Jeff Hart

Despite watching his team finish with a 1-4 record at the Nike 7-on-7 passing championships Friday, Gainesville football coach Bruce Miller said there was nothing negative to take away from the Elephants’ once-in-a-lifetime experience.

One year ago, Georgia learned a painful lesson about opening the season with a No. 1 ranking: The only place to move is down, and that fall can be painful. Now the Bulldogs are moving closer to another season with different expectations, thanks in part to soaring hopes for in-state rival Georgia Tech.

irst baseman Sean Ochinko erased a 4-3 deficit in the fifth inning with a three-run homer and Ryan Schimpf blasted a two-run dinger as the top-ranked Tigers outlasted No.5 Virginia 9-5 in the opening round of the College World Series.

No team came into the NCAA baseball tournament struggling any more than Arkansas. Right now, no team seems better.

South Carolina is getting its all-Southeastern Conference guard back as Devan Downey said Saturday he is returning to school for his senior season.

Jason Bay and Jacoby Ellsbury homered, Julio Lugo had four hits, and the Boston Red Sox overcame another shaky outing by Daisuke Matsuzaka to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 11-6 on Saturday night.

Dwight Howard has his bags packed. Showing off an it's-not-over-yet smile and a confident attitude, the Orlando Magic center said Saturday that the NBA finals will be headed back to Los Angeles.

The extra work that Candice Dupree put in the offseason has started to pay off for the Chicago Sky. Dupree scored 23 points to lead the Chicago Sky to their first victory of the season, 81-73 over the Atlanta Dream on Friday night.

Alex Roberts, son of former Bill Elliott crew chief Gene Roberts, won his first-ever race at Lanier National Speedway Saturday night. Roberts held off a host of challengers to get the win in the 25-lap open-wheeled modified division.

Slide over Super Mario and make room on the Stanley Cup for a new batch of Pittsburgh Penguins.