ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) β South Carolina State coach Buddy Pough was glad to see his team rebound last season. Now, he’s seeking even more out of the Bulldogs. Last fall, the Bulldogs bounced back at 9-3 for a share of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference title and an at-large bid to the NCAA Football Championship Playoffs.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) β South Carolina freshman A’ja Wilson got to see many sides of her new coach Dawn Staley at the FIBA U18 Americas championship last week, not all of them pleasant. Now that’s it’s over, Wilson, the country’s top high school prospect last winter, is ready to handle Staley’s direction however intensely it’s delivered.
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) β Duke can get used to the view from here. The perennial last-place pick in the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Coastal Division wound up at the top of the standings last year and the resurgent Blue Devils figure they have enough talent and experience to stay there.
DENVER (AP) β Martin Truex Jr. will miss NASCAR Sprint Cup practice and qualifying session Friday at Michigan to support his cancer-stricken girlfriend. Furniture Row Racing said Truex is skipping the sessions to be with his longtime partner and girlfriend, Sherry Pollex. She was recently diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
