Jeff Hart

The Southeastern Conference will issue refunds to fans who bought tickets through authorized locations for games in the March 14-16 SEC basketball tournament that were affected by the tornado that hit the Georgia Dome.

Tennessee guard and leading scorer Chris Lofton has a minor leg injury but is expected to play Thursday against Louisville.

With his team needing a solid effort to keep pace in Region 7-AAA, North Hall

Gabriel Saade had five hits and Tim Sherlock drove in four runs, allowing Duke to avoid a three-game sweep on Sunday with a 10-3 victory over Georgia Tech.

Andy Simunic raced home with the winning run on an infield error in the 10th inning as Tennessee avoided a three-game sweep with a 4-3 victory over the Georgia Bulldogs on Sunday.

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.