Jeff Hart

Gainesville's Spencer Ralston fired a 4-under par 68 Friday and is just one shot back of the leaders after the opening round of the 17th annual Players Amateur at Berkeley Hall Golf Club’s South Course.

Freddie Freeman, Tyler Flowers and Nick Markakis all homered off Chris Sale to lead the Atlanta Braves to an 11-8 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.

North Hall standout Bartley Forrester won the Athens Junior Classic golf tournament after shooting an 8-under 136 total for the two-day event at the Georgia Club.

Nick Markakis homered twice, including a tying solo shot in the ninth inning, and Tyler Flowers' two-out single in the 11th early Friday morning gave the Atlanta Braves a 4-3 victory over the slumping the Chicago Cubs.

Georgia sophomore Keturah Orji left the field behind on her first attempt in the triple jump to qualify for the Olympics at the U.S. Track & Field Trials on Thursday.

Al Horford ended the waiting game with a simple tweet: "Celtic Pride," it said, followed by 18 shamrocks.

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Marlins ace Jose Fernandez, making the first pinch-hit appearance of his career, drove in the go-ahead run with a two-run double in the 12th inning, helping the Miami Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 7-5 on Friday night.

The Gainesville Braves 10-under youth baseball team made it back-to-back USSSA Global World Series Championships after going a perfect 8-0 last week in the 37-team tournament.

The Gainesville Braves 11U fell 8-5 in the USSSA World Series semifinals to the eventual champions, Mafia (Aal.) and finished in third place in the 36-team field.