Jeff Hart

Paul Pierce helped the Celtics open a 16-point, first-quarter lead, then watched as Rajon Rondo and Glen "Big Baby" Davis helped Boston coast to a 94-71 victory over the Orlando Magic and take a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals.

The Gainesville baseball team suffered a two-game sweep against Thomson on Tuesday in the Class AAA quarterfinals in Thomson...

Although current Gainesville baseball coach Jeremy Kemp wasn’t around to see the 2004 state championship season of Lakeview Academy, his squad’s hard-working wins in the first two rounds of the Class AAA playoffs have taken on a similar look.

For Jefferson, 20 yards and an unfortunate tumble was the eventual difference in the Dragons bringing home their first track and field title in six years Saturday at the Georgia Olympics at the Jefferson track.

Justin Upton and Kelly Johnson homered to back eight strong innings by Rodrigo Lopez and help the Arizona Diamondbacks snap a seven-game losing streak with an 11-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night.

Larry Dixon qualified first in Top Fuel on Saturday at the NHRA Southern Nationals at the Atalanta Dragway.

Five years ago, Martin Garcia was working in a deli making sandwiches. He couldn't name even one of the Triple Crown races. But the 25-year-old jockey stole one of them Saturday, giving trainer Bob Baffert a Preakness win with a trouble-free ride.

England's hopes of winning the right to host the 2018 World Cup could be set back by secretly taped conversations which a British tabloid claims to have made of the Football Association's chairman.

North Hall’s Ty McCormack came into Friday’s 3,200-meter final at the Georgia Games with one singular goal: breaking the all-classification record of 8:52.5 set in 1974 by Ralph King of St. Pius. Only one thing could keep him from his quest: a fighting chicken.

The Gainesville baseball team apparently loves Game 3s. For the second time in a week the Red Elephants used a dominating Game 3 performance to advance in the Class AAA playoffs.