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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GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- The board of trustees at Clemson has
recommended raises for football coach Dabo Swinney and
his staff after the team reached its first Atlantic Coast
Conference championship game.
Athletic director Terry Don Phillips would not say on Monday how
much Swinney or any of his assistants would make.
Swinney's original head coaching contract guaranteed an increase
if the Tigers won the ACC's Atlantic Division, which they did for
the first time last season. The accomplishment...
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Maryland's Greivis Vasquez, Duke's Jon
Scheyer and Virginia Tech's Malcolm Delaney are unanimous picks to
the All-Atlantic Coast Conference basketball team.
The three top scorers in the league were first-team selections
on all 53 votes in ballots cast by members of the Atlantic Coast
Sports Media Association. Clemson's Trevor Booker and Duke's Kyle
Singler rounded out the first team in results released Monday.
Duke earned a third All-ACC pick in high-scoring guard ...
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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) -- Camilo Villegas was checking his phone constantly on the driving range, barely bothering to hit any balls and instead seeking updates on how his brother was doing at a Nationwide Tour event in their native Colombia.
As Villegas showed all week, practice can be overrated.
Villegas shot a final-round 68 to win the Honda Classic by five shots Sunday over Anthony Kim,...
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- Al-Farouq Aminu broke out of his slump with 18 points and 12 rebounds, and Wake Forest continued its home dominance of Clemson in a 70-65 victory on Sunday that cost the Tigers' a first-round bye in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
Ishmael Smith added 17 points as the Demon Deacons (19-9, 8-8) snapped a four-game losing streak, improved their NCAA tournament resume and earned the...
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HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) -- Kurt Busch was running out front with three laps to go when things really got interesting.
First, a frightening crash that seemed intentional between two feuding drivers.
Then, another spinning, slamming melee before the white flag came out.
"We've got to win this race three times, maybe even four times," a frustrated Busch said on his radio.
Not to worry. Busch survived a couple ...
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