College Sports

Teresa Edwards, who led Georgia Lady Bulldog Basketball to national prominence in the 1980s and is the only U.S. basketball player to participate in five Olympic Games, has been selected to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

After spending weeks locked in a battle for sole possession of first place in the Southern States Athletic Conference, Brenau University softball finally earned the pole position this weekend by defeating Emmanuel College in a doubleheader.

Butler coach Brad Stevens loves an underdog, whether it's his team back in the Final Four or Connecticut making an unprecedented five-games-in-five-nights run through the Big East tournament.

With first place on the line in the Peach Belt Conference, the 4th-ranked North Georgia softball came out firing at Columbus State on Sunday afternoon, taking down the Cougars 9-2 in the opener and 8-3 in the nightcap to vault to the top of the PBC standings.

Kemba Walker scored 18 points Saturday night to lift Connecticut to its 10th straight victory since finishing off a .500 regular season, a 56-55 win over cold-shooting Kentucky that moved the Huskies a victory away from their third, and most improbable, NCAA title.

The North Georgia women's tennis picked up a pair of points in singles play on Saturday afternoon, but fell 7-2 to 10th-ranked Flagler College at the Yahoola Creek Tennis Complex in Peach Belt Conference action.

The North Georgia baseball team split a doubleheader against 26th-ranked Columbus State on Saturday afternoon, taking the opener 5-3, before the Cougars rallied for a 5-2 victory in the rubber game of the series at Bob Stein Stadium in Peach Belt Conference action.

The lovable underdog label is long gone. Now Butler is determined to drop that "first loser" tag, too.

Georgia

The Bulldog football team practiced for 90 minutes under clear skies at the Woodruff Practice Fields on Friday afternoon, marking the team