Wednesday’s Report: Falcons, UGA, Braves, Tech, Post-UGA; MLB, college 🏈/Big Ten/news, NCAA changes, soccer, NASCAR, NFL, WNBA, colleges, golf, NBA
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Around/About Georgia
Flowery Branch population grows as Falcons arrive
41-year-old new Falcons kicker Folk says the start of training camp is ‘always exciting’
Yellow Jackets picked fifth in ACC poll
Where'd they wind up? Landing spots for Georgia's outgoing 2026 transfers
Smart on his twins off to college and another drawing college offers
Team W L GB PCT
Atlanta 62 44 - 0.585
Philadelphia 57 50 5.5 0.533
Washington 54 53 8.5 0.505
UGA has some big home SEC men’s basketball games
Braves-Mets rained out Tuesday; doubleheader Wednesday
Eagles set to make Carter (UGA) highest-paid defensive tackle in NFL
A Worthy Read
103-year-old Omaha man discovers passion for golf late in life, still chases birdies and beats pals
MLB/NL
Alcantara's latest gem leads Marlins to series-clinching win over Phillies
Nationals draw 6 walks against Bieber in 4-run first inning, beat Blue Jays
McCann’s 12th-inning single gives Diamondbacks 8-7 win over Pirates after blowing six-run lead
Bleday’s solo homer and Myers’ game-saving grab help Reds beat Guardians
MLB/AL
Rangers put themselves in good position as only AL West team with a winning record
Orioles, Kremer clobbered by Tigers
Cole throws 6 scoreless innings for the Yankees in win over the White Sox
Baseball/MLB
Trade deadline rumors: Yankees eye OF help as Tarik Skubal watch continues
'The Betrayal of Shohei Ohtani' is eye-opening look at how MLB star was robbed
Pitchers Schmidt and Knaak only players in top-10 rounds of MLB draft not to sign
Rangers' Kumar Rocker makes adjustments, finds consistency in second straight shutdown start
WNBA/Women’s Basketball
4-time MVP Wilson on relationship with WNBA Commissioner Engelbert
Clark and Mitchell lead Fever to their 4th straight victory
Miles scores 24 points as Lynx extend win streak to 8 with victory over Tempo
Citron, Kiki Iriafen lead Mystics over Sun
College Football/Southeast
Column-North Carolina (power brokes) wanted a splash, got a shipwreck nobody else wanted
Ole Miss files suit against 2 former players who followed Kiffin to LSU
Kentucky GM Biondo steps down after 7 months with the Wildcats
Miami picked as preseason ACC favorite ahead of SMU, Louisville, Clemson
SEC coaches united about hate for nine-game conference schedule. What they won't say
College Football/Big Ten Media Days
Big Ten: No league championship game if college football moves to a 24-team playoff
Defending national champion Indiana has a league-high three players earn Big Ten preseason honors
Big Ten commish touts dominance over SEC
Indiana to repeat? Finally Oregon's time?
Campbell compares Becht to Purdy: 'Both have this really special trait'
Jayden Maiava, USC embracing high expectations in Riley’s 5th season
Ferentz warns of 'imbalance' amid spending spike
College Football
From painting fields to 'Pac-12 After Dark': Fresno State’s small-ball roots meet a bigger stage
NFL/NFC
Eagles set to make Carter (UGA) highest-paid defensive tackle in NFL
49ers’ Shanahan takes blame for the crash that left him with a concussion
Saints GM Loomis: receiver Olave reports for camp as contract negotiations continue
NFL/AFC
Jaguars receiver Thomas Jr wants to be ‘undeniable’ after second-year setbacks
Browns’ Ward becomes NFL’s highest-paid DB with 2-year, $62.2 million extension
Kubiak opens Raiders camp with Cousins atop QB depth chart and Mendoza pushed to compete
No predictions, just urgency: Saleh’s Titans start camp after another 3-14 reset
Rodgers says there’s ‘zero debate’ 2026 will be his final season as Steelers open a new-look camp
Jones says he's fully cleared for camp, months after tearing Achilles tendon
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Mendoza encourages athletes to 'put opportunity before check size' in NIL era
Barkley says he doesn’t want to be remembered for the reverse hurdle
Former NFL linebacker Daniel Adongo deported to Kenya by ICE
Hill: Tom Brady's fake rivalry with Logan Paul is good for business
College Sports, the changing landscape
Ohio State to feature patches on jerseys in lucrative sponsorship deal
Notre Dame joins Ohio State with lucrative jersey patch deal
Why the Big Ten is holding out on Congress' college sports fix
College NIL bill includes $25 million ‘retention pool’ but is that enough to sway Big Ten, SEC?
Golf
Women’s British Open final major of the year and PGA Tour heads to final year of Rocket Classic
Koivun is a PGA Tour winner in three starts and needs time to see where he goes
PGA Tour adding tournaments to lucrative Championship Series, Tiger Woods within reach on money list
Auto Racing
Elliott has a passion for chasing trout
Tennis
Wimbledon rides a rain-free fortnight to record-high attendance
Soccer
FIFA plan for Kushner-backed $20 billion operation to run World Cup meets fury from Europe’s UEFA
US goalkeeper Matt Freese says he’ll never get over his team’s loss to Belgium in the World Cup
College Sports
Nebraska-Florida and Penn State-SMU are matchups for $1M made-for-TV women’s volleyball exhibition
NBA/Basketball
Green agrees to a 1-year, $27.7M contract to remain with the Warriors
Broome headed to Clippers and second-round pick in trade with 76ers
High school/youth sports
Rush Propst and Jeremy Pruitt together?
Indianapolis Colts help flag football inch closer to sanctioning in Indiana
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