Jeff Hart

The North Georgia baseball team rallied back from an early 6-0 deficit to post a 7-6 win over 10th-ranked Columbus State on Friday evening at UNG's Bob Stein Stadium.

Fairly or not, Roy Hibbert has become the symbol of all that's wrong with the Indiana Pacers. He hopes to turn that around Saturday, no matter what his role.

The Jefferson baseball team wrapped up a perfect 2014 Region 8-AA schedule Thursday with a doubleheader sweep of Oglethorpe County.

Jeff Teague flung in a wild 3-pointer after the officials missed him stepping out of bounds, and Kyle Korver finished off Indiana from beyond the arc to lead the Atlanta Hawks to a 98-85 victory Thursday night and another lead in the series with the top-seeded Pacers.

The North Hall girls tennis team advanced to the second round of the Class AAA playoffs after taking a 5-0 win over Adairsville Thursday.

The Flowery Branch girls tennis advanced to the second round of the Class AAAAA playoffs with an impressive 5-0 sweep of Arabia Mountain Thursday.

The season came to an abrupt end for Region 8-AAAAA champ Flowery Branch Thursday in the Class AAAAA tennis playoffs.

The Atlanta Falcons will open the season hosting NFC South rival New Orleans on Sept. 7 and have prime-time games against Tampa Bay and Green Bay.

West Hall clinched third place in Region 7-AAA after routing Fannin County 11-1 in five innings Wednesday.

The Flowery Branch boys tennis team advanced to the second round of the Class AAAAA state playoffs after quickly dispatching Tucker 3-0 Wednesday at at the Davis Middle School courts.