Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino has been put on paid leave.
Athletic director Jeff Long announced the decision late Thursday, capping a stunning day in which it was revealed that Petrino had a 25-year-old female employee with him during a weekend motorcycle ride that ended in a crash.
Back on a major league mound for the first time in 19 months, Johan Santana tossed five innings of two-hit ball in his long-awaited return from shoulder surgery and David Wright hit an RBI single to lead the New York Mets past the Atlanta Braves 1-0 in their season opener Thursday.
On a busy opening day at Augusta National that featured mud, a little rain and a snowman on the final hole for Henrik Stenson, Lee Westwood provided a steady hand Thursday with seven birdies for a 5-under 67 that gave him a one-shot lead.
Junior left-hander Adam Westmoreland combined with relievers Tyler Webb and Nolan Belcher in a four-hit shutout and the 10th ranked Gamecocks belted out 13 hits on the way to a 7-0 victory over College of Charleston on Wednesday night at Patriots Point in Charleston, S.C. The Gamecocks are 21-8 on the year while the loss drops the Cougars to 21-9 for the season. It marked the second shutout of the year for South Carolina.
Western Carolina took a one-run lead with four unearned runs in the sixth inning and added four more runs in the seventh inning to top Clemson 13-8 at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Wednesday. The Catamounts, who won both games of the home-and-home season series against Clemson, improved to 21-9. The Tigers, who suffered their first loss of the season by more than four runs, dropped to 15-14 in 2012.
Lauren Stephenson isn’t just one of the best golfers in the area. The 14-year-old Lexington freshman is one of the best golfers in the country. Rob Brennan has her story from the Wednesday ABC Columbia News at Six.
Former Spring Valley and Clemson standout Jonathan Byrd was crowned co-champion of this year’s’ Masters par three contest. Byrd and Padraig Harrington finished the 9-hole course 5-under par. This year’s event was shortened because of rain.
Former Tulsa coach Doug Wojcik says he will uphold the tradition of the College of Charleston as the Cougars’ new head basketball coach. Wojcik told a news conference Tuesday that means winning the Southern Conference and its at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and keeping the school on the national stage.
As expected, Frank Martin is bringing his entire coaching staff with him from Kansas St. USC made the official announcement Wednesday.
Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino didn’t hide how lucky he felt returning to practice Tuesday, hours after being released from the hospital following a weekend motorcycle crash.
