Jeff Hart

Auburn baseball coach Tom Slater resigned Saturday after the Tigers failed to make the Southeastern Conference tournament in any of his four seasons. Slater's tenure ended with Auburn's 11-7 loss to LSU Saturday.

One year after losing a playoff at the AT&T Classic when he knocked a shot in the pond, Imada won the same tournament Sunday under nearly identical circumstances for his first PGA Tour victory.

Tony Plagman had a career-high five hits and Brad Feltes drove in three runs to lead No. 25 Georgia Tech past Virginia, 9-7, Saturday afternoon at Davenport Field.

The seventh-ranked Georgia baseball team will head into next week's SEC Tournament, which gets underway Wednesday in Hoover, Ala., at Regions Park as the top seed after winning the regular season title. The Bulldogs are slated to play the No. 8 seed, Ole Miss, at 6 p.m. ET, and the game will be televised live by CSS.

NFL owners could opt out of their agreement with the players union next week, leaving open the possibility of a 2010 season without a salary cap. The labor agreement is on the agenda for the league meetings in Atlanta on Tuesday.

Kasey Kahne won a popularity contest, then parlayed it into a $1 million payday. After failing to qualify for the All-Star race, Kahne grabbed a spot in the field when the fans voted him into Saturday night's event at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

Alain Bailey won the men's long jump title to help Arkansas move into first place in the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday.

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Arizona manager Bob Melvin seeks out pitcher and former Gainesville High standout Micah Owings on the days he isn't starting. Owings isn't a typical pitcher. On April 29, Melvin called on Owings to pinch hit for fellow pitcher Brandon Medders and the righty-swinging Owings lined his first pitch into the right field seats to tie the game.