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Championship Monday at the 2022 Sun Belt Basketball Championships at the Pensacola Bay Center on March 7, 2022 in Pensacola, Florida. Georgia State won the tournament. (Photo by AJ Henderson/Sun Belt Conference)

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Georgia State finishes program-best 88th in NCAA Director’s Cup

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Atlanta Dream guard Tiffany Hayes has been out due to a knee injury. File photo

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Tiffany Hayes returns to lead Dream to a victory over Liberty

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Former Georgia Tech forward Lorela Cubaj is now a member of the New York Liberty. (Danny Karnik/Georgia Tech Athletics)

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Georgia Tech star Lorela Cubaj processes growth, returns home as WNBA rookie

When Jack Abbott (right) needed a kidney after a serious bout with COVID-19, his pastor Jimmy Slick (left) volunteered to donate. The two have fully recovered and will run the Peachtree Road Race together.

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A life saved: Two men who share more than a kidney to run Peachtree

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Minji Kang holds the Eleanor Keeler Trophy given to the winner of the 2022 Georgia Women's Amateur Championship.

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Minji Kang wins Georgia Women’s Amateur in four-hole playoff

NASCAR driver Chase Elliott takes a lap around Truist Park's field before the Braves played the Nationals in an MLB game on Sept. 7, 2021, in Atlanta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

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Chase Elliott celebrates Georgia’s success at College Football Hall of Fame

Georgia Tech’s Aidan Kramer (left) beat teammate Andy Mao in a playoff to win the 50th Rice Planters Amateur at Snee Farm Country Club in Mount Pleasant, S.C.

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Local golf: Georgia Tech’s Aidan Kramer wins Rice Planters Amateur

Coach Tanisha Wright and the Dream fell to 8-11. AJC file photo / Curtis Compton

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Mystics contain Rhyne Howard, beat the Dream

Rhyne Howard (left), Atlant Dream coach Tanisha Wright.

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Dream’s Rhyne Howard named WNBA All-Star reserve

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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Leylah Fernandez gears up for Atlanta Open exhibition match

Chase Elliott holds up the season championship trophy as he celebrates with his race crew in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Ariz. (Ralph Freso/AP)

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NASCAR, World Series and College Football Playoff championship trophies on display

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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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Sun shut down Dream in fourth quarter, win 72-61

Maya Caldwell makes most of hardship contract opportunity in return to Dream

AD Durr scores 23 but Dream suffer home loss

WNBA players react to Supreme Court abortion ruling

Mercedes-Benz Stadium's 360-degree video board helped announce Atlanta's selection as a host city for the 2026 World Cup on June 16, 2022. Atlanta also is bidding to host other sports mega-events later this decade. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

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With World Cup secured, Atlanta pursuing other sports mega-events

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I’m for sports gambling in Georgia if social costs are mitigated

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An ongoing saga of legalizing sports betting in the Georgia Legislature

NASCAR pioneer, Atlanta Motor Speedway owner Bruton Smith dies

Local golf: UGA All-American Jenny Bae returns to defend Georgia Women’s Am title

Atlanta’s summer NASCAR Weekend kicks off with free Camper Appreciation Party

Upcoming series: Legalized sports gambling in Georgia at a crossroads

Maya Caldwell quickly helps Dream equal win total of last season

Florida pro needs four extra holes to win Advocates PGA Tour at Sugarloaf

Dream bring back Maya Caldwell

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Georgia State finishes program-best 88th in NCAA Director’s Cup

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From left to right, Atlanta Braves left fielder Adam Duvall, right fielder Ronald Acuna Jr. and center fielder Michael Harris II celebrate after a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Sunday, June 5, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Bradley’s Buzz: It took a while, but the Braves are a winning team

Cole Tate's home run was a bright spot for the Bulldogs. (Photo UGA Athletics / Rob Davis)

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Georgia, Kennesaw State lose in NCAA baseball regionals

May 7, 2022 Atlanta - Atlanta Braves' starting pitcher Max Fried (54) throws a pitch in the first inning at Truist Park on Saturday, May 7, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Bradley’s Buzz: Might the Braves win three in a row?

Tim Borden (No. 8) and Tres Gonzalez (No. 3) celebrate at home plate after scoring in the fourth inning of Georgia Tech's 7-5 win over No. 3 Miami April 30, 2022 at Russ Chandler Stadium. (Danny Karnik/Georgia Tech Athletics)

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Georgia Tech baseball placed in NCAA regional with overall top-seed Tennessee

Georgia State coach Shawn Elliott talks with an official during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Auburn Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, in Auburn, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

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Georgia State sets times for first four football games

Georgia State's Max Ryerson set a school record with 22 home runs in 2022. (Photo: Dale Zanine)

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Home run-happy Georgia State heads to Sun Belt Tournament

Stetson Bennett surprises UGA fans in Raising Canes drive-thru

Asking again: What exactly does the NCAA do?

Golf

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Minji Kang wins Georgia Women’s Amateur in four-hole playoff

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Local golf: Georgia Tech’s Aidan Kramer wins Rice Planters Amateur

Cole Smith (L) the executive director of the Advocates PGA Tour presents the winning check to Toks Pedro after his victory at TPC Sugarloaf on June 21, 2022.

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Florida pro needs four extra holes to win Advocates PGA Tour at Sugarloaf

Savannah's Tim O'Neal, here competing in the 2015 U.S. Open, is leading the points race on the Advocates PGA Tour. The tour will compete at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth on Monday and Tuesday.

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Advocates PGA Tour makes stop at TPC Sugarloaf

Carson Bacha fist bumps with his caddy after he hit his fairway shot on the par five seventh hole into the hole for a three under par double eagle two on the during the final round of the Dogwood Invitational Golf Tournament in Atlanta on Saturday, June 11, 2022. (Bob Andres for the Atlanta Journal Constitution)

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Auburn’s Carson Bacha uses double-eagle to run away with Dogwood Invitational

Dustin Johnson of the United States, left, and Phil Mickelson of the United States greet each other on the first tee during the first round of the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational at the Centurion Club in St. Albans, England, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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LIV Golf makes us ask: Is there such a thing as too much money?

Atlanta Dream

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Tiffany Hayes returns to lead Dream to a victory over Liberty

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Georgia Tech star Lorela Cubaj processes growth, returns home as WNBA rookie

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Mystics contain Rhyne Howard, beat the Dream

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Dream’s Rhyne Howard named WNBA All-Star reserve

Dream guard Maya Caldwell talks to media members during a session at the Dream training camp in Chamblee on Monday, April 18, 2022. Miguel Martinez/miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com

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Maya Caldwell makes most of hardship contract opportunity in return to Dream

The Atlanta Dream are 8-9 so far this season.

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AD Durr scores 23 but Dream suffer home loss

Maya Caldwell scored 10 points in the first half. File photo by Miguel Martinez/miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com

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Maya Caldwell quickly helps Dream equal win total of last season

Atlanta Dream guard Maya Caldwell talks to the media during training camp earlier this year. (Miguel Martinez/miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com)

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Dream bring back Maya Caldwell