COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Clemson coach Jack Leggett says he’s ready to put last season behind him and return the Tigers to the top of college baseball. The Tigers longtime coach said his team never really found its groove this past spring and ended at 36-25 after getting knocked out of NCAA regional play in two straight games last month.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina incoming freshman Shamiek Sheppard will miss the season after tearing a right knee ligament. Gamecocks coach Frank Martin announced Sheppard’s injury and status Tuesday. Martin said Sheppard will have surgery on the anterior cruciate ligament this week.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Clemson will pay its football assistants more than $4.4 million next season and they have contracts that lock up coach Dabo Swinney’s staff for the next two years. The contracts were released Tuesday to The Associated Press. Offensive coordinator Chad Morris was the only assistant who did not have his deal redone.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes and free-agent center Brad Malone have agreed to a two-year contract. The team announced the agreement Tuesday, the first day of the NHL’s free agency period. The 25-year-old Malone will make $600,000 this season and $700,000 in 2015-16.
