Jeff Hart

With the regular season coming to a close this week, a dozen northeast Georgia area teams already have clinched postseason berths across all eight GHSA classifications. Three others are fighting for their playoff lives.

If you want playoff drama in the final week of the regular season, you won’t find any among the regions that house northeast Georgia area girls soccer teams.

Habersham Central snapped a three-game Region 8-6A losing streak with a 16-1 win in three innings over Shiloh on Monday.

The Atlanta Falcons continued to bolster their cornerback depth by signing Kevin King, who started 42 games over five seasons with Green Bay, on Monday.

Atlanta Hawks All-Star guard Trae Young, who has missed 22 games since suffering a torn ligament in his left fifth finger, is moving closer to his return to action.

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announced a policy Monday that all but bans transgender athletes from competing in women's sports at its 241 mostly small colleges across the country.

Atlanta United announced Monday that forward Jamal Thiaré and defender Derrick Williams are each expected to miss the next two-to-four weeks after suffering injuries.

For most northeast Georgia area baseball teams, the regular season will not come to a close for another two weeks. But for Region 8-4A, the playoffs will essentially begin for several teams on Monday.

Longtime Kentucky coach John Calipari was in negotiations to potentially leave and take the men's basketball coaching job at Arkansas, multiple outlets reported late Sunday.

Clayton Chadwick’s ninth-inning home run and 4.1 scoreless innings of relief by Brian Zeldin led 24th-ranked Georgia to a thrilling 3-2 win over 19th-ranked Mississippi State Saturday in front of a crowd of 13,477 at Polk-Dement Stadium.