Former Clemson pitcher D.J. Mitchell made his Major League debut with the New York Yankees on Tuesday night in a game at Yankee Stadium against the Baltimore Orioles. The Orioles were victorious 7-1, but Mitchell did not allow a run in his one inning of work.
John Mayberry Jr. doubled and scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 4-2 on Tuesday night in the first meeting of the season between the NL East rivals.
The website HeismanPundit.com listed USC’s Marcus Lattimore and Clemson’s Tajh Boyd and Sammie Watkins among its 18 preseason favorites to win the 2012 Heisman Trophy.
Steve Spurrier and Sterling Sharpe fell short for South Carolina in Tuesday’s Chick-Fil-A Bowl Challenge championship. For the second straight year, Paul Johnson and Jon Barry of Georgia Tech won the 2-man golf event.
James Johnson was introduced Tuesday as Virginia Tech’s men’s basketball coach. He replaces Seth Greenberg, the man he worked for as an assistant the past five seasons.
Virginia Tech has chosen James Johnson to replace Seth Greenberg as its men’s basketball coach. A person familiar with the talks told The Associated Press on Monday that Johnson will replace Greenberg after serving as his assistant for five years. Johnson left Virginia Tech on April 19 to take a similar job at Clemson.
South Carolina baseball is a consensus top five team after extending its SEC winning streak to 11 games. The Gamecocks move up to #3 in the latest ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll. Collegiate Baseball ranks Carolina baseball #4. USC is ranked #5 in Baseball America’s latest poll.
With the NFL Draft over, the night after the final round is over, and the following Sunday is the day players who were not drafted get a chance to sign a rookie free agent deal with NFL teams.
Former Gamecock baseball player Reese Havens saw the his first pitch of 2012 and took it over the right field wall. Havens is one of the Mets promising prospects since being drafted in 2008. Havens however has had a hard time staying healthy due to nagging injuries.
Junior catcher Spencer Kieboom went 5-for-5 to lead Clemson’s 18-hit attack in the Tigers’ 11-8 win over Georgia Tech in front of 3,626 fans at Russ Chandler Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
