Garret Siler will start his professional basketball career in Utah. The former All-American center from Augusta State was picked in the first round of the NBA Developmental League draft by the Utah Flash.

Paul Williams finally has found an
opponent for his next bout, choosing Sergio Martinez to replace
injured Kelly Pavlik.

Middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik has called off his title
defense against Aiken, SC native Paul Williams on Dec. 5 because of an infected left
hand.

The Atlanta Hawks have 13 players on their roster
after waiving guard Mario West and centers Garret Siler (Augusta State)and
Courtney Sims.

The Atlanta Falcons have released quarterback, D.J. Shockley from their practice squad and signed running back Antone Smith.

The Atlanta Hawks have trimmed their roster to 16 players by releasing guards Juan Dixon and Mike Wilks.

Chad Ochocinco has a new iPhone application that was created with the help of Bengals quarterback Jordan Palmer and breaks new ground for the media-savvy receiver. It also puts him one-up on buddy Terrell Owens - for a few weeks, anyway.

Congratulations to Lincoln County’s Paula Alexander. This past weekend at the Women’s Bassmasters Tour Championship, Paula finished tenth at Black Bayou Lake. WJBF News Channel 6 Sports Director Chris Kane has more.

Roddy White had a 90-yard catch-and-run for a touchdown and a 31-yard TD reception, Michael Turner ran for three scores and the Atlanta Falcons flattened the 49ers 45-10 on Sunday to end San Francisco’s five-game home winning streak dating to last season.

An eight-part television series documenting the rise and fall of Michael Vick will debut on BET next year. Tentatively titled “The Michael Vick Project,“ it also shows the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback’s attempts to redeem himself after serving an 18-month prison sentence for operating a dogfighting ring.

Martha Leach defeated Augusta’s Laura Coble, 3 & 2, on Thursday to win the Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship.

We have the results from all of the Major League Baseball playoff games from Wednesday.

WJBF News Channel 6’s Sports Director Chris Kane spent some time with a Lincolnton, GA woman who’s pursuing her dream of professional fishing, and is in the top 10 in the world.

Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz says Matthew Stafford is day to day with a knee injury. Schwartz refused to say Monday whether Stafford’s right kneecap was dislocated, adding “we’ll know more,“ on Wednesday.

Atlanta Falcons coach Mike Smith says running back Jerious Norwood “is a full go” as he returns from his second concussion of the year.

Matt Kuchar won the Turning Stone Resort Championship, beating Vaughn Taylor on the sixth hole of a sudden-death playoff.

Augusta’s Vaughn Taylor and Matt Kuchar were still tied after two holes in a sudden-death playoff at the Turning Stone Resort Championship when play was suspended Sunday because of darkness, forcing a Monday finish.

Rookie Leif Olson has shot a 6-under 66 to
tie Tim Petrovic for the first-round lead at the Turning Stone
Resort Championship.

Kelly Pavlik and Aiken’s Paul Williams met Tuesday at the New York Giants’ practice facility, where their Dec. 5 title fight was announced.

Short course stars Greg and Laura Bennett proved that they are formidable distance racers in Georgia today as they won the ESi Ironman 70.3 Augusta Sunday.

Former University of Illinois golfer Joe Affrunti (Crystal Lake, IL) was able finish what he started at The Kandy Waters Memorial Classic posting twenty-one under par 267 to capture his first NGA Hooters Tour win.

The Atlanta Braves say Bobby Cox will retire as
manager after the 2010 season.

Former Super Bowl star Plaxico Burress has been sentenced to two years in prison after accidentally shooting himself in the thigh at a nightclub and later reaching a plea deal on weapons charges.

Former North Augusta star Tyler Colvin showed why the Chicago Cubs drafted him in the first-round of the 2006 MLB draft. On Monday night, Colvin made his first career MLB start and helped lead the Cubs to a 10-2 win. Colvin went 1-3 and drove in a run in the first inning with a sacrifice fly.

The Chicago Cubs suspended outfielder Milton Bradley for the rest of the season Sunday, one day after he criticized the team in a newspaper interview. Replacing Bradley on the Cubs roster is former North Augusta star Tyler Colvin. The OF was the Cubs number-one pick in the 2006 MLB draft. Colvin will be in the starting line-up on Monday night when the Cubs play at Milwaukee.

A day after the Jaguars lost their home opener to Arizona, the team learned that veteran receiver Troy Williamson (Silver Bluff HS/Petticoat Junction, SC) will be out for the season with a torn labrum, and released wide receiver Nate Hughes, who dropped a key pass in the game.

A Dominican baseball prospect for the San Francisco Giants who played this past season for the Augusta GreenJackets, is the main suspect in the killing of a 25-year-old man, police said Sunday. The suspect is identified as 19-year-old Angel Villalona.

We have capsules from every game of the second week of NFL action played on Sunday, September 20, 2009.

Check it out…for all of you who ever wanted to go to the game and catch a foul ball…this in Philadelphia, Tuesday night. Watch the guy in the front row…nice catch…gets the glad hand…makes the mistake of giving it to his 3-year-old daughter…check the look on his face…

It’s hard to believe that Ray Whitfield is now 28-years-old. One of the greatest amateur boxers to ever come out of Georgia, Sting Ray’s professional boxing resume is impressive…but he wants to take it to another level. WJBF News Channel 6’s Sports Director Chris Kane has more.