College Sports

The Georgia Board of Regents has approved Kennesaw State University's financial plan to support a NCAA Division I football program.

Levi Randolph and Rodney Cooper hit back-to-back 3-pointers in the closing minutes, leading Alabama to an ugly 52-45 victory that ended Georgia's five-game winning streak Tuesday night.

After two straight trips to the Southeastern Conference championship game, Georgia has given coach Mark Richt a raise and another year on his contract.

Online jail records show four University of Alabama football players have been arrested on charges including credit card fraud and robbery.

The 12th-ranked University of North Georgia softball team wrapped up its own Captain D's Classic at Haines & Carolyn Hill Stadium Sunday by sweeping both of its two games.

Georgia overcame a rare low-scoring game from Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and beat cold-shooting Texas A&M 52-46 on Saturday, giving the Bulldogs five straight Southeastern Conference wins for the first time in 12 years.

Kammeon Holsey scored all 13 points of his points in the first half to lift Georgia Tech to a 64-54 victory over Virginia Tech on Saturday.

One day after interviewing with the New Orleans Saints, Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham withdrew from consideration for the same job with the NFL team.

State and local officials are contemplating using millions of dollars generated by a special hotel tax to help finance a new stadium for the Atlanta Falcons, a move that has some residents wondering: Why, when so much needs to be done to shore up roads, mass transit and struggling schools?

Thursday night, the University of North Georgia men's basketball team broke a three-game skid with an 85-77 road victory over Young Harris College.