Jeff Hart

The Braves have agreed to a minor league contract with right-hander Freddy Garcia and invited him to their big league spring training camp.

Hawks point guard Jeff Teague sprained his left ankle against San Antonio on Friday night and is expected to miss at least two games.

Former Alabama director of player development and South Alabama defensive coordinator Kevin Sherrer has been named a defensive assistant at Georgia.

If you went by mere appearances, you probably wouldn

Still a work in progress under first-year coach Benjie Wood, the Gainesville boys basketball team showed, at least for eight minutes, what it is capable of.

The East Hall girls pulled off a big road upset Tuesday knocking off North Hall 60-47 in a Region 7-AAA contest.

The Flowery Branch girls held Jackson County to single-digits in every quarter in taking a 36-24 win Saturday night on the road.

Kenny Gaines scored 15 points, Marcus Thornton had 11 points and 13 rebounds and Georgia beat Arkansas 66-61 in overtime on Saturday to continue its strong start in Southeastern Conference games.

Miami's Lecomte scored a career-high 16 points, Donnavan Kirk added 14 points and the Hurricanes used a tight zone defense to beat Georgia Tech 56-42 on Saturday.

Bud Thomas scored 31 points, including a school record nine 3-pointers, to lead Mercer to an easy 87-66 win over Lipscomb on Saturday.