Sports

Tony Akins made his first five 3-pointers and came within two rebounds of the fourth triple-double in school history as Georgia Tech beat Cornell Wednesday night.

Mike Modano became the fourth United States-born player to reach the league's 400-goal mark in the Dallas Stars' 2-1 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Wednesday night.

The Florida coach who has brandished a reputation as one of the most outspoken, sometimes outrageous, sports figures in the country struck again this week.

The Atlanta Falcons released veteran wide receiver Tony Martin on Wednesday and signed rookie Shawn Mills off the practice squad.

Daniel Weaver's 42-yard field goal with no time left barely cleared the crossbar, saving No. 14 South Carolina a huge embarrassment in a 31-28 victory over No. 22 Ohio State in the Outback Bowl on Tuesday.

Miami's key to victory is its ability to focus on the good Nebraska defense, not the one that showed up in a 62-36 loss at Colorado on Nov. 23.

Casey Clausen threw three scoring passes, ran for two more as No. 8 Tennessee handed No. 17 Michigan its worst bowl loss.

Rex Grossman is out. Brock Berlin is in. How long will that arrangement last? Everybody will find out Wednesday night in the Orange Bowl.

Georgia Tech has its final tuneup before hitting the meat of the conference schedule Wednesday night when the Yellow Jackets take on Cornell in Atlanta.

The dazzling Ducks of Oregon made their case for a share of the national championship - and then some.