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Clemson’s Riginos offered Winthrop job

July 30, 2010 By
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Tom Riginos

Clemson associate head baseball coach Tom Riginos has been offered the head coaching job at Winthrop.  Riginos said this afternoon that he is weighing whether or not to accept the Eagles offer. He could have a decision in the next couple of days.

Riginos is 42 years old and has been at Clemson for the past eight seasons.  He has been the Tigers recruiting coordinator for the past two years. Clemson’s recruiting classes have been ranked in the top 25 each of those two years.

Winthrop is searching for a replacement for Joe Hudak, who was fired after 19 seasons in the Eagles dugout.  Current USC associate head coach Chad Holbrook was also a candidate for the Eagles job until he pulled his name out of consideration last week.

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USC releases fall camp practice schedule

July 30, 2010 By

The University of South Carolina football squad will officially report for fall camp on Monday, August 2, with the first practice scheduled for Tuesday, August 3. The first practice is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Bluff Road practice fields, also commonly known as the Proving Grounds.

The first week of practices of the fall camp will be open to the public. Any additional open practices will be announced at a later date. No cameras (video or still) will be allowed after the first 15 minutes of the practice. Pets are not permitted on the practice fields.

The Gamecocks will open the 2010 season on Thursday, September 2 when they host the Southern Miss Golden Eagles. The 7:30 p.m. ET contest will be televised nationally on ESPN.

Click below for the preseason practice schedule. Most practices will last approximately two hours. Dates and times are subject to change.

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Braves division lead shrinking fast

July 30, 2010 By

The Braves lead in the N.L. east is disappearing about as fast as Lindsay Lohan’s acting career.  Atlanta’s latest slip up was Thursday’s 5-3 loss at last place Washington.  That is the team’s fourth loss in the past six games.

Meanwhile, the Phillies just keep right on winning.  They took down Arizona in extra innings last night to win their eighth straight.  The Braves lead in the N.L. East standings is now just 2 ½ games.  This time last week they had a seven game lead.

The Mets are 6 ½ back and aren’t a factor yet.  But, as we’ve seen, that could change in a week’s time.  I’m still not sold on the Mets though.

It looks like it is going to be a two horse race between the Braves and the two time defending N.L. champions.  Atlanta’s task got a lot tougher when the Phillies made a move to land Houston ace Roy Oswalt Tuesday.  Oswalt, combined with Halladay and Hamels makes for a pretty strong starting rotation in Philly.

The schedule is also working against the Braves.  They open a series at N.L. Central leading Cincinnati tonight.  The Phillies, fresh off a series at N.L. West cellar dweller Arizona, head to D.C. to face the N.L. East basement feeder Washington Nationals.  They won’t have to face Nat’s ace Stephen Strasburg either.  The rookie sensation is on the 15 day disabled list with shoulder inflammation.

It may be tough for the Braves to keep that lead from shrinking further or even disappearing completely this weekend.

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Liberty is the pick in the Big South

July 29, 2010 By

For the fourth consecutive season, Liberty University has been tabbed as the favorite in the Big South Conference’s annual preseason football poll for the 2010 campaign, as voted by the League’s head coaches and media panel and announced today at the 2010 Big South Conference Football Kickoff Media Luncheon at the Renaissance Charlotte Suites Hotel in Charlotte, N.C.

 The Flames, which have won or shared the Big South title each of the past three years, is the first team in League history to be chosen as the preseason favorite four-straight seasons. Liberty enters the 2010 campaign with 43 letterwinners returning, including 14 starters. Head coach Danny Rocco’s squad has gone 26-8 overall and 14-1 in the Big South the past three years, and is ranked No. 19 in the preseason College Sporting News poll. Liberty, which carries a Big South-record nine-game home Conference game win streak into the 2010 season, received 13 of 15 first-place votes cast and 103 total points to win the Big South football championship this season.

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Big South announces pre-season honors

July 29, 2010 By

Liberty redshirt-junior quarterback Mike Brown (Charlottesville, Va.) and Gardner-Webb senior linebacker Marty Patterson (Mt. Airy, Ga.) have been voted the Big South Conference’s 2010 Preseason Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively, by the League’s head football coaches and media panel, it was announced today at the 2010 Big South Football Media Day Kickoff Luncheon at the Renaissance Charlotte Suites Hotel in Charlotte, N.C.

Brown, who received nine first-place votes and 21 total points, was the 2009 Big South Offensive Player of the Year – becoming the first sophomore in Big South history to win the award. He was named to College Sporting News’ Fabulous 50 All-America team, and started all 11 games a year ago with 10 at wide receiver and one at quarterback. Brown was second in the Big South with 11 touchdowns scored last season (nine rushing and two receiving), as well as second in the League with 60 receptions and third with 698 receiving yards. He also was third in the Conference in all-purpose yards per game (128.8) and second in all-purpose yards per game in Big South contests (119.7). He also rushed for 442 yards on 77 carries (5.7 average) and notched three multi-touchdown games in 2009.

 A First-team VaSID All-State honoree, Brown was responsible for 15 total touchdowns as a running back, wide receiver and quarterback, and scored on an 80-yard pass play at Gardner-Webb and a 70-yard rush at Stony Brook. He posted the two highest single-game receiving totals in the Big South last year – 157 at West Virginia and 198 against Gardner-Webb, and ranked 37th nationally in receptions per game with 5.45. Brown led Liberty to a road victory in his only start at quarterback, passing for 242 yards (29-of-36) and a touchdown against Lafayette, earning National Player of the Year accolades from The Sports Network and College Sporting News for his performance.

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