Eddie Robinson to return for another season at Grambling
Legendary Grambling coach Eddie Robinson, pressured to resign, will return for one more year. In other sports news, Roger Clemens agreed to a three year 24.75 million contract with the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday.
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Grambling
Roger Clemens
Boston Red Sox
Toronto Blue Jays
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Sanders
NEW York
Deion Sanders
Dallas Cowboys
NFL
Leon Lett
Arizona
Ex pitcher McClain convicted of looting funds
Former Detroit Tigers star Denny McLain and partner Roger Smigiel were convicted in Detroit of looting 3 million dollars from Peet Packing Co pension funds. McLain faces up to 20 years for money laundering plus up to five years on other charges. Smigiel faces multiple penalties.
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Detroit
Denny McLain
Peet Packing Co
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McLain
Detroit Tigers
Smigiel
Evans and Aiken college basketball schedule announced
Brunswick Community College meets Aken Technical College at 3 p.m. Evans JV plays Aiken JV at 3 p.m. Kennesaw State visits USC Aiken for women at 5:30 p.m. Evans faces Aiken at 6:30 p.m. and the Evans men tip off at 7:30 p.m.
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Aken Technical College
Evans
Aiken
Kennesaw State
USC Aiken
College sports and pro games slate on Saturday
A packed schedule lists events across NCAA tournaments and football. Highlights include Duke versus Villanova, Notre Dame versus Kentucky, Texas Tech against Texas Christian, and a Heisman Trophy Show on ESPN with multiple weekend broadcasts across SportSouth ESPN2 and local affiliates.
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Tulsa
ESPN
Sport South
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Jets
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SportSouth
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Villanova
WROW
Chargers
Bears
WAGT
Texas Tech
Texas Christian
Costa Rica
United States
ESPN2
Notre Dame
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Wake Forest
Chriswell's North squad fields deep talent for all star game
North squad carries six area players including Russell Curry and Zay Brown from Midland Valley High School for the North-South all star game at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium Myrtle Beach. Derrick Barrett of Williston Elko High leads the South with standout linebacker honors while Louis Mackie stars for North Augusta with his dual threat across offense and defense.
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Midland Valley High School
Doug Shaw
Myrtle Beach
Russell Curry
Zay Brown
Williston
Elko High School
Derrick Barrett
Curry
Mustangs
Brown
Chriswell
Zay
Knights roll in region opener at Craven
Ceaser Grant scored 21 points as Aiken Technical College broke a tight game open to win 91 74 in the Region 10 opener. The Knights used a 20-9 run in the eight minutes after 57 56 to seize control and boost their record to 5 7 overall and 10 in region play. Craven fell to 5 4 and 0 2 in Region 10 as late three pointers by Dwayne Berry capped the scoring.
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Craven Community College
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Aiken Technical College
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Ceaser
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Kendrick Hall
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Welch
Dwayne Berry
Wuerffel Eyes Heisman as Finalists Named
Florida quarterback Danny Wuerffel leads a four-man Heisman final with Iowa State’s Troy Davis Arizona State’s Jake Plummer and Ohio State’s Orlando Pace. Wuerffel, a former Maxwell and O’Brien winner, cites faith and team success as key factors while boasting 39 TDs and 3,625 passing yards this season.
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Florida
Wuerffel
Downtown Athletic Club
Lower Manhattan
Iowa State
Troy Davis
Arizona State
Jake Plummer
Ohio State
Orlando Pace
Fort Walton Beach
Fla
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Davey O’brien
Johnny Unitas
National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame
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Pace
Houston
Andre Ware
BYU
Ty Detmer
Miami
Gineretta
Florida State
Charlie Ward
John Hicks
Penn State
John Cappelletti
South Aiken tops Evans in boys basketball. Evans wins girls clash
South Aiken High School opened strong to defeat Evans High School 45 to to The Knights led 28-12 at halftime and finished strong behind Tony Kitchings 19 points and Tito Hickson 17. In the girls game Evans beat South Aiken 47-30 despite Natalie Armstrong leading South Aiken with 4 points.
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South Aiken High School
Evans High School
Knights
South Aiken
Donnie Holland
Tony Kitchings
Tito Hickson
Natalie Armstrong
Aiken teams drop close games at Greenwood
Aiken boys fall 61 58 and girls 61 53 in overtime routs at Greenwood High. Four Aiken boys fouled out as Myron Talbert led scorers with 14 points while Stephen Holmes missed a late tying shot. Girls trailed by nine seconds in regulation as Lady Eagles tied the game. Aiken freshman boys win 59 49.
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Aiken High
Greenwood High School
Aiken
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Pat Keating
Myron Talbert
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Dwayne Jones
Pat Sapp
Lamont Scary
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Candace Ht
Cota Nhrcor
Tamellas Connors
Tals
Titer Oo
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