Grichuk in deal with the Diamondbacks

Pederson expected back in Rangers lineup Sunday after missing 52 games with broken hand

Harper and Schwarber spark the Phillies to a 9-4 win over the reeling Yankees, who lose Judge to IL

Mullins hits his 100th career home run in Orioles’ 18-0 victory over Rockies

Heaney, 5 Pirates relievers combine on 4-hitter, Cruz homers in  win over Diamondbacks

Benches clear in Padres-Cardinals game as Machado and Contreras both get hit twice by pitches

Tigers' nosedive reaches 12 out of 13 with 6-1 loss to Blue Jays

College Football/Media Days leftovers

Purdue’s Odom wants to be 'deliberate' in teaching team about Old Oaken Bucket

Monken: Army approach must stay the same in bid to repeat as American champions

Minnesota’s Fleck hints at multi-positional secret weapon

Oregon football wants to 'double down

O'Brien fires back at Castellanos for comments about Boston College: 'Tommy can think what he wants'

3 things that stood out from Odom's Big Ten media days press conference

O'Brien demands college football 'contain the poaching' in transfer portal era

'This is as excited as I've been.' Morris high on UNT's outlook at American media days

WNBA/Women’s Basketball

Liberty’s Harrison is raising awareness about her brother’s struggle with lupus

CBA negotiations: What's at stake and what's next amid historic labor fight

New York’s Stewart leaves game with lower leg injury after just 3 minutes

LA Sparks’ Brink nears return after 13-month ACL recovery

Bonner returns to Phoenix: ā€˜The love and welcome was very much needed’

Mystics overcome fourth-quarter drought to defeat Storm

Jackson’s layup at the buzzer lifts Sparks over Liberty

College Football/South

How the SEC's presence loomed over Big Ten, ACC football media days

Virginia Tech is reviewing claim that coach tried to lure NC Central player into transfer portal

South Carolina’s Stewart doesn't say much. His game does

Bianchi: Malzahn was so miserable at UCF, he would have retired if FSU hadn’t hired him

QB Hunter Helms returns to Clemson as player/coach

Virginia Tech and South Carolina to clash in Atlanta with deep family ties

College Football

Inside the contracts of college football's newest coaches: Off-the-wall perks, clauses and quirks (wow!)

American Conference commissioner Tim Pernetti says transfer portal needs a revamp

NFL/USFL/UFL/Football

Saints quarterbacks keen on coach Kellen Moore’s approach to letting them compete

DC council set for Aug. 1 vote on updated Commanders stadium plan after Trump threatened to block it

NFL fining more than 100 players for selling Super Bowl tickets above face value

Dolphins wide receiver Hill vows to show ā€˜the best version’ of himself this season

UFL relocation rumors: What we know about Michigan Panthers, Birmingham Stallions futures

California Supreme Court denies resentencing bid by former NFL star Kellen Winslow II

Titans president of ops: ā€˜Nobody wants to hear that word patience’ as team rebuilds

Bills RB James Cook is confident he’ll get his big payday next year, in Buffalo or elsewhere

There are 5 first-time NFL head coaches this season and they each face distinct challenges

Which team has the best chance to go from worst to first in NFL in 2025?

Golf

Olesen has an ace, shoots 67 for a share of the 3M lead with Bhatia

Woad keeps 2-shot lead in Scotland and closes in on victory in pro debut on LPGA Tour

Auto Racing

Briscoe wins Brickyard 400 pole to earn top starting spot in 3rd straight crown jewel race

$1 million In-Season Challenge prize sets up the Brickyard 400 for split-screen racing

Zilisch gives JR Motorsports its 100th Xfinity win with Indy triumph

Hill says ā€œF*** NASCARā€ for penalty after wrecking rival in scary crash

Tennis

Williams is back and she is not done. She heads to Cincinnati next and maybe the US Open

Fernandez beats Rybakina, and Anna Kalinskaya defeats Raducanu to reach the Washington final

Soccer

Notable absentee: UEFA’s president hasn’t been seen at the Women’s Euro 2025 since the opening day

James’ return boosts England ahead of Euro 2025 final against Spain

Capos, 'soft hooligans' and a lot of noise: The rise of away fans

Inter Miami plays Cincinnati to 0-0 draw without suspended Messi

College Basketball

Florida's 7-foot-9 Olivier Rioux, the world's tallest teen, works out for Gators' football team

Kansas’ Self released from hospital after heart procedure

NHL/Hockey

Hurricanes forward Jackson Blake signs 8-year, $45 million contract extension

Stanley Cup visits with dolphins during Florida Panthers summer tour 

HighSchools

Northwestern (Fla.) players plead to Miami-Dade school board to reinstate Bridgewater

Boxing/UFC/MMA

UFC Abu Dhabi: Reinier de Ridder edges Robert Whittaker in split decision

Is 22-year-old XanderZayas ready to become boxing’s youngest active champ?

Around the nation/world

Tour de France 2025: 5 most recognized and difficult stages of the race

Scoreboards

MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games