Jeff Hart

The 13th-ranked Georgia football team practiced for just under two hours on Monday afternoon to start the team’s final week before Saturday’s season opener versus 11th-ranked Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Okla.

Tennessee fans may have a hard time recognizing the Volunteers' secondary. Sure, everyone's acquainted with All-American strong safety Eric Berry, but there will be several new freshman and sophomore faces with him.

As No. 11 LSU began the final week of practice for its season opener at Washington on Saturday night, Les Miles had no interest in revisiting his 2007 comments about the Pac-10's strength of schedule

The Buford girls softball team won the Gold division of the Buford Invitational Tournament with three wins on Saturday.

The North Hall Lady Trojans capped off the Buford Invitational with a 1-0 win over Union County Saturday.

Backup quarterback Chris Redman completed a 5-yard touchdown pass to Eric Weems with 9 seconds remaining to give the Atlanta Falcons a 27-24 win over the San Diego Chargers Saturday night in preseason action at the Georgia Dome.

Cliff Lee finally got hit hard. Garret Anderson hit a three-run homer off the Phillies' new ace and three other Braves went deep to help the Atlanta Braves hand Lee his first NL loss with a 9-1 win Saturday night over Philadelphia in a rain-shortened game.

Alabama coach Nick Saban has signed a three-year contract extension, athletic director Mal Moore said Saturday.

Several Michigan football players claim the program regularly violates NCAA rules limiting how much time they can spend on training and practice sessions, according to a published report.

Gainesville and Flowery Branch, two teams expected to battle for the Region 7-AAA title, picked up where they left off last year with big wins at home Friday night to open the 2009 season.