The SEC gets its first ever NCAA championship in softball and the horse trying for the Triple Crown this weekend is a big favorite as these stories lead our Thursday Sports News And Notes… ** Alabama has captured the SEC’s first national championship in softball after it beat Oklahoma 5-4 …

Dan Uggla hit two homers against his former team and Tim Hudson throws a complete game to lift the Atlanta Braves to an 11-0 skunking of the Miami Marlins on Tuesday. In other National League action, San Diego gets a walk off homer to beat San Francisco 6-5; Chicago blanks …

The Boston Celtics took a giant step toward winning the NBA’s Eastern Conference Finals after beating the Miami Heat in Miami 94-90 Tuesday night. Kevin Garnett scores 26 points and 11 rebounds and Paul Pierce added 19 and a huge 3 pointer near the end of the game to help …

After the Gator baseball team saw two current players and three signees taken in the first round of the Major League Baseball Draft yesterday, several more players have been taken today. Shortstop Nolan Fontana was the first player taken in the second round, selected by Houston.   Also drafted in the …

University of Florida junior catcher Mike Zunino became the highest drafted player in school history when he was taken third overall Monday in the Major League Baseball Draft by the Seattle Mariners.   Pitcher John Burke was taken sixth back in 1991. Pitcher/designated hitter Brian Johnson was also a first round …