Kevin West

Juan Dixon scored 29 points as the fourth-ranked Terrapins cruised past Siena 85-70 on Friday night in a first-round East Regional game.

Out of the NFL since 1992, Joe Gibbs jumped at the chance to buy a minority stake in the Atlanta Falcons.

Atlanta Thrashers general managers says the team has acquired defenseman Francis Lessard from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for defenseman David Harlock and two picks in the 2003 NHL entry draft.

Ryan Johnson's two-run double in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted Wake Forest to a 10-9 over Georgia Tech on Friday.

Basketball coach Larry Shyatt is coming back to Clemson despite finishing last in the Atlantic Coast Conference the past three years.

Khalil Greene and Jeff Hourigan each homered as Clemson beat South Alabama 13-1 on Friday night.

Gwen Jackson, a junior forward, had 28 points and 10 rebounds as Tennessee beat Georgia State 98-68 in the Midwest Regional opening round Friday night.

David Coffey doubled in two runs in a five-run fifth inning as Georgia defeated Arkansas 10-3 in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams.

Billy Knight made three straight 3-pointers to open the second half as UCLA advanced to the second round of the NCAA West Regional with an 80-58 win Friday night over Mississippi.

Jermaine Dearman had 17 points and 11 rebounds Friday night as 11th-seeded Southern Illinois beat Knight's Texas Tech 76-68 in an Eastern Regional opener.