If you prefer your sports sitting down, you won’t be disappointed. There's football, basketball, baseball, and volleyball at area colleges, especially in nearby Statesboro, where the Georgia Southern University Eagles have won six national championships in Division I-AA football since 1985. The PGA hosts their Legends of Golf tournament here each spring.

The Sand Gnats, a Class A baseball team, captured the South Atlantic League championship three times during the 1990s. Grayson Stadium, built in 1941, is one of the gems of minor league parks in the south, and legendary athletes who have played at this ball field include Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron, and Shoeless Joe Jackson.

Other popular events include the St. Patrick’s Day Rugby Tournament, the Memorial Health Tybee Marathon, the American Powerboat Association World Kilo Speed Runs, the ENMARK Savannah River Bridge Run, Memorial Health Hockey Classic, Salt Water Shootout Fishing Tournament, and Memorial Health Diamond Classic.