Kevin West

The Big Cat is back in the big leagues. The Anaheim Angels purchased the contract of 43-year-old Andres Galarraga from Triple-A Salt Lake of the Pacific Coast League on Wednesday.

Coach George O'Leary will miss Central Florida's opener against Wisconsin this weekend to attend the funeral of his 83-year-old mother, who died Wednesday in New York.

The Lakeview Academy boys soccer team opened its 2004 season with a solid 5-1 win over Hebron Christian Academy Tuesday.

The North Hall girls softball team fell to No. 5 in the latest Class AAA gasports.com rankings.

The Dawson County girls softball team is finding it hard to get respect.

The West Hall girls volleyball team dropped to No. 6 in the latest gasports.com rankings.

The Associated Press Georgia high school football poll representing second week results, with first-place votes in parentheses and total points.

No one has to tell Jim Grobe that his Wake Forest offensive line is untested heading into Saturday's opener against No. 15 Clemson.

Stephen Drew, Arizona's top draft pick, decided to withdraw from classes at Florida State on Tuesday and continue contract negotiations with the Diamondbacks.

Xavier Adibi, a redshirt freshman linebacker at Virginia Tech, will miss the rest of the season after having surgery to reattach a tendon in his right biceps muscle to the humerous bone, the school said Tuesday.