Saturday June 28th, 2025 4:51PM

Jeff Hart

Sports Reporter
Jeff Hart
PGA to let Champ play under new COVID policy
Cameron Champ was added to the field in the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit under a modified PGA Tour policy that allows players who test positive for the coronavirus to be eligible if they had no symptoms and get two negative test results at least 24 hours apart...
12:00PM ( 4 years ago )
Hudson Justus takes 6th in Future Masters tourney
Not even playing up a division can slow down Hudson Justus. The 8-year-old Gainesville golfer recently finished sixth in the 10-and-under division of the Future Masters tournament played at the Par 70 Dothan Country Club course...
2:42PM ( 5 years ago )
Baseball's back: MLB sets 60-game sked, opens July 23 or 24
Major League Baseball issued a 60-game schedule Tuesday night that will start July 23 or 24 in empty ballparks as the sport tries to push ahead amid the coronavirus following months of acrimony...
10:13PM ( 5 years ago )
GHSA approves beginning of shot clock era in hoops
For the past couple of seasons, it has been nothing more than a whisper campaign. But after Tuesday, spearheaded by a large advocacy group of high school basketball coaches over social media, the Georgia High School Association turned the whispers into full-blown cries of joy approving the use of 30-second shot clocks in future games...
6:55PM ( 5 years ago )
Football: Passing drills are back as practices expand
It was already hot and muggy at 8 a.m. as the first wave of White County football players descended upon the practice field at White County High School Monday morning. But no one -- not coaches, players, trainers, distant onlookers -- seemed to care, especially when the most welcome sight of all was spotted...
8:50AM ( 5 years ago )
Ralston finishes strong in opening round of RBC Heritage
Spencer Ralston did not look intimidated Thursday in making his first-ever start on the PGA Tour. The Gainesville native and University of Georgia standout fired a 2-under par 69 on the opening round of the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links...
11:56PM ( 5 years ago )
Area refs overwhelmingly ready to return
Tim Tipton admits he is a glass-half-full kind of guy. Which is a good thing since the current Lanier Association official and Board member -- and its former president for 18 years -- is preparing for what he hopes is a 2020 high school football season...
12:05PM ( 5 years ago )
Gainesville's Ralston set to play PGA Tour’s RBC Heritage
Gainesville native and University of Georgia’s Spencer Ralston will be competing this week in the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links, marking his first opportunity to play in a PGA Tour event...
7:21PM ( 5 years ago )
GHSA: Group practice sizes can increase
On paper, it certainly looks like there was a positive development on Thursday for the possible return of high school sports in the fall.
12:04PM ( 5 years ago )
MLB Draft: Hancock becomes highest drafted Bulldog since 1987
Major League Baseball’s amateur draft began Wednesday night with the first of a pandemic-shortened five rounds and one University of Georgia playerbecame the highest drafted Bulldog since 1987...
7:39AM ( 5 years ago )