College Sports

Brenau University freshman Lisa Portwood (from Marietta) has been named female swimmer of the week by the Appalachian Swimming Conference for the week of Dec. 13-17.

The North Georgia women's basketball team showed little signs of a 16-day layoff on Monday evening, using a 19-0 run midway through the first half to run away with an 81-47 victory over Reinhardt University in non-conference action.

Al Golden led a turnaround at Temple. He now has a chance to engineer another at Miami.

Texas defensive coordinator Will Muschamp has left the Longhorns to take over at Florida.

Cam Newton won the Heisman Trophy - as if there was any doubt. Whether he gets to keep it is still to be determined...

Georgia worked in full pads for an hour and a half on Saturday in its first practice for the Liberty Bowl.

It took three tries, but Georgia Tech finally has a victory against an in-state opponent.

Georgia Southern's Jaybo Shaw ran 15 times for 60 yards and threw for a touchdown as the Eagles beat Wofford 23-20 on Saturday in the quarterfinals of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs

For Wofford to continue its season of redemption, the Terriers will have to beat a Georgia Southern program trying to return to its national championship tradition.

Heisman Trophy favorite Cam Newton said Thursday that he "did no wrong" during the recruiting process that led to him signing with Auburn.