Sunday's Report: Central Georgia's draft day; Tech/UGA/Braves draft, NASCAR/Atlanta, Dream, Falcons; World Cup, Wimbledon, NBA, MLB, college sports, NFL, WNBA, golf, UFC
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State of Georgia’s high school and college picks, Round/name/team/MLB team
1. Vahn Lackey, Georgia Tech, Minnesota
1. Drew Burress, Houston County/Georgia Tech, Houston
1. Trevor Condon, Etowah, St. Louis
1. CB-A Blake Bryant, Citizens Christian, Arizona
1. CB-A Daniel Jackson, Georgia, Colorado
2. Jarren Advincula, Georgia Tech, LA Angels
2. Carson Kerce, Georgia Tech, Arizona
3. Joey Volchko, Georgia, Chicago White Sox
3. Keon Johnson, FPD, Houston
4. Rylan Lujo, Georgia, LA Angels
4. Wessley Roberson, Glynn Academy, Miami
Around/About Georgia
Two Yellow Jackets to in MLB draft’s top 10
Jackson first Bulldogs taken in MLB draft
And he was joined by a few teammates
Virginia OF Gracia selected by Braves at No. 9 overall
Reddick is hoping to regain momentum in Atlanta after losing his NASCAR Cup Series lead to Hamlin
Ryan Blaney wins pole and Team Penske teammate Joey Logano is 2nd at NASCAR Atlanta qualifying
Nootbaar, Liberatore spark Cardinals to 4-1 win over the Braves
Fire put 7 in double figures in 102-92 win over Dream, who play without injured Reese
Amid Atlanta’s retooled pass rush, don't forget Harold Perkins Jr.
A Worthy Read
Chris Johnson's ALS revelation a reminder of grace needed for Black athletes
Soccer/World Cup
Down to 10, Switzerland pushes Argentina to limit before heartbreak in epic
Switzerland fumes after Breel Embolo red card
VAR review: Embolo tears -- did the Swiss striker deserve to see red?
Bellingham scores twice to lift England past Haaland and Norway
Haaland neutralized by England and subbed off late as Norway’s run ends
Moment of silence held for Jayden Adams at England-Norway match
FIFA selling the field to be used for the World Cup final in $450 pieces
What Paraguay senator said about Mbappe, who slammed her for racism
Golden Boot race: Messi and Mbappe lead 2026 World Cup, Haaland just behind
Tennis
Emotional Noskova holds off Muchova to win women's final
Noskova’s glimpse of Wimbledon trophies on bathroom break helped her regroup to claim 1st Grand Slam
Sinner regained his timing on a hard court before his demolition of Djokovic on Wimbledon’s grass
Finalist Alexander Zverev is using his tennis success to raise diabetes awareness
Fery’s career is just getting started. Even if the ‘Ferytale’ is over at Wimbledon
MLB/NL
Phillies end the Tigers’ winning streak at 6
Monasterio, Yoshida hit 2-run homers as Red Sox beat Mets 4-0 for 8-game winning streak
Valdez homers again as Pirates edge Brewers, sweep twinbill from NL Central leaders
Bregman’s 2-run homer in the 7th propels the Cubs to a 5-3 victory over the Reds
MLB/AL
Alvarez hits AL-leading 31st homer, Wade has first career grand slam and Astros beat Rangers
Bradish pitches 6 2/3 innings, Orioles hit 4 homers to beat Royals
Baseball/MLB
Iván Herrera, Ceddanne Rafaela, Nick Martinez, Munetaka Murakami named All-Star injury replacements
How do you say Cholowsky? White Sox hope No. 1 pick in the draft spells sure thing in Chicago
WNBA/Women’s Basketball
Regular-season record crowd of 20,996 watches Wings beat Tempo in Montreal
Project B names former Hawks GM Landry Fields head of men’s basketball
Aces beat Mercury 106-58 to match the third-biggest win in WNBA history
McBride scores 25, Miles 23 to lead Lynx to 90-85 win over Liberty
Golf
Fitzpatrick and Thorbjornsen atop leaderboard when fog delays Scottish Open
Ryu sets an LPGA major record with a 60 to build a 3-shot lead at the Evian Championship
Johnson shoots 63 at rain-softened Firestone to take 4-shot lead in senior major
Auto Racing
Reddick is hoping to regain momentum in Atlanta after losing his NASCAR Cup Series lead to Hamlin
Ryan Blaney wins pole and Team Penske teammate Joey Logano is 2nd at NASCAR Atlanta qualifying
Shane van Gisbergen, Austin Hill remain tight-lipped on feud after NASCAR hauler meeting
Soccer
Colombian soccer federation condemns death threats against midfielder Jaminton Campaz
Portugal hires Jorge Jesus as its new coach after disappointing World Cup
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Khosla family agrees to purchase defending Super Bowl champion Seattle for $9.612B
Fifteen days with Sean Payton as the Denver Broncos chased the Super Bowl
College Basketball
Michigan agrees to 2-year deal with men’s basketball coach Mike Boynton, removing interim tag
NBA/Basketball
Wembanyama contract: Why Spurs star turned down extra $50 million in new extension
Morant says joining Trail Blazers 'like starting all over again'
Hornets GM says LaMelo Ball trade to Timberwolves was made with sustained long-term success in mind
Boxing/UFC/MMA
Injury knocks out McGregor in 69 seconds
'I can only describe it as hell'
Gassiev marks first WBA heavyweight title defense by stopping Kadiru in round 6
Around the nation/world
Merlier wins stage 8 of Tour as race favorite Pogačar keeps yellow jersey
Scoreboards