Monday's Report: Central Georgia/draft; NASCAR/Atlanta, UGA/Tech/draft, Braves, Bananas; World Cup, Wimbledon, MLB/ASG, WNBA, colleges, golf, NBA, MMA
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Around/About Central Georgia
Three Mercer players picked in MLB draft
Around/About Georgia
Blaney wins 3-wide battle on final lap of overtime in NASCAR Cup race in Atlanta
Why NASCAR penalized Bubba Wallace after Atlanta race finish
Lightning and rain stops Atlanta race just before halfway
Georgia sets a program record for players selected in MLB draft
Four more Georgia Tech players tapped on second day
Unsung heroes come through to help Braves finish 1st half on high note
Olson breaks Dale Murphy’s Braves consecutive games record
Former Savannah Banana Tristan Peters hits for cycle for White Sox
A Worthy Read
Madison Square Garden alleged to track and assign risk scores to celebrities
Semifinals
Tuesday
France vs. Spain, 3 p.m. – AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
Wednesday
England vs. Argentina, 3 p.m. – Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta
Third-place
Saturday
France/Spain vs. England/Argentina, 5 p.m. – Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens
Final
Sunday
France/Spain vs. England/Argentina, 3 p.m. – MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Soccer/World Cup
Messi’s Cup scoring streak ends, but his assist sparks Argentina’
The final remaining semifinal teams as ranked by FIFA
‘Ted Lasso’ stars bring Cup fever to Kansas City
FIFA: 'No evidence' ball hit wire in England's goal
Why was Haaland removed? Norway coach explains decision
Messi praises teammate Alvarez
England is advancing, but how it got there stokes the fires of conspiracy
Colombia's Campaz got death threats after elimination
Yamal says France should fear Spain in their much-anticipated semifinal
Wimbledon
Sinner bounces back with another Wimbledon title after his French Open meltdown
Zverev hopes he can be more than just ‘the third guy’ in tennis after run to Wimbledon final
The dominance of Czech tennis is here to stay
Sinner believes tennis ‘needs Carlos Alcaraz’ after Wimbledon final victory
Heartbroken runner-up Muchová will keep reaching
MLB/NL
Diamondbacks overcome Ohtani’s 22nd homer, beat sloppy Dodgers for 3-game sweep
Giants overcome McCarthy’s 2nd inside-the-park homer this year, beat Rockies
Bregman’s season-high 4 RBIs lead Cubs over Reds heading into break
Skenes wins 2nd straight start after 9-game winless slide, Pirates rout Brewers with 10-run 4th
MLB/AL
Weary Red Sox cap first 9-0 road trip since 1977
Nimmo’s walk-off single gives Rangers win over Astros and winning record at break
Royals, Orioles show frustration during dugout-emptying confrontation
MLB/All-Star Game
Philadelphia’s Sánchez to start All-Star Game at home for NL. Toronto’s Cease the pick for AL
Wheeler declines All-Star Game invite: 'Not gonna be disrespected'
All-Star Game rosters: One thing to know about every player on the NL and AL teams
Baseball/MLB
Tampa Bay prospect Flewelling homers, MVP in AL’s win over NL in All-Star Futures Game
Here’s how all 30 teams’ prospects fared in the Futures Game
Another Bonds joins Giants organization: Peyton is drafted by same team Barry and Bobby played for
Roundup: Red Sox enter All-Star break on 9-game winning streak
WNBA/Women’s Basketball
Sparks fire GM Pebley midway through her third season
Austin scores 10 of her 27 points in the 4th quarter as the Mystics beat the Storm
Mitchell, Clark lead Fever over Wilson and the Aces
Bueckers’ 22 points, 11 rebounds help Wings extend win streak to 5 games
A tossed shoe leads to late ejection and derails Liberty rally in 93-91 loss to Toronto
College Sports, the changing landscape
LSU invites top 40 donors to Governor's Mansion to unveil first-of-its-kind revenue plan
Golf
Kim gets the engine back on track with a Scottish Open victory
Watch McIlroy scream like a weekend hacker while shooting 64
Ryu beats Brooke Henderson in playoff to win Evian Championship for 2nd straight major title
Auto Racing
Busch Remembered: Rowdy's most iconic NASCAR moments at Atlanta
Earnhardt Jr.'s 'golden ticket' message for JRM's young NASCAR stars
Soccer
Former Chelsea owner Bates, who bought the club for one pound, dies at 94
College Football/Southeast
Can Golding prove the Rebels don't need Kiffin?
Babcock: Franklin is 'celebrated' rather than 'tolerated' at Virginia Tech
Clemson football OL steps away after two seasons
College Sports
Manuel's future as Michigan AD is in doubt in wake of Sherrone Moore saga
College Basketball
Pitt, ex-women's basketball coach Tory Verdi want lawsuits alleging abuse tossed
College Baseball/Softball
NBA/Basketball
Boxing/UFC/MMA
McGregor’s manager says fighter had no knee injury prior to short bout with Max Holloway
'Embarrassing': McGregor's instant knee injury leaves MMA world dumbfounded
Around the nation/world
Van der Poel powers to victory on 9th stage of Tour de France and Pogacar keeps yellow jersey
Scoreboards