Thursday's Report: Michael A. Lough column; Falcons, Braves, Hawks; World Cup/US/overall/schedule, MLB, Wimbledon, WNBA, golf, college football, NFL, NBA
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Around/About Central Georgia
Column-Catching up on all sorts of things, with Michael A. Lough
Around/About Georgia
Falcons' backfield viewed as NFL's best heading into season
Bart’s 2-run homer helps Atlanta after Braves end Pirates’ combined perfect-game bid
Acuña likely to begin rehab assignment during break; Suarez not cleared to throw
Hawks willing to do sign-and-trade for Jonathan Kuminga for first round pick swap
Soccer/World Cup/USMNT
Legends Donovan and Howard tee off on Pulisic after World Cup letdown
‘We let you down’: Folarin Balogun's emotional apology to US fans
Pochettino rejects Trump, Balogun controversy as excuse
U.S. men, women get equal split of $16M World Cup prize
Who should USMNT fans root for now?
Soccer/World Cup
Belgium gets serious for quarterfinal with Spain after gleefully routing US
Mexico-England is most watched non-US English-language Cup match in US history
Quarterfinals: It’s Messi, Morocco, and 6 teams from Europe. And that’s not unusual
Egyptian FA calls out 'controversial and influential refereeing incidents' in loss
Belgium midfielder Onana out for remainder with torn ACL
Messi scores his eighth goal of this year’s World Cup, takes lead in Golden Boot race
Colombia falls short in shootout vs. Switzerland and fails to match its best World Cup performance
Quarterfinals
Thursday
France vs. Morocco, 4 p.m., Gillette Stadium
Friday
Spain vs. Belgium, 3 p.m., SoFi Stadium
Saturday
Norway vs. England, 5 p.m., Hard Rock Stadium
Argentina vs. Switzerland, 9 p.m., Arrowhead Stadium
Semifinals
Tuesday
France/Morocco vs. Spain/Belgium, 3 p.m. ET – AT&T Stadium
MLB/NL
Stewart homers twice, Reds go deep 5 times in victory over Phillies
Burleson, FermÃn homers power Cardinals to a 5-1 win that snapped 8-game skid against Brewers
Stowers homers, López has 40th multi-hit game as Marlins beat Mariners 2-0 for 5th straight win
Campusano, Andujar help King, Padres beat Diamondbacks
Young hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, ignites a 5-run eighth as Mets beat Royals
MLB/AL
Blue Jays’ Cease has bid for his 2nd career no-hitter broken up by Giants in 9th inning
Rays beat the Yankees to extend AL East lead to 5 games
Trout homers in return from IL, Adell hits 2 HRs as Angels beat Rangers
Baseball/MLB
Verlander plans to retire after this season, capping a career with 3 Cy Young Awards
You could field a nice team with top All-Star Game snubs
Tigers and third base coach Joey Cora split over ‘philosophical differences’
Tennis
Ukraine’s Kostyuk extends Wimbledon run as attacks hit Kyiv. She slams IOC decision on Russia
Fritz loses to Zverev in quarterfinals after knee tendinitis flares up
Gauff had such a heartwarming reaction to beating Pegula on Centre Court
Insane Sinner stat could spell bad news for Djokovic in semifinal clash
WNBA/Women’s Basketball
Republicans now getting involved in officiating and Clark
Reeve breaks WNBA record for coaching wins as Lynx beat Sun
Valkyries beat the expansion Tempo for 6th straight victory
Golf
Adaptive golfer with cerebral palsy makes USGA history with a four-peat
Scottish Open has the look of a major with the blend of tour and LIV players
Is the Scottish Open and The Open the Best Two-Week Stretch in Golf?
College Football/Southeast
Analyzing Clemson's best and worst case scenarios
Former Arkansas WR Brown reveals charges against him have been dropped, plans to enter Portal
Golesh inherits rebuild, old question: How long to beat Alabama?
SWAC announces 2026 Preseason All-Conference honors
College Football
Parents of Bucknell football player who died say they appreciate criminal charges against coach
Texas Tech’s Joey McGuire says football has been business as usual through Sorsby gambling saga
Big 12 head coaching turnover includes 1st-timers at alma maters and national title winner
Satterfield: Texas Tech tampered with Brendan Sorsby before portal opened
Big 12 head coaching turnover includes 1st-timers at alma maters and national title winner
New starting quarterback DJ Lagway’s transition to Baylor is a ‘full-circle moment’
Dykes says Cignetti's Hoover shade toward TCU was fair
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
It's been 17 years since Steve McNair's murder
Former Dallas defensive end Kneeland had early stage CTE at time of death
College Sports
New Wisconsin AD Shawn Eichorst hopes to bring some Texas swagger to Madison
Big 12 commissioner declines to address Sorsby gambling saga and describes league as `16 strong’
NBA/Basketball
Cuban accuses Mavericks owners of freezing him out in proposed arena move, newspaper reports
Milwaukee GM Jon Horst forthright about challenges facing Bucks in post-Giannis era
Middleton going back to Wizards in sign-and-trade with Dallas
NHL/Hockey
Blackhawks star Connor Bedard to miss start of the season after shoulder surgery
Scoreboards