Jeff Hart

No current Florida player knows what it's like to lose to Kentucky. The Gators have won six consecutive games in the series, the longest winning streak ever against the Wildcats by a Southeastern Conference opponent.

Alabama head coach Nick Saban on Friday announced the hiring of Bobby Williams as tight ends coach/special teams coordinator. The hiring marks the fourth time in Williams' career that he joins a coaching staff under Saban.

Standing at the podium minutes after being introduced as the eventual successor to Rich Brooks at Kentucky on Friday, offensive coordinator Joker Phillips couldn't help it when asked what it means to know he'll one day be the first black head football coach at his alma mater.

The Class AAA fifth-ranked Gainesville girls basketball team showed Friday night it can play a little defense. The Lady Elephants held Flowery Branch to single digits in every quarter en route to a 41-26 Region 7B-AAA win at the Gainesville gym. The ninth-ranked Flowery Branch boys held off a late charge to beat Gainesville 75-71 in the second game.

North Hall boys basketball coach Benjie Wood watched Tuesday night as his Trojans may have finally grown up. The Trojans overcame a 10-point second half deficit to knock off Class AAA No. 5 East Hall 61-59 at the East Hall gym and in the process took over sole possession of first place in the Region 7A-AAA subregion. The East Hall girls made it a split with a 56-48 win over the Lady Trojans.

DeWanna Bonner and Auburn responded to a humbling loss with a resounding blowout of Georgia. Bonner had 21 points and 13 rebounds in an 82-52 win over No. 10 Georgia on Sunday, nearly reversing the score from a humiliating defeat at No. 2 Tennessee three days earlier.

Tom Brady was almost perfect. The Patriots still are. Their poised and prolific quarterback knocked another mark out of the books in their record-breaking season, completing all but two of his 28 passes to lead New England to its second straight AFC championship game with a 31-20 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Saturday night.

With Lambeau Field looking like a snow globe, Favre frolicked in the flurries, throwing three touchdown passes as the Packers beat Seattle 42-20 Saturday, the highest-scoring postseason game in Green Bay history.

North Georgia trailed by eight points with under a minute to play, but pulled off a miracle to send the game to overtime and then came away with a 77-75 win as the fans stormed the court for a picture-perfect ending to Homecoming 2008.

The 20th-ranked North Georgia women's basketball team utilized a huge first half scoring run, and held on in the second half for a 74-66 win over the UNC Pembroke here Saturday night on Homecoming.