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Dixon to take over Central baseball job after Heaps resigns

The Central-Phenix City baseball program is undergoing another transition after Chris Heaps resigned Thursday to take the head coaching job at Russellville (Ala.) High.

Perno to stay as Georgia baseball coach

GREENSBORO, Ga. -- The Georgia baseball team is still on the bubble for the NCAA tournament, but its coach is not on the bubble for 2013.

Nov 26, 2011; Atlanta, GA, USA; Georgia Bulldogs head coach Mark Richt yells at his team from the sideline during the first half of the game against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Bobby Dodd Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Josh D. Weiss-US PRESSWIRE

No raise for Richt, but chance for more money

GREENSBORO, Ga. -- Mark Richt's contractual reward for saving his job is to get a longer contract -- but not a much richer one.

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AUBURN UNIVERSITY

South Carolina eliminates Auburn

HOOVER, Ala. -- A victory over a top-flight SEC team was exactly what Auburn needed to polish their postseason credentials before leaving the SEC tournament.

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ATLANTA BRAVES

Cincinnati finishes four-game sweep of Atlanta

CINCINNATI -- Memo to Reds' clubhouse staff: Buy more shaving cream. Fast.

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SPORTS

Joel Erickson commentary: SEC tourney schedule confusing

HOOVER, Ala. --For all of its pageantry and positioning as the nation's deepest conference tournament, the SEC tournament has been hiding a dirty little secret all week long.

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COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY

Columbus State signs Jasmain Carey

Columbus State signed women's basketball player Jasmain Carey to a letter of intent, the school announced Thursday.

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GEORGIA BULLDOGS BLOG

Mark Richt finally re-joins the Twitter universe

The Twitter handle @MarkRicht has existed since Feb. 2009, almost around the time Twitter was invented. But it has received little use, despite gaining more than 30,00 followers. That's finally changing.

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AUBURN UNIVERSITY

Big list of prospects set to attend Auburn's Big Cat Weekend

Beyond the end of the SEC Baseball Tournament, the last weekend in May always means the same thing. Big Cat Weekend, Auburn's annual summer recruiting kickoff that features dozens of prospects visiting the Plains at the same time.

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AUBURN UNIVERSITY

Auburn center Reese Dismukes named to Rimington Award watch list

Auburn sophomore Reese Dismukes has been named to the spring watch list for the 2012 Rimington Award, annually given to the nation’s top center.

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GOLF

Dufner has 2-stroke lead halfway through Colonial.

Jason Dufner moved into position for his second straight victory and third in five weeks, shooting a bogey-free 6-under 64 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead in the Colonial.

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AUTO RACING

Chip Ganassi's team gets it right on Carb Day

Target Chip Ganassi Racing has won the last four points championships and two of the last four Indianapolis 500s.

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SPORTS

DNA on beer can needle 'likely' belongs to Clemens

A needle stored with a beer can appeared to contain an extremely tiny amount of Roger Clemens' DNA, which turned out to be good news and bad news for both sides in the perjury trial of the seven-time Cy Young Award winner.

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