Updated: 2:57 PM The college career of Alabama senior cornerback Lionel Mitchell is over. Coach Nick Saban said Thursday that Mitchell has been placed on medical scholarship because of chronic back problems.

Posted: 11:37 AM With decision time fast approaching, Ron Steele turned to a prominent NBA source for advice.

Posted: 4:55 PM The Atlanta Falcons have signed sixth-round draft pick Thomas Brown, a running back from Georgia.

Posted: 4:53 PM Alabama point guard Ron Steele got some 11th-hour advice from a prominent NBA coach.

Posted: 12:46 PM Tiger Woods will miss the rest of the season because of surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left knee. It's an injury he's been dealing with the last 10 months while winning nine of 12 tournaments.

Posted: 7:36 AM This is why Paul Pierce stuck around when the losses mounted a few years ago. This is why Ray Allen was acquired as a draft-day consolation prize. And this is why Kevin Garnett left Minnesota for a chance to make it big in Boston.

Posted: 4:00 PM Florida State's first visit to the College World Series in eight years ended just like its previous 18 - no ring and a long, quiet trek home.

Posted: 3:57 PM Terrell Owens wasn't on the field for the start of the Dallas Cowboys' mandatory offseason minicamp Tuesday. And the flamboyant receiver might not be around the rest of the week.

Posted: 7:31 AM Chipper Jones hit a two-run single in the fifth to break open a scoreless game, Jair Jurrjens pitched into the eighth inning without allowing a run and the Atlanta Braves beat the Colorado Rockies 7-1 on Monday night.

Posted: 7:28 AM Matt Cerione's two-out, bases-loaded single drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning and three Georgia pitchers combined for six innings of shutout relief to lead the Bulldogs to a 4-3 victory over Stanford in the College World Series on Monday night.

Posted: 3:55 PM In one of the most thrilling rounds of championship golf, Tiger Woods has won the U.S. Open. He and Rocco Mediate completed the scheduled 18 hole playoff tied at even par.

Posted: 3:52 PM Alabama forward Richard Hendrix won't return for his senior season.

Posted: 3:50 PM Atlanta Falcons reserve safety Daren Stone has been arrested on a drunk-driving charge.

Posted: 8:03 AM The NBA Finals are going back to Boston. Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers made sure of that.

Posted: 7:59 AM Fresno State continued an amazing postseason run with a stunning 17-5 victory over Rice at the 2008 College World Series.

Posted: 7:57 AM Four days and 72 holes are not enough to decide the 108th U.S. Open.

Posted: 7:54 AM Dale Earnhardt Jr. ended his 76-race winless string Sunday, coasting to victory at Michigan International Speedway under a caution flag with little but fumes left in his gas tank.

Posted: 7:53 AM Chipper Jones is 2-for-15 in four games since returning to the lineup Wednesday after sustaining a small tear in his right quadriceps muscle.

Posted: 7:52 AM The Braves came up just short of a sweep this weekend in California.

Posted: 2:36 PM Alabama coach Nick Saban is hopeful that Kenny Stabler's recent drunken driving arrest won't have a negative impact on Stabler's future with the university.

Posted: 2:34 PM Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz says he still hopes to pitch again following shoulder surgery.

Posted: 5:28 PM Jeff Ridgway hit pinch-hitter Reed Johnson with the bases loaded in the 11th inning and the Chicago Cubs beat the reeling Atlanta Braves 3-2 Thursday.

Posted: 4:00 PM Georgia State has its first football coach and, at 65, Bill Curry has a new job.

Updated: 4:01 PM Florida center Marreese Speights has decided to keep his name in the upcoming NBA draft, hiring an agent and forgoing his final two years of eligibility.

Posted: 3:58 PM LSU assistant baseball coach Terry Rooney will be heading to the University of Central Florida after the Tiger's College World Series appearance.