Thursday's Report: Northside's Nix, coaching carousel (Baldwin, Upson-Lee, Perry, FPD), Russell Henley; UGA ⚾,Braves, Falcons; MLB, CWS, NBA, golf, World Cup, NFL, NHL

Thursday's Report: Northside's Nix, coaching carousel (Baldwin, Upson-Lee, Perry, FPD), Russell Henley; UGA ⚾,Braves, Falcons; MLB, CWS, NBA, golf, World Cup, NFL, NHL

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Macon 14, High Point-Thomasville 0

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San Francisco 7, Atlanta 2

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Around/About Central Georgia

Northside legend Nix inducted into GACA Hall of Fame, Perry’s Smith reflects on community impact (Houston Home Journal)

Around/About Georgia

Walk and Harris spark power surge in an 11-4 win over Georgia that sends Sooners to CWS finals

Epic run comes to quiet end

Hot bats suddenly got cold

Smart: UGA baseball resiliency similar to Georgia’s CFP football champs

Six Georgia baseball players to attend MLB Draft Combine

Braves' parade gets rained on in DH sweep amid injuries, tough results

'Trust your feet': The three words guiding Atlanta's quarterback competition

Falcons to host six tryout players for minicamp

 

A Worthy Read

College sports is bleeding out - and the clock is ticking

MLB/NL

Freeman’s go-ahead 2-run homer rescues banged-up Ohtani in Dodgers’ win over Rays

O’Hearn knocks in career-high 6 runs as Pirates roll to 12-4 victory over Athletics

MLB/AL

Bradish strikes out career-best 12 as Orioles sink Mariners

After placing scheduled starter Scherzer on injured list, Blue Jays beat Red Sox

Baseball/MLB

MLB ballparks are a friendly neighbor to the World Cup, bringing fans and soccer energy to The Show

Roundup

College Baseball/CWS

North Carolina will head to the CWS finals for 1st time since 2007 after knocking out West Virginia

How Nick Wesloski, OU baseball's latest freshman phenom, sent Sooners to CWS champ series

Soccer/World Cup

Iranian team has become political pawn at this World Cup

US official says Iran knew team would have to leave the country shortly after World Cup match

Argentina is defending its World Cup title, and its fans are more obsessed than ever

Ronaldo looks to make history by scoring in 6th World Cup

Kane ties England’s record for World Cup goals in 4-2 win over Croatia

Ronaldo and Portugal held to a 1-1 draw by Congo at the World Cup

Díaz sparks Colombia to a 3-1 win over Uzbekistan in its World Cup opener

Yirenki’s late goal gives Ghana a 1-0 victory over Panama in the World Cup

Canada players say they need ‘swagger’ and ‘arrogance’ to snag historic first World Cup win

Algeria coach felt 'goosebumps' from Kansas fans ahead of 2026 World Cup

What is the USMNT's best World Cup finish?

Somali referee Omar Artan to be paid for World Cup after USA denied entry

Japan coach says he made difficult call to keep captain Wataru Endo out of World Cup

WNBA/Women’s Basketball

WNBA to expand to 50-game schedule for teams next season

Ionescu hits winner and Jones scores 19 as Liberty beat Sky

Citron, Onyenwere help the Mystics beat the Sun

Williams scores 25 points in Valkyries’ 4th straight win, over Wings

College Sports, the changing landscape

Tuberville speaks out against Protect College Sports Act, says bill ‘goes too far’

Wetzel: Brendan Sorsby is done with college sports. Can local judges be next?

College Football/Southeast

Alex Golesh on first full recruiting cycle at Auburn: ‘An interesting experience’

Sarkisian on Will Muschamp: 'He's going to get the best out of our players'

College Football

University of Cincinnati disputes agent’s claim the school knew about Brendan Sorsby’s gambling

Cody Campbell will not seek NIL reimbursement after Sorsby’s Texas Tech departure, statement reveals

NFL/USFL/UFL/Football

Aldon Smith's family will donate former lineman's brain, have it checked for CTE

Rookie QB Carson Beck hard at work for Arizona Cardinals in prep for potential starting competition

Golf

Toughness a quality of U.S. Open winners at Shinnecock Hills

A teenager from Iceland, who goes to LSU, will be the first from that country to play in the US Open

US Open braces for a tough and windy Shinnecock Hills

Rory is back in New York, where the fans love to hate him

Miles Russell is 17 and in his first U.S. Open. It’s not his first time against tour pros

Auto Racing

Chris Buescher signs extension with RFK Racing

NASCAR's connection between military, fans traces back to the sport's genesis

Tennis

Musetti withdraws from Wimbledon and opens up spot for fellow Italian Berrettini

College Sports

Don't mess with Texas. Longhorns are SEC's best thing going

NBA/Basketball

Brunson, the Knicks and fans toast title and blast Wemby

Knicks' parade or Regents exam? Pleas to reschedule so NYC school kids can celebrate fall short

Knicks’ NBA title-clinching victory over Spurs averages 24.5 million viewers

Brunson and Hart throw out first pitches at Yankee Stadium as Knicks celebrate NBA title

Young reportedly plans to decline $49M option with Wizards

NHL/Hockey

Fleet dominate PWHL awards, with Frankel winning Billie Jean King MVP and goalie of the year honors

Carolina's jock and nerd alliance created perfect harmony -- and a championship

Olympic sports

Olympic medalist Simpson collapses after medical episode while pacing mile group at event

US Olympian Harvey earns latest accolade in being voted IIHF female player of the year

Boxing/UFC/MMA

Mayweather faces felony charges in Las Vegas

What's next for new and former champs after UFC White House

Scoreboards

MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games