Posted: 12:11 PM Stephen Locke fired a complete-game, seven-hitter in leading Florida to a 6-2 win over Alabama on Saturday.

Posted: 6:58 AM Milwaukee Bucks point guard and former Alabama standout Mo Williams had surgery to repair ligament damage in his right thumb and is expected to be ready for training camp in October.

Posted: 6:54 AM Auburn baseball player Hunter Morris has accepted an invitation to participate in the USA Baseball National Team Trials next month. He's among 12 players on the initial invite list.

Posted: 5:25 PM School officials say Florida State's starting offensive tackle is ineligible for the 2008 season.

Posted: 12:17 PM University of Alabama golfer Michael Thompson is one of three finalists for the Ben Hogan Award.

Posted: 1:16 PM Troy's Bryan Miller is the Sun Belt Conference player of the week.

Posted: 1:15 PM Auburn lefthander Grant Dayton has been named the Southeastern Conference's freshman of the week.

Updated: 5:56 PM Two local squads advance to the State Final 4.

Updated: 5:58 PM Three local teams are still alive in the state baseball playoffs.

Posted: 3:41 PM The Atlanta Braves boosted their bench Monday by acquiring first baseman-outfielder Greg Norton from Seattle and placed infielder Martin Prado on the disabled list.

Posted: 3:39 PM Sophomore Marcus Ball, projected to be a starter at outside linebacker in 2008, has been released from his scholarship at Florida State.

Posted: 1:52 PM State officials are touting 2008 as the "Year of Alabama Sports."

Posted: 8:06 AM The state's top prep quarterback in the Class of 2009 has committed to Alabama. St. Paul's AJ McCarron announced his decision Saturday.

Posted: 8:04 AM For the first time in two years, Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the checkered flag within reach.

Posted: 8:02 AM Chipper Jones drove in five runs and the Atlanta Braves scored seven runs in the second inning and beat the Cincinnati Reds 14-7 yesterday to complete a three-game sweep.

Posted: 8:01 AM Luke Greinke allowed only one run over six innings as Auburn beat Mississippi State, 12-2, on Sunday.

Posted: 11:14 AM Former Alabama point guard Rico Pickett plans to transfer to Miami Dade (Fla.) Community College.

Posted: 3:44 PM Renovations of Auburn's athletic complex enter their final phase this summer.

Posted: 12:43 PM Les Miles has run out of patience with Ryan Perrilloux. The LSU football coach has kicked the promising quarterback off the team.

Posted: 4:33 PM Alonzo Gee has become the third Alabama junior to decide to explore his NBA draft status.

Posted: 8:14 AM Those recruiting rankings are fun to talk about but hardly scientific. For more concrete evidence that Alabama's talent level hasn't been on par with other Southeastern Conference powers lately, check out the number of Crimson Tide players drafted by the NFL last weekend.

Posted: 5:25 PM Wesley Person is back in basketball as an assistant women's coach.

Posted: 5:23 PM A judge threw out the $5 million verdict an Alabama football fan won in his lawsuit accusing the NCAA of slander, ruling in a decision made public Wednesday that jurors were wrongly swayed by prejudice against the sanctioning organization.

Posted: 7:44 AM Beau Brooks homered and had an RBI double to lead Troy over Auburn 6-3 Tuesday night

Posted: 7:42 AM Kyle Moore had three RBIs and Brandon May drove in two runs to lead Alabama to a 10-6 win over Samford on Tuesday night.