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TODAY COLLEGE BASKETBALL 4:30 p.m. Women's, Canisius at Siena. ESPNU 7 p.m. Fairfield at Siena. ESPNU 7:30 p.m. Kennesaw State at East Tennessee. CSS |
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Betty Trezza, who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League for the team featured in the film “A League of Their Own,” has died. She was 81. |
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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. —Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick reluctantly surrendered a water bottle to security at Miami International Airport that smelled like marijuana and contained a substance in a hidden compartment. |
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Marc Bombard will serve as manager of the Charlotte Knights for the 2007 season. The Chicago White Sox, parent club of the Triple-A Knights, also announced that pitching coach Juan Nieves and hitting coach Tack Wilson will return to the Knights. |
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Brain damage caused on the football field led to the suicide of former NFL defensive back Andre Waters, according to a forensic pathologist who studied Waters’ brain tissue. |
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Craig Wilson, who could contend for playing time or a starting job in left field or first base, agreed to a $2 million, one-year contract with Atlanta. |
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Freshwater Trends Midlands LAKE GREENWOOD: Largemouth Bass: Fair to Good, casting pig-n-jigs and crankbaits to structure in shallow water, fished slowly. Stripers: Good, behind the dam using Bombers, Charlie plugs, and Flukes. Also good catches in lower lake with bucktails and berry spoons. Good catches around bird activity over the water. White Bass and White Perch: Good, Try casting and jigging Berry Spoons. Fish are schooling well. Crappie: Good, using small to medium minnows and mini jigs over... |
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"The Fishin' Hole" with Jerry McKinnis — ESPN's second-longest running program, behind "SportsCenter" — is in its final season on ESPN2 (cable channel 27). The show — which has been on television 44 years, including the last 25 on ESPN networks — will feature new episodes through March in its 7 a.m. Saturday time slot. This week, McKinnis, a one-time minor league pitcher, visits with the husband-and-wife, smallmouth bass guide team of Harry and Mary Lambirth... |
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Serena Williams knew it had been quite some time since her last victory over a Top 10 player. When told it had been two years, the American star shook her head and laughed in disbelief. |
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RALEIGH, N.C. — Alexander Semin and Chris Clark score two goals apiece to lead the Washington Capitals to a 5-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night. |
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MIAMI — Dwyane Wade scored 33 points, including a game-saving layup with 4.3 seconds left, as the Miami Heat wasted most of a big lead before beating the short-handed Indiana Pacers 104-101 on Thursday night. |
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Four days after suffering its first loss of the season, No. 19 Clemson had the wind knocked out of its school-record start, enduring a humbling 77-55 defeat to No. 4 North Carolina. |
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Pete Sampras was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame, joined in the 2007 class by Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, Sven Davidson and Russ Adams. |
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Left-hander Chris Capuano and Milwaukee agreed to a $3.25 million, one-year contract, avoiding salary arbitration. ... J.J. Putz cashed in on his breakout debut season as Seattle’s closer, agreeing to a $13.1 million, three-year contract. ... |
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Preki Radosavljevic, Major League Soccer’s only two-time Most Valuable Player, was hired to replace Bob Bradley as coach of Chivas USA. |
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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Brian Campbell and Maxim Afinogenov scored four minutes apart in the third period, lifting the Buffalo Sabres to a 6-3 victory against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night. |
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WASHINGTON — Caron Butler performed the kind of heroics usually reserved for Gilbert Arenas, dunking with 2.2 seconds remaining Wednesday night to give the Washington Wizards a 99-98 victory against the New York Knicks. |
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The federal prosecutor who has led the high-profile BALCO steroids investigation announced he is stepping down. Kevin Ryan, U.S. attorney for California’s Northern District, has handled the probe into the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, the lab at the center of a doping scandal that has touched some of sports’ biggest stars. |
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After two months of trying, Pittsburgh landed a deal for Atlanta power hitter Adam LaRoche on Wednesday when they agreed to acquire the first baseman for left-handed reliever Mike Gonzalez and another player. |
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Marty Schottenheimer is coming back to San Diego. Brian Billick is set to stay in Baltimore for a while. Just days after their teams were eliminated from the playoffs, the Chargers announced Schottenheimer will return as coach for a sixth season and the Ravens extended Billick’s contract past next season. |
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Columbia played host to the inaugural Red Nose 10K and 5K on Jan. 6 to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities. Orinthal Striggles, 31, of Columbia won the 10K in 34:00. John Charlton, 40, of Columbia was second in 34:29. Jade Costen, 33, of Irmo, and Hootie and the Blowfish drummer and former USC soccer player Jim Sonefeld, 42, finished third and fourth, in 37:42 and 38:51, respectively. |
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19th-ranked Clemson falls to 17-2 overall, 3-2 in ACC. |
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Presbyterian College Thursday hired Byrnes High School football coach Bobby Bentley to lead the Blue Hose. |
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Fourth-ranked North Carolina and 19th-ranked Clemson hope to get back on the winning track Wednesday night. |
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Clemson hosts UNC tonight in one of the most anticipated games at Littlejohn in years.
While North Carolina has an overwhelming presence in this series, the Tigers have won four of the last seven meetings at home. |
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Quarterback Stephen Garcia was one of five freshmen who attended class for the first time Tuesday, thus making them eligible to compete in spring drills which should put them a leg up on the other freshmen. |
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REPLAY AS AN officiating tool remains this nation’s Achilles’ heel. There is perhaps no greater threat — other than talk radio —to democracy in America. |
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Defending champion Roger Federer advanced to the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Jonas Bjorkman on Wednesday. |
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At Sunrise, Fla., Justin Williams scored a power-play goal at 1:47 of overtime to give the Carolina Hurricanes a 3-2 victory against the Florida Panthers. |
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Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano asked for a raise to $15.5 million while batting champions Joe Mauer and Freddy Sanchez, AL MVP Justin Morneau and Florida star Miguel Cabrera looked to cash in. Among those reaching agreements before arbitration were Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez ($7 million), Houston reliever Brad Lidge ($5.35 million), Detroit outfielder Craig Monroe ($4,775,000), Chicago White Sox third baseman Joe Crede ($4.94 million), Colorado outfielder Matt Holliday ($4.4 million... |
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Nothing changed. Absolutely nothing. In fact, it only got worse. Despite the harsh words from their best player and a tongue-lashing from their coach, the South Carolina men’s basketball team was trounced once again. |
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CHARLOTTE — Offensive coordinator Dan Henning and two other assistants took the fall for the Carolina Panthers’ miserable season. |
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Joe Crawford tied his career high with 23 points as Number 25 Kentucky won its eleventh straight game with an 87 to 49 victory over South Carolina Tuesday night. |
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