College Sports

The University of Georgia Athletic Association Board of Directors Executive Committee Thursday approved a contract extension and new compensation package for head football coach Kirby Smart.

Ahead of the 2018 Peach Belt Conference Softball Tournament hosted in Dahlonega at Haines & Carolyn Hill Stadium, the league announced Tuesday that five University of North Georgia softball players were named to the All-Academic Team.

University of North Georgia sophomore Megan Sabol was selected to participate as an individual in the 2018 NCAA Division II South Super Regional Women's Golf Championship as announced by the NCAA office on Friday afternoon.

After a week where the sophomore hit .500, University of North Georgia baseball player Andres Perez was named the Peach Belt Conference Player of the Week, the league announced Monday afternoon.

The Cleveland Browns used the No. 35 overall selection in the 2018 NFL Draft on Friday to take bruising Georgia running back Nick Chubb, who ran for 1,345 yards last season, two years after suffering a knee injury.

The Georgia men’s golf team finished 11th on Friday in the 2018 Southeastern Conference Men’s Golf Championship at Sea Island Golf Club.

Trevor Phillips fired a 5-under-par 65 on Thursday to highlight Georgia’s showing in the 2018 Southeastern Conference Men’s Golf Championship.

For the fifth year in a row, the No. 1 University of North Georgia softball team won the Peach Belt Conference regular season crown by sweeping No. 20 Georgia College in a Wednesday twinbill, winning 8-1 in game one before a 4-0 shutout in the nightcap.

The No. 20 Georgia Bulldogs clinched the season series with Georgia Tech after posting an 8-3 win Wednesday in front of a crowd of 1,878 at Russ Chandler Stadium.

More than a decade after Nick Saban took over as the coach of Alabama, the rest of the Southeastern Conference is still trying to figure out how to consistently beat him.