Georgia will begin spring practice March 4 and will host its G-Day game at Sanford Stadium on April 10. The Bulldogs went 8-5 last season.

ATHENS -- Travis Leslie's teammates on the Georgia basketball team have taken good-natured note of his increasing celebrity."They call me ‘Top 10,' " Leslie, a sophomore from Decatur, said sheepishly.That's a reference to ESPN SportsCenter's "Top 10″ plays-of-the-day feature, on which Leslie's dunks have had a recurring role recently.

Bulldogs, who trailed by as many as eight points early in second half, rallied for SEC win.

Freshman pitcher/infielder Cooper Moseley was awarded the National Umpires Association Player of the Year/Sportsmanship Award.The award is given to the nation's top amateur baseball player who most "exemplifies the ideals of sportsmanship on the field -- ethical behavior both on and off the field, fair play and integrity" by NUA.

ATHENS -- Georgia and LSU showed Thursday why they're the SEC's best defenses, with each offense scoring a season-low 42 points in regulation.But the No. 14 Lady Bulldogs found their stride on offense in overtime, holding off the No. 19 Tigers to win 49-46 and break a three-game losing streak.

Fired as Georgia's defensive coordinator in December, Willie Martinez has been much in demand in recent days.He accepted a position as an assistant coach at Stanford late last week, only to change his mind when Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops called and offered a job over the weekend.

If the NCAA expands its men's basketball tournament to 96 teams, Paul Hewitt probably will cheer. "We have [347] Division I teams now, and only 65 are going," the Georgia Tech coach said. "We've increased it by one since 1985. That just doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

Losing can take a toll on a team. It can become a habit-forming, self-fulfilling, joyless hunk of misery.Wednesday’s 72-68 loss to Arkansas was extra miserable for Georgia.While Georgia (9-11, 1-6) has squandered many halftime leads this year, it was hard to imagine this one getting away, the Bulldogs up by 15 against a 10-11 Razorback team.

Derek Dooley was selling. Da'Rick Rogers was buying.By landing recruits such as the Calhoun High wide receiver, Tennessee's new coach has salvaged his first recruiting class for the Volunteers. Hired less than three weeks ago, Dooley made the most of his time, piecing together a 25-player class that might be better than the one Lane Kiffin had recruited before bolting to USC.

ATHENS -- A new contract for athletics director Damon Evans. A facelift for Stegeman Coliseum. And a new plaza for Sanford Stadium.Those will be the results of actions taken Wednesday by the board of directors of the University of Georgia Athletic Association.

Scoring on Georgia's defense was consistently difficult during its early 16-game winning streak.But lately, the points have come in bunches for Lady Bulldogs' opponents and the losses have done the same. Georgia takes a three-game losing streak against No.

Derek Dooley only had two weeks to salvage the top ten recruiting class left by predecessor Lane Kiffin when he bolted for Southern California.His class may look a bit different, but it's still one of the best in the nation.Dooley signed five-star wide receiver Da'Rick Rogers even though the Calhoun, Ga.

Alabama has doubled the salary of defensive coordinator Kirby Smart after he helped the Crimson Tide win a national championship.Smart will make $750,000 a year through Feb. 28, 2013, under a deal unanimously approved Tuesday by the compensation committee of the university's board of trustees.

Four players from Georgia and four from Georgia Tech were on the official invite list for the NFL scouting combine that will be held Feb. 24 through March 2 in Indianapolis.Defensive tackle Geno Atkins, defensive tackle Jeff Owens, safety Reshad Jones and linebacker Rennie Curran were the invited Bulldogs.

Former NFL star Herschel Walker stopped Hungarian fighter Greg Nagy in the third round Saturday night to win his mixed-martial arts debut. Walker drove Nagy into the fence early in the third. After a flurry of punches, referee Troy Waugh called the fight.

Devan Downey had 33 points including the driving basket with 50 seconds left that gave South Carolina a 78-77 victory over Georgia on Saturday night.The Gamecocks (13-8, 4-3 Southeastern Conference) trailed 63-54 with less than 10 minutes remaining and, except for Downey, didn't look anything like the club that took down No.

Georgia is trying to win its first road game this season in its seventh attempt.

Torrin Lawrence glanced up at the clock after finishing his race and saw 32.32. It didn’t sink in right away. The 300-meter dash is not one run at the NCAA Championships, but it was more than a nice warm-up for the upcoming 400-meter races he’ll run.

Ex-Dogs offensive lineman, a captain during his senior season at UGA, faces three felony charges.

Mobile, Ala. -- Georgia defensive tackle Geno Atkins has turned heads during Senior Bowl practices."Atkins, I think he's going to be a second-or third-round pick," NFL analyst Mike Mayock said. "He's disruptive and gets up the field. He's a one-gap kid.

Aaron Murray, who is a candidate to start as Georgia’s quarterback next season, says that enrolling early in college isn’t for everybody.Last January, Murray started classes at Georgia a few weeks after his December graduation from high school.“The only negative part is that you miss part of your senior year, which everyone says is one of the best years of your life,” Murray said.

FAIRHOPE, Ala. – Georgia defensive tackle Jeff Owens arrived at the 60th annual Senior Bowl early and has been busy interviewing with several NFL teams.He's already talked with Minnesota, Green Bay, New Orleans and Jacksonville."The interviews have been going great," said Owens, a 6-foot-3, 300-pounder, after Monday's practice at Fairhope Municipal Stadium.

A football player by trade, Herschel Walker has bobsledded in the Olympics, danced in the Fort Worth Ballet and enrolled at an FBI training center.Now that Walker, 47, has committed to risking -- in laugh and limbs -- in the mayhem that is Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighting, the only question is: What took him so long?The ever-curious Georgian's interest in the hands-and-feet combat dates nearly three decades to his glory days of football at Georgia.