A record 119 student-athletes, 51 percent, achieved a grade point average of 3.0 or higher and thus were named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall 2007 semester. The 232 student-athletes posted a combined grade point average of 2.895.
The New York Giants are champions of the National Football League. In one of the best Super Bowl's ever played, the Giants scored twice in the fourth quarter to beat the previously unbeaten New England Patriots 17-14.
New Orleans defensive end Charles Grant was stabbed in the neck and a pregnant woman was shot and killed at an altercation in southwest Georgia early Sunday, according to authorities.
Trailing 11-7 and down to their final out, USC Aiken pushed across four runs, the last on an RBI single up the middle by Ryne Salmon, to force extra innings. In the bottom of the 12th, David Vitko’s bases loaded single to right field plated Brad Johnson with the game winner as the 31st-ranked Pacers (2-1) pulled out the improbable 12-11 win over Lincoln Memorial (1-2) on Sunday.
Tiger Woods is still winning just about everywhere he goes. Woods birdied his last two holes today to rally from a four-shot deficit to win the Dubai Desert Classic.
The Augusta State men downed Georgia College and State 88-81 while the women beat the Bobcats 85-62 Saturday night.
For the second straight night, the Augusta Lynx came up short in losing to Pensacola 3-2 in overtime.
Breaking a halftime tie with a 10-0 start to the second half, #9 USC Aiken (17-2, 11-1 PBC) earned a key 76-67 victory at Armstrong Atlantic State (11-7, 5-6 PBC) Saturday afternoon in Peach Belt Conference men’s basketball action.
Dominique Archie scored 20 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 5.9 seconds left, and South Carolina upset No. 24 Mississippi 80-77 today.
PHOENIX (AP) -- Art Monk, Darrell Green, Fred Dean, Gary Zimmerman, Andre Tippett and Emmitt Thomas have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Bambale Osby scored 18 points, including two key free throws with 16.9 seconds left and Landon Milbourne added 16 points to lead five Maryland players in double figures and the Terrapins beat Georgia Tech 88-86 today in an Atlantic Coast Conference game, ending the Yellow Jackets three game winning streak.
Joe Crawford scored 26 points, including a 3-pointer to start a 10-0 run to open the second half, and Kentucky overcame the loss of Ramel Bradley to beat Georgia 63-58 today.
Led by the goaltender Cam Ellsworth, the Pensacola Ice Pilots came into Augusta and pulled off a 2-1 win over the Augusta Lynx on Friday night in front of 2,958 fans at the James Brown Arena.
Steve Spurrier has another reason to stick around South Carolina. The university's Board of Trustees today approved a tax-deferred retirement package for Spurrier's contract that would pay the head ball coach $1 million if he remained with the Gamecocks the next four seasons.
Augusta State dropped their season opener Friday afternoon 9-4 to Carson Newman while USC Aiken knocked off Lincoln Memorial to start the season.