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With most of northeast Georgia on Spring Break beginning Monday, it's a limited schedule on the diamond. However, Regions 8-6A and 8-4A each will have some huge series as the races for the playoffs are steaming toward the finish.

Denny Hamlin won the race off pit road with Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr. after a caution with two laps to go and won in overtime at Richmond Raceway on Sunday night.

Atlanta United defeated Chicago Fire FC 3-0 Sunday afternoon in front of 42,525 fans at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Former Buford High standout Joey Bart, once considered the likely successor to Buster Posey as the San Francisco Giants' catcher, was designated for assignment on Sunday.

The No. 22 Georgia men’s golf team has captured its second tournament championship of the year, taking The Goodwin tournament title after a one-under-par, 839 total on Saturday evening at TPC Harding Park.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had six dunks while scoring 36 points, and the Milwaukee Bucks overcame Bogdan Bogdanovic's 38 points to beat Atlanta 122-113 on Saturday night, ending the Hawks' four-game winning streak.

Fifth-ranked Tennessee hit two grand slams to even an SEC series with 22nd-ranked Georgia Saturday, posting a 16-11 win in front of a record crowd of 5,677 fans at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

Georgia Tech baseball was unable to take Game 3 of the series, falling 16-7 to Boston College on Sunday afternoon at Mac Nease Baseball Park at Russ Chandler Stadium.

Chandler Smith took the lead with 59 laps to go Saturday and won the spring NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Richmond Raceway for the second year in a row.

The Atlanta Braves placed All-Star catcher Sean Murphy on the 10-day injured list Saturday with a strained left oblique muscle.