Jeff Hart

John Isner says he'll need to be well-rested to beat Gilles Muller in the semifinals of the Atlanta Tennis Championships. Isner overwhelmed Yen-Hsun Lu 6-1, 6-2 in less than an hour on Friday.

Alabama's the favorite to win the Southeastern Conference title. The Crimson Tide was the pick of media covering SEC media days to beat South Carolina in the league championship game.

The Seth Vining Youth Foundation, along with The Gainesville Park and Recreation Department and the Gainesville-Hall County Boys and Girls Club, is sponsoring a basketball camp from July 25-28 at the Boys and Girls Club.

Auburn coach Gene Chizik fielded a steady barrage of questions about an NCAA investigation and a reportedly testy exchange with the governing body's enforcement director.

NFL owners chatted much of the day, polished off a couple of meals, then overwhelmingly approved a deal to end the lockout. Only one problem: The players aren't ready to join them at the table just yet.

No. 1 seed Mardy Fish opened up defense of his title in the Atlanta Tennis Championships with a 6-3, 6-3 third-round victory over Nicolas Mahut of France on Thursday night.

Carlos Gonzalez singled home the winning run off Eric O'Flaherty with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to lift the Colorado Rockies to a 3-2 win over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night.

The Gwinnett Braves dropped out of first place in the International League South division standings following their second consecutive loss to the Louisville Bats Wednesday night at Coolray Field.

SEC Commissioner Mike Slive said recent headlines across the country have laid bare the darker side of major college sports so much that they have "lost the benefit of the doubt."

NFL players didn't vote Wednesday on a full proposal to settle the league's labor dispute, citing several outstanding issues, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.