Kevin West

Andrew Webb appealed a 22-year sentence for cocaine trafficking because he thought it was too harsh. The appeals court ruled it was too lenient.

A judge in Atlanta has sentenced a 34-year-old man to two years and nine months in prison for phone code theft.

A suburban county south of Atlanta has voted against joining a bus service proposed by the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority.

West Hall lineman J.R. Haynes has signed to play football for Cumberland College. Meanwhile a number of Lady Spartans will continue their soccer careers.

Baseball players are willing to give up salary arbitration and a minimum salary if owners let them all be free agents each time their contracts run out.

Tiger Woods was among six leaders after the first round of the Bay Hill Invitational, not surprising because he's the two-time defending champion.

The eighth-seeded Fighting Irish got 20 points each from Matt Carroll and Ryan Humphrey, and 19 from David Graves to defeat No. 9 seed Charlotte 82-63 and win back-to-back NCAA openers for the first time in 23 years.

Gardner scored 28 points and Arizona averted yet another first-round upset, overcoming a 3-point barrage by UC Santa Barbara's Mark Hull in an 86-81 win on Thursday night in the West Regional.

Stanford, the No. 8 seed in the Midwest Regional, shrugged off a pregame technical for turning in the lineup card late, getting 19 points and 12 rebounds from Curtis Borchardt in an 84-68 victory over No. 9 Western Kentucky Thursday night.

Tom Coverdale had 19 points and eight rebounds, and Jeff Newton scored 15 points as the fifth-seeded Hoosiers beat Utah 75-56 Thursday night.