Local fishing team wins points Championship

Bulloch Academy honors Gators with spring sports awards

Braves let it slip away late in 8-3 loss to Philly

ATLANTA - Every 20 years or so, Jamie Moyer beats the Braves. He was right on schedule Friday night.

Smoltz wins 200th

Column: "Joe Pa" lays down the law of the lions

College kids are notorious for the tendancy to be troublemakers, and college football teams are no different. From the BCS to the NAIA, discipline is required for student-athletes, and football players seem at times to lead the pack.

Local Roundup 5/24

Former Georgia Southern University baseball standout Brian Rogers got the call all baseball players await, again. For the second time in his career, and first this season, Rogers received the call to join the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Braves shut down by Mets 3-0

ATLANTA - Oliver Perez pitched seven scoreless innings, David Wright hit his fourth homer in the last four games and the New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 3-0 on Wednesday night.

SHS's Welle signs with MIT

Davies, Braves batter NY Mets

ATLANTA - Kyle Davies dominated the New York Mets with his arm - and his bat.

No room for Junior

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Rick Hendrick wasn't lying when he said he has no room on his team for Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Four Devils honored

Four Statesboro High baseball players were named to the All-Region 3-AAAA North team including shortstop Grason Wiggins, infielder Trent Lewis, outfielder Josh Ware and pitcher Crawford Simmons.

Big Boston first inning downs Atlanta

BOSTON - Kason Gabbard came up from Triple-A and stuck around just long enough to give the Boston Red Sox a win.

Curlin nips Street Sense

Braves rained out; Play doubleheader Saturday

Hamlin heads into All-Star race with new crew

Term 'mid-major' in hoops finally dies of old age

RIP, "mid-major." It was a good run.

Outdoor Life: Preseason strategies for turkey hunting

Georgia's turkey hunting season is only about a month away.

NCAA tournament picture becoming clear

Baylor appears to be back on the right side of the bubble after a strong run over the past two weeks.

Now that it's over, Sochi gets tested

LONDON - For athletes and spectators at Sochi, it's time to pack up. But for the host cities, the real challenge begins with the end of the Olympics. How do they continue to use the expensive stadiums after the party's over? What happens to the athletes' villages? What is the legacy of the games?

Finland routs US 5-0 for bronze in Olympic hockey

SOCHI, Russia - Teemu Selanne led his team around the ice, with a bronze medal draped around his neck, after he finished off his sixth Olympics with a sweet victory.

Ukraine takes gold, US hockey falls to Canada

SOCHI, Russia - Four Ukrainian women gave their politically torn country some good news at the Sochi Games on Friday, and Canada delivered more bad news to the United States - yet another Olympic hockey defeat.

Gold slips away

SOCHI - Canada won its fourth straight women's Olympic hockey title, breaking Thursday's pattern of first-time winners on the slopes and ice of the Sochi Games.

Locker room culture in spotlight

INDIANAPOLIS - This could be as good a time as there has ever been for an openly gay player in the NFL. The league will be watching.

Northwestern defends football program's academics

CHICAGO - Northwestern University officials on Thursday countered a quarterback's allegations that the program places athletics over academics, urging a federal agency to deny a bid by the school's football players to form the firstcollege athletes' union in U.S. history.

McDowell makes another escape in Match Play

MARANA, Ariz. (AP) - Getting to the round of 16 in the Match Play Championship was all that mattered Thursday.

USA crushes Czechs, will face Canada in semifinals

SOCHI - The United States' hockey team is getting exactly what it wanted. Another shot at Canada.

Russian security forces attack Pussy Riot members

SOCHI - Cossack militia attacked Russia's Pussy Riot punk group with horsewhips on Wednesday as the artists - who have feuded with Vladimir Putin's government for years - tried to perform under a sign advertising the Sochi Olympics.

Showing no emotion, Jeter says 'time is right'

TAMPA, Fla. - Derek Jeter spoke for 25 minutes, 44 seconds and answered 26 questions about his decision to retire at the end of this season.

Martin's legal options limited in Dolphin case

MIAMI (AP) - The legal options for offensive lineman Jonathan Martin may be limited under workplace discrimination and harassment laws because an NFL-ordered investigation found that neither Miami Dolphins coach Joe Philbin nor the Miami Dolphins' top executives knew about the bullying he endured, labor law experts say.

Outdoor Life: Pond management for improved fishing

There are hundreds of small ponds in the Southeast Georgia area and thousands more around the state. Those waters account for nearly half of the recreational fishing done in Georgia and of course serve multiple purposes in many cases. Water for livestock and crop irrigation are the two most frequent uses of farm ponds other than for fishing.