Kevin West

Jimmie Johnson led the start of winter testing at Daytona International Speedway on Monday, a strong start for his 2002 Winston Cup Rookie of the Year campaign.

Trev Faulk, a first team All-Southeastern Conference linebacker and a second team All-America this year, will forgo his senior season at LSU and will enter the NFL Draft.

For the first time since its Final Four season of 1995-96, Mississippi State is ranked.

Sophomore quarterback Zak Clark, who started the Cotton Bowl and nine other games for Arkansas, was granted a release Monday by the school, clearing the way for him to transfer.

B.J. Pratt scored all his 14 points in the second half and Ryan Goral also had 14 as Denver defeated Morris Brown 78-50 Monday.

Wil Howard-Downs and Jese Snyder scored 16 points each as Belmont beat Mercer 87-65 Monday night.

Julius Jenkins had 27 points and Sean Peterson 22 to lead Georgia Southern in a 101-89 victory over Appalachian State Monday night.

Thomas Terrell scored 25 points and Leroy Davis added 24 as Georgia State beat Central Florida 92-84 in overtime Monday.

The Baltimore Ravens are back in the playoffs - in spite of a performance hardly befitting their stature as defending Super Bowl champions.

The Lady Bulldogs play host to Morris Brown Monday night at Stegeman Coliseum. The Wolverines are two and nine. They haven't played since December 22, but they have been running two-a-day practices during the break.