Kevin West

Jason Kidd scored 23 points and made several plays that swung the momentum as the New Jersey Nets defeated Charlotte 103-95 Wednesday night to win the best-of-seven series 4-1.

Peter Forsberg scored his second straight winner and Patrick Roy stopped 27 shots as the Colorado Avalanche beat the San Jose Sharks 1-0 in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals.

The Japanese rookie lost in the majors for the first time as Jeff D'Amico pitched a two-hitter and led the New York Mets over Los Angeles 2-0 Wednesday night.

Conflict between elected officials and police in the northwest Georgia town of Kingston continues with the arrest of the mayor and a city councilman.

The Southeastern Conference denied a South Carolina basketball recruit's appeal to transfer from a community college on Wednesday.

Southeast Missouri's Denver Stuckey knocked the third pitch of the game over the left field wall to set the pace for a 5-4 victory Wednesday over Arkansas.

Steve Gendron singled, doubled and homered and drove in six runs as Mississippi State defeated Samford 13-7 on Wednesday night.

A murder charge has been dropped against a northeast Georgia woman who was accused of causing her baby's death by taking drugs during pregnancy.

A teen-ager who stopped at a police station to talk with his girlfriend was arrested on the spot after driving a stolen car there.

Scholar and author Robert Franklin will resign as president of Atlanta's Interdenominational Theological Center at the end of the year.