Arizona State has beaten Alabama 3-1 in a first-round game of the softball College World Series at Oklahoma Series.

Southeastern Conference football coaches have voted to ask the league to support a proposed early signing period in late November.

Rickie Weeks delivered a run-scoring triple in the eighth inning to make a winner of Jeff Suppan, who baffled the Atlanta Braves over eight innings in the Milwaukee Brewers' 1-0 victory Wednesday night.

Game 1 - Louisiana-Lafayette (51-13) vs. Florida (67-3), 1 p.m. Game 2 - Virginia Tech (49-17) vs. Texas A&M (54-7), 3 p.m. Game 3 - Arizona State (61-5) vs. Alabama (56-6), 7 p.m. Game 4 - Arizona (41-17) vs. UCLA (50-7), 9 p.m.

Even in the Middle East, Tommy Tuberville couldn't resist a playful poke at rival Alabama's six-year losing streak to his Auburn teams.

Chicago Bulls forward and former Florida star Joakim Noah has been given two traffic citations after his arrest in Gainesville for having marijuana and an open container of alcohol.

After grousing earlier in the day about being placed in a platoon situation by the Milwaukee Brewers, Bill Hall scored the winning run in Milwaukee's 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday.

Florida Atlantic and Mike Jarvis finally have a deal. After weeks of anticipation, the school announced Jarvis as the Owls' new coach.

The Milwaukee Brewers finalized a deal with Julian Tavarez, and he will be in uniform for Tuesday night's game against the Atlanta Braves.

Antonio McDyess refused to let the Detroit Pistons get pushed to the brink of elimination.

Alabama's baseball team has received an at-large invitation to an NCAA Tournament regional.

Auburn's Tommy Tuberville was among five NCAA head coaches who met with President Bush today after recently returning from a week-long visit to military bases in the Middle East.

The SEC All-Tournament team announced Sunday: Catcher - Alex Avila, Alabama. Pitcher - Austin Hyatt, Alabama.

Blake Dean and the LSU Tigers are hard to keep down these days.

Blake Dean hit a grand slam in the eighth inning and drove in six runs to send streaking LSU into the Southeastern Conference tournament title game with a 12-8 comeback win over Alabama.

Josh Vander Hey's two-out home run in the top of the 10th inning snapped a 6-6 tie and gave New Orleans a 7-6 victory over Troy when a suspended Sun Belt Conference tournament game resumed Friday.

Mike Vollmar has been hired to be associate athletics director for football at Alabama.

Alabama forward Alonzo Gee plans to take his name out of the NBA draft and return for his senior season.

Austin Hyatt retired 20 consecutive Georgia batters as he pitched a complete-game four-hitter to lead Alabama to a 5-2 victory over the Bulldogs.

South Carolina scored five runs in the second inning Thursday and made it stand in an 11-3 victory over Florida. The win came in the second round of the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament.

Alex Silversmith's grand-slam home run capped a six-run seventh inning as Florida Atlantic eliminated Middle Tennessee from the Sun belt Conference Baseball Championships, 12-7.

South Alabama got 15 hits off six University of New Orleans pitchers as the Jaguars cruised to a 14-2 run-rule win over the second-seeded Privateers in the opening round of the Sun Belt Conference Baseball Championship yesterday.

Chris McClendon went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and Aaron Lovett settled down after a shaky start to pitch a complete game as Kentucky defeated Alabama 9-3 in the first round of the Southeastern Conference tournament in a game that went into early this morning.

Vanderbilt hit 14 singles to grind out a 7-3 victory over Florida in the first round of the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament.

Blake Dean hit a solo home run in the bottom of the 10th inning to give LSU a 5-4 victory over South Carolina in the opening game of the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament.