Jeff Hart

WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS -- The Boston Celtics played hard all season for home-court advantage in the playoffs. They just didn't expect to need it this soon. The Celtics are back in Boston and hoping to finish off the pesky Atlanta Hawks on Sunday in Game 7.

ATLANTA -- David Sappelt's three-run home run highlighted a five-run second inning that helped No. 15 Coastal Carolina even the weekend series against Georgia Tech as the Chanticleers held off a Yellow Jacket comeback to win, 10-9, Saturday afternoon at Russ Chandler Stadium.

Dennis Guinn hit an RBI double off the centerfield wall to break open a 5-5 tie as Florida State scored four runs in the 10th inning and held off a Clemson rally to win 9-8 Saturday night.

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA -- Local favorite Denny Hamlin used a late pit stop for tires to foil the strategy of fellow NASCAR stars Kevin Harvick and Carl Edwards, blowing by them to win the Nationwide Series race at Richmond International Raceway on Friday night.

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA -- Denny Hamlin didn't realize how much he was feeling the pressure to perform in front of his hometown crowd until he was hurtling around the track in qualifying.

CLEMSON, S.C. -- Two years after reaching the College World Series, the Clemson Tigers are struggling to stay competitive in the Atlantic Coast Conference after suffering their worst losing streak since the Black Sox scandal of 1919.

ATLANTA -- Brad Rulon worked out of an eighth-inning jam and Jason Haniger delivered a key two-out hit in the bottom of the frame to help Georgia Tech to a 10-6 win over No. 15 Coastal Carolina Friday in the series opener at Russ Chandler Stadium.

ATHENS -- Georgia junior catcher Bryce Massanari became a father on Thursday and drove in the go-ahead run Friday to help the fifth-ranked Bulldogs to a 5-4 win over No. 25 Ole Miss at Foley Field.

Tim Hudson pitched his 11th career shutout and Brian McCann hit a two-run homer, helping Atlanta end a season-high four-game losing streak with a 2-0 victory over Cincinnati on Friday night.

FLOWERY BRANCH - Senior Cody Ackerman watched in the on-deck circle as Lumpkin County walked two batters with one out to load the bases in the bottom of the eighth inning to get to his spot with the Region 7-AAA title at stake.