Q-and-A with UT tight end

Hunter Long, a 6-foot-3, 293-pound center from Briarcrest Christian in the Memphis suburb of Eads, has committed to play football at the University of Georgia.

As a freshman redshirting in 2006, Georgia defensive end Demarcus Dobbs had ample time to soak up the terminology used in a 4-3 scheme.

While teammates at Ole Miss University, Connor Vogel and Robbye Poole took time to hit together during practices.

DALLAS — The great Texas A&M conference debate has ignited the Aggies' fan base, spilled over into cyberspace and even has school legends debating the right path.

In all their years of playing junior tennis, Catherine Newman of Greensboro, N.C., and Claire Bartlett of Chattanooga crossed paths only once.

KNOXVILLE — Wednesday was a back-patting day around both University of Tennessee athletic departments, as every NCAA-sanctioned program on campus received satisfactory Academic Progress Report scores.

The University of Georgia had three sports that topped the Southeastern Conference in the NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores released Wednesday, and all 20 sports fielded by the school were well above the 925 cutoff point.

Despite featuring three Southeastern Conference schools and the exciting offense of the underdog Hawaii softball team, the story of the first three days of the Women's College World Series this year has focused on the umpires.

Bolstered by new television contracts with CBS and ESPN, the Southeastern Conference announced Friday that it will distribute a record $209 million to its 12 member institutions for the 2009-10 fiscal year, which ends Aug. 31.