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INDIANAPOLIS — What does Floyd Keith see when he looks at South Carolina? As the executive director of the Black Coaches Association, he sees trouble. |
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BRADENTON, Fla. WHEN KIP BOUKNIGHT sits at a picnic table on the Pirate City spring training complex grounds he does so with a face-forward approach. He cares little to look back on what has been a six-season, three-organization tour of the minor leagues. |
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AT SOME POINT almost every youngster ties a string to a bent limb, sharpens a slender stick to make an arrow and tries to emulate Robin Hood, an Olympic archer or his bowhunting father. |
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At Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Julia Mancuso fell out of contention for the World Cup overall title, finishing 16th in the season’s final slalom and ending her bid to become the first American woman to win the crown in 24 years. |
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At Stratton Mountain, Vt., Shaun White, snowboarding’s most dominant performer the past two seasons, returned to the scene of one of his most satisfying victories, and did it again. |
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Free-agent linebacker Cato June signed a contract with the Tampa Bay. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The fifth-year pro spent his first four seasons with Indianapolis. A sixth-round draft pick in 2003, June started all 20 games for the Super Bowl champions last season. |
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At Indian Wells, Calif., Daniela Hantuchova won her second Pacific Life Open championship in five years Saturday — and her second tour title ever. |
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Chad LaRose scored two goals for the first time, and Carolina sent Martin Brodeur to the bench with four goals on its first 12 shots in a 7-2 victory against New Jersey. |
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. — With two starts left in spring training, John Smoltz says he’s not yet locked in as he continues to fine-tune his changeup. |
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The Columbia Stingers’ opener was everything that was expected — and then some. Columbia welcomed the National Indoor Football League to town Saturday night at the Colonial Center in front of 3,686 fans, and the game served up a helping of trash-talking, hip-hop music, cheerleaders on the field between every play, Hooter’s girls and hard-hits on the field. |
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I FOUND A couple glitches but can report a mostly good experience using CBS Sportsline.com’s March Madness on Demand to watch the NCAA Tournament on Thursday and Friday. |
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MILWAUKEE — Michael Redd scored 27 points as Milwaukee improved to 9-0 against Charlotte with a 97-91 win Saturday in a matchup of two of the worst teams in the NBA. |
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Wilford “Crazy Ray” Jones, the boisterous Dallas Cowboys fan who energized crowds for decades with his cowboy getup and sideline cheerleading, died Saturday. He was 76. |
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PETE ROSE IS getting closer to the truth. At this rate, he should get there by the year 2142. For more than a decade, Rose adamantly denied he had bet on baseball. Then he finally admitted that yeah, sure, he had bet on baseball, but never on his own team. |
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On a day when USC honored its previous College World Series teams, LSU spoiled the party with timely hitting and solid pitching from Jared Bradford. |
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SPOKANE, Wash. — Winthrop coach Gregg Marshall says he has a lucky suit he has been planning to wear in the NCAA Tournament’s second round. |
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Are you ready for some football? Seriously. Not the spring-practice variety that USC will begin Tuesday. And not the NFL’s upcoming offseason minicamps. |
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The French Open will award equal prize money to male and female players throughout the tournament, falling in line with the three other Grand Slam tournaments. |
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At Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Austria demonstrated its dominance and depth by winning its third consecutive Nations Team competition without its top skiers. |
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Former Colombian striker Freddy Rincon declared his innocence on charges of money laundering for a childhood friend and cocaine kingpin, accusations which led Interpol to issued an alert for his arrest and eventual extradition to Panama. |
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Wayne Gretzky feels penalty calling has gone in the wrong direction. Sure, cutting out clutching and grabbing has increased power plays and scoring. But late hits and stick fouls have become more serious problems — especially in the wake of Chris Simon’s two-handed swing that led to his record 25-game suspension. |
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CHARLOTTE — Tim Thomas came off the bench to score 24 points and the Los Angeles Clippers rallied to beat the Charlotte Bobcats 102-93 Friday night. |
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Charlotte all but officially ended the Inferno’s uphill climb into playoff contention with a 6-3 win Friday night at the Carolina Coliseum. |
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ATLANTA — Alexei Zhitnik scored the game-winner with a slap shot on the power play at 2:18 of overtime, lifting Atlanta to a 2-1 victory against the New York Rangers on Friday night and giving the Thrashers their sixth consecutive home win. |
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Defensive lineman Robaire Smith signed a four-year contract with Cleveland, which also acquired Shaun Smith after Cincinnati declined to match an four-year offer sheet for him. |
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Starter Harris Honeycutt and reliever Curtis Johnson combined on a three-hitter as the Gamecocks beat LSU 5-0 Friday night.
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Taylor Harbin had a three-run homer in the fifth to help Clemson to a 6-4 win over Duke Friday night.
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John Daly was one of four golfers to commit Friday to play in the tournament set April 12-15 at the Harbour Town Golf Links. |
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The Eagles have gotten their first win ever in the NCAA tournament. |
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THERE EXISTS A long list of outstanding pitchers coached by Ray Tanner since the 2000 season, many of whom were ticketed for the major leagues once they departed South Carolina. There was Gary Bell and Kip Bouknight. Peter Bauer and Matt Campbell. Billy Buckner and Steven Bondurant. Aaron Rawl and Scott Barber. |
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The 65th running of the Aiken Trials on Saturday begins three weekends of South Carolina thoroughbred racing. Horses representing some of Aiken’s most distinguished stables, including Stonerside, Dogwood, W.C. Freeman and Nekia, will have entries on the six-race card at the Aiken Training Track. |
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3 p.m. today, TGC; 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, NBC It used to be big news when Tiger Woods won a PGA tournament. Now it’s big news when he decides to play in one. |
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ESPN2 has been the exclusive national television home for Major League Lacrosse since 2003. That relationship will continue through 2016, thanks to a contract extension announced this week. The first live telecast this season will be May 25 when the Boston Cannons visit the Long Island Lizards. |
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At Skokie, Ill., Chicago Bears defensive lineman Tank Johnson was sentenced to four months in jail for violating probation in a 2005 gun case. Johnson could have been sentenced to up to a year behind bars. |
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At Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Bode Miller captured the super-G season title, finishing tied for fourth behind Aksel Lund Svindal at the World Cup finals. ... |
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The overall cost of the 2012 London Olympics will be more than $18 billion with extra costs of construction, regeneration, security and contingency funds. |
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Evander Holyfield is unsure how or why his name surfaced in an investigation of illicit sales of steroids and human growth hormone. Holyfield is among a number of athletes linked to the inquiry. ... |
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RALEIGH, N.C. — Erik Rasmussen and Zach Parise scored third-period goals to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 3-2 victory against the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night. |
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Bowie Kuhn was baseball’s bespectacled Ivy League lawyer and looked the part every day of the tumultuous 15 years he ruled as commissioner. |
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MILWAUKEE — Michael Redd scored 29 points to help the Milwaukee Bucks beat San Antonio 101-90 on Thursday night, ending the Spurs’ 13-game winning streak and giving the team a much-needed boost in the NBA coaching debut of Larry Krystkowiak coaching. |
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