Georgia wins Game 1 of College World Series finals

Joey Lewis hit a tiebreaking double in Georgia’s four-run eighth inning, and the Bulldogs came from three runs down to defeat Fresno State, 7-6, in Game 1 of the best-of-three College World Series finals on Monday night at Omaha.

Fresno State appeared to take control in the top of the eighth when it scored three runs to go up, 6-3. But Georgia (45-23-1) wasn’t finished, and now stands one win away from a second national championship to go with the one it won in 1990.

Fresno State (45-31), 4-0 in elimination games in the NCAA tournament, will try to keep its improbable postseason run alive when the teams meet in Game 2 today.

JURISPRUDENCE

Panthers’ Jarrett pleads guilty to DWI

Carolina Panthers receiver and former USC star Dwayne Jarrett pleaded guilty to driving while impaired in Charlotte, N.C.

Jarrett appeared in Mecklenburg County District Court, where he surrendered his driver’s license and was ordered to pay $420 in court costs and perform 24 hours of community service.

Jarrett will enter the first stage of the NFL’s substance-abuse program, meaning that he will be subject to more frequent tests for drugs and alcohol.

Former Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson was ordered to install an ignition-lock breath tester in his car after he was charged with drunk driving in Austin, Texas.

Benson was charged in separate incidents of boating and driving while intoxicated. Judge Elisabeth Earle ordered him to install the device within 72 hours as a condition of his bail at a pretrial hearing.

The device prevents the car from starting if it detects alcohol.

New Orleans Hornets guard Rasual Butler has been charged with flashing a loaded gun near a Miami-area nightclub.

A witness told investigators that Butler pulled out a gun near a South Beach club early Monday, according to a Miami Beach police report.

Butler was sitting in a sport utility vehicle when officers arrived and found a loaded gun in the SUV. He faces charges of carrying a concealed firearm and improperly displaying a firearm. He was released on $6,000 bond.

“We take these matters very seriously and we’ll work with all appropriate authorities,” the Hornets general manager, Jeff Bower, said in a statement.

Clemson safety DeAndre McDaniel has been arrested at Clemson, S.C., accused of covering his girlfriend’s head with a comforter and beginning to choke her.

The incident report says the woman was treated at a hospital for a sprain and contusions.

Former NBA player Aaron McKie was charged with trying to buy two guns in Norristown, Pa., despite being under a protection-from-abuse order that bars such purchases.

Two Green Bay, Wis., men face charges of burglarizing the home of Packers running back Noah Herron, who hit one of them over the head with a bedpost when the man came in his bedroom.

Yeshua Tate, 31, was charged with two counts of being party to burglary Friday after he was released from a Madison hospital.

The same charges were filed Monday in Brown County Circuit Court against Joel Mullin-Romo, 20, who was arrested outside Herron’s home. He has remained in custody on a probation hold.

MISCELLANY

Sparks’ Parker wins college athlete award

Candace Parker has won the Honda-Broderick Cup, given to the nation’s top female college athlete. Parker led Tennessee to its second consecutive NCAA title in April. She was the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft by the Sparks.

Minnesota Duluth volleyball player Vicky Braegelmann and Willamette cross-country star Sarah Zerzan were selected as athletes of the year in Division II and III.

The Denver Nuggets have suspended NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony for the first two games of next season for his arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol in April.

Former New Jersey Nets guard Doug Overton has returned to the team as an assistant coach to Lawrence Frank.

Backup quarterback Jared Lorenzen was waived by the New York Giants.

Former New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan, who retired this month, will join the Fox’s NFL pregame show, a person with knowledge of the hiring confirmed to the Associated Press.

The state CIF track and field championships will be held for the next three years at Veterans Memorial Stadium on the campus of Buchanan High School in Clovis.

It will be only the second time since 1947 that a high school venue has been used for the track finals. The stadium seats 8,500, and seating will be added to bring capacity to more than 12,000.

Michael Iavarone, the co-owner of IEAH Stables, which includes Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown, said the 50-plus horses owned by the syndicate will be drug-free by the end of the year. That includes steroids and all other legal racing medications except for Lasix.