Tuesday, June 03, 2008

The Daily Roundup: Tuesday

The BEST ACC Sports Coverage!!!

Getting your mind right:
Iconic black golfer looks to future : "Lee Elder helped break color barrier, but he wants to do more for young players."

Penguins Live to Fight Another Day: "After scoring in the final minute of regulation to force overtime, the Penguins stay alive in the Stanley Cup finals with a 4-3 win over the Red Wings after Petr Sykora scores in the third overtime."


Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post - Evaluating Arenas: "The Wizards will very soon have to decide if Gilbert Arenas is an MVP- caliber player they can ill-afford to lose or a juvenile, me-first scorer."

Aaron McFarling of the Roanoke News - Bashing in the glory : "The trip around the bases often ends painfully for home run hitters."


The conference headlines:
UNCC chancellor's football report sobering - Not as easy as they thought.

Soldiers give Randy Shannon, other coaches a clinic : "The next time one of Randy Shannon's University of Miami football players starts to feel the pressure of a big game, he might tell them about the time he saw young people performing under real stress."


Maryland


Georgia Tech
JACKETS BUG OUT
Curtis Compton / AJC
Second baseman Patrick Long and Georgia Tech couldn't catch a break, Monday night in Athens. As a result, the Yellow Jackets' season is over.



Florida State
FSU suspends basketball player Ryan Reid after BB gun citation : "Florida State basketball Coach Leonard Hamilton suspended forward Ryan Reid after Tallahassee police on Saturday night cited the junior for shooting a BB gun at a stop sign and at a building near FSU's campus."


North Carolina
UNC's Green still eyeing NBA Draft: "An MRI exam on North Carolina forward Danny Green's injured left elbow revealed a hairline fracture, his dad, Danny Green Sr., said Monday."

UNC-Coastal series set : "Fresh off its third straight NCAA regional baseball title, North Carolina will host Coastal Carolina in the best-of-three NCAA Cary Super Regional beginning Saturday at the USA Baseball National Training Complex."


Virginia Tech




Miami
`Canes open Super Regional Friday: "UM will begin its best-of-three series against Arizona on Friday at 7 p.m. on..."

Who's your favorite Kirby?:"Yesterday was officially the first day of the Kirby Hocutt Era as athletic..."

Former UF coach returns to face Canes: "No one has to tell University of Arizona baseball coach Andy Lopez how difficult it will be this weekend when his Wildcats face the University of Miami in a best-of-3 NCAA super regional. He knows Mark Light Field and UM coach Jim Morris better than most."

posted by Ed at Tuesday, June 03, 2008