CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) β First-round draft pick Frank Kaminsky has signed a contract with the Charlotte Hornets. The team, which announced the signing yesterday, didn’t release terms of the deal. The ninth overall pick in last month’s NBA draft, Kaminsky was the Big Ten Player of the Year.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) β It hasn’t been the most trouble-free offseason for Clemson and coach Dabo Swinney. The Tigers have lost perhaps their best offensive lineman when Isaiah Battle declared to enter the NFL supplemental draft, while rising defensive end Ebenezer Ogundeko was dismissed from the team in May after he was arrested and charged with financial transactional fraud.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) β Jeff Campbell of North Dakota won the College Home Run Derby, hitting 10 homers in the finals to easily defeat Wake Forest’s Will Craig last night. Campbell set a derby record with 20 first-round homers, the longest traveling 479 feet.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) β Every track that hosts a NASCAR national series race has asked its fans to refrain from displaying the Confederate flag at its events. In a statement signed by International Speedway, Speedway Motorsports and 30 tracks, the facilities vowed to have “welcoming environments in all of sports and entertainment.”
