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Canadian tennis player Leylah Fernandez volleys with the official Ball Kids before the start of the Atlanta Open Media Day on Tuesday at Atlantic Station. (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

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Georgia Tech assistant baseball coach James Ramsey, left, with Kevin Parada of the Yellow Jackets on Feb. 18, 2022. (Danny Karnik/Georgia Tech Athletics)

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Toronto FC forward Deandre Kerr, center, watches as his shot rolls wide of Atlanta United goalkeeper Rocco Ríos Novo's, left, goal during second-half MLS soccer match action in Montreal, Saturday, June 25, 2022. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)

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Georgia Tech coach Geoff Collins added his 12th 2023 prospect this month. Colquitt County safety Kamal Bonner publicly declared his intention to join the Yellow Jackets’ 2023 signing class. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Falcons receiver Olamide Zaccheaus had a taste of being in the playoff chase last season. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

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Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson takes part in drills at the NFL football team's practice facility Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in Berea, Ohio. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)

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Atlanta United defender Juan Jose Purata kicks a ball during training at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Training Ground in Marietta. Purata believes his experience with Tigres and his high personal standards can help Atlanta United make the MLS playoffs. (Photo by Dakota Williams/Atlanta United)

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Atlanta United announced Tuesday that it extended the loan of Ronaldo Cisneros through the end of the MLS season. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

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Kirk Warner, shown in 2014, was a standout tight end at Georgia and the high school coach for NFL players Richard LeCounte and Raekwan McMillan.

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Among the 100 players announced Tuesday for the Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame were (from left) William Andrews of Thomasville, Jeff Francoeur of Parkview and Tray Blackmon of LaGrange.

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Eatonton Colored High School's basketball team from the 1949-50 GIA season. Pictured are (front row, from left) Herbert Stokes, J.W. Freeman, Frederick Griffith, Charles Freeman and (back row, from left) coach Odell Owens, Willie Frank Daniel, James Few, Roy Little and Principal W.N. McGlockton. Charles Freeman, now 91, is among the former GIA athletes interviewed in the GPB documentary "As If We Were Ghosts," which will air Monday and Thursday.

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Nikole Glaug is a lifelong athlete, participating in everything from soccer to volleyball to bike riding. She was recruited to play collegiate soccer in her native Ohio but instead moved to Florida, where her athletic goals were paused. She now lives in Atlanta and understands the pain associated with a recent ruling by the Georgia High School Association that effectively bans transgender athletes from competing based on gender identification.

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Sun guard Courtney Williams (10), a former All-Star with the Dream, scored 17 points to lead Connecticut to a 72-61 victory Sunday against Atlanta. (Sarah Gordon/The Day via AP)

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