Jeff Hart

Scott Wimmer passed Richard Childress Racing teammate Clint Bowyer with 21 laps to go and held on to win the Nationwide Series' Pepsi 300 on Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway.

The Tennessee Volunteers scrapped, pounded and grabbed. They also survived. No coincidence in that. The second-seeded Vols mostly ditched the glamorous 3-pointer and got physical in Sunday's second-round, moving on with a 76-71 overtime victory over Butler.

Chris Shehan recorded a career-high seven RBI, four coming off a grand slam in the fourth inning, as Georgia Southern held off Western Carolina 13-12 Saturday afternoon at J.I. Clements Stadium.

The Clemson Baseball team downed the N.C. State Wolfpack 3-2 in ACC action on Saturday night in front of 4,987 fans at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. The Tigers rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the bottom of the seventh, with the decisive run scoring on a double-play groundout by J.D. Burgess.

Three-time All-Star Javy Lopez retired Saturday after being reassigned to the Atlanta Braves' minor league camp, ending his bid to return to the majors as a backup catcher.

Eddie Burns carried a no-hitter into the fifth inning, and Jeff Rowland had two hits, including a home run, to help No. 17 Georgia Tech defeat Duke 4-2 Saturday afternoon at Russ Chandler Stadium.

Georgia extended its winning streak to six games and won their second consecutive SEC series after defeating Tennessee 3-2 in front of a season high 3,442 fans Saturday at Foley Field.

Shane Stafford threw six touchdown passes to help the Orlando Predators beat the Georgia Force 50-45 on Saturday night in the Arena Football League.

Sonny Weems scored a career-high 31 points, Darian Townes added 17 points and 12 rebounds and the ninth-seeded Razorbacks beat eighth-seeded Indiana 86-72 on Friday night in the first round of the East Regional.

Scottie Reynolds scored 21 points, Corey Fisher added 17 and 12th-seeded Villanova gave this NCAA tournament pod its fourth upset in as many games with a 75-69 victory over No. 5 seed Clemson in the first round of the Midwest Region on Friday night.