Jeff Hart

Shabazz Napier turned in another all-court masterpiece Monday night to lift the Huskies to a 60-54 win over Kentucky's freshmen and a national title hardly anyone saw coming.

The first full day at the Masters turned out to be a short one Monday. Augusta National was open for only two hours because of storms, still enough time for a few players to see some of the changes to the golf course - even though this was supposed to be a year with really no change at all.

With Spring Break upon us, prep baseball will take front-and-center this week as the other prep sports take a week off before heading into the playoffs (tennis), and wrapping up the final weeks of their regular season.

The Nationals avoided a sweep Sunday with a 2-1 victory, the sort of pick-me-up they needed after losing 10 of their previous 12 to the Braves in D.C. It was an April sweep at Nationals Park a year ago that helped build a cushion for the Braves on their way to the NL East title.

Jeff Teague scored 25 points in his hometown, Pero Antic finished with 18 and the Hawks handed the NBA's best home team an embarrassing 107-88 loss Sunday that could have a major impact on playoff seeding in the East.

The 12th-ranked University of North Georgia softball squad cemented its hold atop the Peach Belt Conference standings with a doubleheader sweep of host and 4th-ranked Armstrong Atlantic State University on Saturday afternoon at the Armstrong Softball Field.

The Piedmont College baseball team dropped behind early in a nightmare opening inning but stayed the course en route to a 9-7 victory over LaGrange College at Loudermilk Field in the second of a three-game weekend series in USA South play at Loudermilk.

The Gwinnett Gladiators and Greenville Road Warriors traded blow after blow Saturday night, but the Warriors escaped with a 4-3 win Saturday night at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena.

The Piedmont College softball team made it two straight USA South regular season crowns earlier today when the nationally ranked Lady Lions swept visiting Averett University who came in as the #2 team in the USA South standings.

Julio Teheran allowed two runs in seven solid innings and had two hits, and Atlanta knocked out Stephen Strasburg in the fifth inning, as the Braves beat the Washington Nationals 6-2 on Saturday night.