THIS BUSINESS OF OFFERING college athletic scholarships to kids who have not yet begun to shave has gotten a little silly. What’s next? Making offers as the youngster comes out of the womb.
South Carolina's football, men's basketball and baseball teams were all break-even or better in 2008-09 league play for the first time since joining the SEC in 1992-93. With a little historical context, it appears that finishing an athletic year at, or above, .500 in all three major sports is a significant accomplishment.
This Major League Baseball draft business is tricky for everyone, particularly college baseball coaches. As a result, college coaches can tell some tall tales about the ones who got away. Those tales of near-misses at South Carolina and Clemson always begin with Wade Boggs.
Five years removed from a career meltdown at the University of South Carolina, Skip Holtz has found a home in eastern North Carolina. The way Holtz sees it, he could coach at East Carolina for as long as athletics director Terry Holland and the school's passionate fans want him around.
Ron Morris is a columnist for The State newspaper. He has won numerous national and state awards for his writing, but is most known for once counting the number of times a ball bounced in a college basketball game, hitchhiking across the country and running one marathon.
Despite rumors to the contrary, Ron has no allegiance to either USC or Clemson - he graduated from UNC Charlotte.
