Jeff Hart

Tom Glavine threw off the bullpen mound for the first time since landing on the disabled list in early June because of a strained left elbow, and said he was encouraged by his work.

Diana Taurasi scored 21 points in 22 minutes to lead the Phoenix Mercury past the Atlanta Dream 110-84 on Saturday night.

GAINESVILLE - The Gainesville A's American Legion baseball team continues to roll through its Area schedule.

With one second place and one third place finish each this season in the Legends semi-pro division at Lanier National Speedway, Currie Pierce was hoping he could add a win to his resume. He got it in dramatic fashion Saturday night.

Kyle Busch passed Jimmie Johnson after a restart on the next-to-last lap Saturday night to win his seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of the season. Johnson had gone by Busch with 17 laps remaining in the LifeLock.com 400. But on the restart after the ninth caution, Busch went high on the track at Chicagoland Speedway and got by Johnson and held on for yet another victory.

The Jefferson 12-year-old All-Stars beat arch-rival Commerce 7-5 on Wednesday night at the Dizzy Dean State state baseball tournament in Alpharetta.

Patrick Henry hit a fifth inning grand slam and Zach Bennett also homered to lead the Gainesville A's American Legion baseball team to a 13-5 win over Dawsonville Wednesday night.

Reprising their Sister Slam Show in the Wimbledon final after a five-year hiatus, Venus and Serena Williams smacked big serves, hit hard strokes from all angles and chased down seemingly unreachable balls, like no one else does. Overcoming an early deficit, Venus beat Serena 7-5, 6-4 Saturday for her second consecutive title at the All England Club and seventh major championship overall.

The Atlanta Braves were feeling down after five straight losses and the demotion of popular teammate Jeff Francoeur. Jason Perry's debut as the fill-in for Francoeur helped end the drought. Perry hit a run-scoring triple in his first major league at-bat, Tim Hudson gave up only one run in seven innings and the Braves beat the Houston Astros 6-2 Friday night to end their skid.

Fireworks on and off the track did not keep Paul Kelly from continuing his outstanding season so far 2008 at Lanier National Speedway. Kelly was either in first or second place for 87 of the 100-lap Pro Late Model feature Friday night at the annual Fourth of July extravaganza at LNS before eventually pulling away in the final 10 laps for the victory.