Columbia, SC--USC SID--The South Carolina men's basketball team (15-15) will face Alabama (16-14) in the opening round of the 2010 SEC Tournament on Thursday at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. The contest will tip off at 1 p.m. ET on the SEC Network (WIS in the Columbia area) with Jimmy Dykes and Brad Nessler on the call. Fans can also listen to Andy Demetra and Casey Manning...
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP)—Derek Lowe(notes) could only stare at his foot in disbelief. Longtime Braves manager Bobby Cox said he had never seen anything like it.
Lowe was hampered Wednesday by a blister on his right foot, forcing him out of Atlanta’s 7-6 victory over the New York Mets after just one inning.
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TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Marion Jones hasn't lost much of her swagger.
The disgraced sprinter once called the world's fastest woman was introduced Wednesday as the newest member of the WNBA's Tulsa Shock and she offered no apologies for her steroids use or her time in federal prison. She was poised and ready for questions about her troubled past.
"The word redemption is not in my vocabulary," Jones...
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Greensboro, NC--
The Clemson Tigers mens basketball team is preparing for the 2010 ACC Tournament, a tournament they will no doubt need to show well in to make the NCAA tournament. Coach Oliver Purnell knows to take it one game at a time, but hopes there will be more than one.
The Tigers will place NC State in the first round tomorrow in Greensboro at 9pm on Raycom. Clemson defeated the Wolf Pack 73-71 January 16th in...
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Columbia, S.C. - South Carolina pitchers Jimmy Revan, Matt Price and Parker Bangs combined to strike out 18 batters to tie a school single-game record and Whit Merrifield tallied a base hit to set a school record for consecutive games with a hit, now at 26, as the Gamecocks earned a 7-3 win over Valparaiso on Wednesday afternoon at Carolina Stadium. South Carolina is now 8-4 on the year...
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Columbia, S.C. (USC SID) -- South Carolina (7-4) scored 10 runs in the third inning on its way to a 12-4 victory overValparaiso (3-10) on Tuesday night at Carolina Stadium. Whit Merrifield tied the school record for consecutivegames with a hit at 25 and was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer and junior reliever Jose Mata pitched six strong inningsof relief to lift the Gamecocks to victory. The two teams meet again on Wednesday to close the...
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NASHVILLE (USC SID) -- The Southeastern Conference announced its 2010 coaches postseasonawards on Tuesday where senior Devan Downey and junior Sam Muldrow garneredpostseason honors.Downey was selected to the first team, the third consecutive season the Gamecockstandout was selected to the squad, while Downey and Muldrow were both selected to theAll-Defensive Team.Downey\'s selection marks his third-consecutive selection to the coaches All-SEC FirstTeam, marking the first time a South Carolina player has been named to the first...
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CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) -- Dabo Swinney will earn $900,000 more this
season than last, while his assistants at Clemson will receive
raises totaling $495,000.
The school's athletic department released the salary figures on
Tuesday, a day after a committee of Clemson's trustees recommended
the increases.
Swinney's salary will rise to $1.75 million after the Tigers
reached the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game in 2009.
Swinney's original contract called for a salary of $800,000. He
also received a $50,000 bonus for winning the ACC Atlantic
Division.
Defensive coordinator...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Sticking with its "boys, have at it" attitude, NASCAR placed Carl Edwards on three-race probation Tuesday for his deliberate wreck with Brad Keselowski in last weekend's race at Atlanta.
The punishment means Edwards will still be able to race in both the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series, but will be monitored by NASCAR through the April 10 race at Phoenix.
NASCAR president Mike Helton said Edwards' action Sunday at Atlanta was "not acceptable,"...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Cameron Rundles scored 20 points and Wofford used stifling defense to overcome a long second-half scoring drought and beat Appalachian State 56-51 on Monday night for the Southern Conference title and its first NCAA tournament berth.
The school perhaps best known in sports circles as being the training camp home of the Carolina Panthers won its 13th straight game despite going nearly 10 minutes without a...
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