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05.27.06: Alumnus
Wharton returns to lead Pirate Club ... Sampson subjected to
NCAA sanctions ... C-USA athletes selected for leadership
forum |
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05.26.06: SMU's
Turner to co-chair Knight Commission ... Blazers golf
recruit wins national juco title ... Former ECU player
Kilgore inks with UTEP |
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05.25.06: Large
Houston recruiting class becomes larger ... Duke women's
lacrosse supports men's team ... Wolfpack hands Heels ACC
Tournament loss |
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05.24.06: Jake
Smith headlines ECU's all-league picks ... ECU softball's
Krista Jessup inks pro deal ... SMU football gains award for
100% grad rate |
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05.23.06: Hart
may nix FSU recruit's grant after arrest ... Memphis, Rice
players take weekly awards ... Lady Vols coach rewarded with
fat new deal |
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05.22.06: Rice
hosting C-USA baseball; ECU starts early ... Inman gets
two-game suspension at UGa ... Tide linebacker booked on
multiple charges |
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05.21.06: 'Ride
with The Voice' fundraiser set for June ... Ga. Tech to host
Irish and ESPN Game Day ... Smith, Bowden, Paterno headed for
I-A Hall |
05.20.06: 'Big
House' set for $226 million makeover ...
C-USA lands seven on preseason football list ...
Decades-long coaching career ends for Sutton |
05.19.06: Holland
heads up hoops scheduling task force ... Houston, Rice
hurlers on
10-man Clemens list ... Tucker turns away from Texas,
retains agent |
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05.18.06: Navy,
NCSU limit tickets for ECU fans ... C-USA trio invited to
USA Baseball tryouts ... Wolfpack's Brackman to sit out rest
of season |
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05.17.06: Houston
hurler gets national pitching honor ... Former UVa grid
coach Blackburn dies at 93 ... Three players leaving Ole
Miss hoops program |
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05.16.06: Former
ECU slugger Tracy inks mega-deal ... C-USA announces weekly
baseball awards ... Third Duke lacrosse player indicted |
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05.15.06: Frasure,
Cotto pace ECU in C-USA track & field ... Tulsa headed to
Fresno softball regional ... Texas RB nabbed with pot-filled
backpack |
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05.14.06: Southern
Cal cager shot and killed ... ECU's Hewett moves into C-USA
sprint finals ... Tulsa wins softball crown on walkoff homer
... Black college football pioneer Robinson dies |
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05.13.06: ECU's
Eric Frasure wins C-USA hammer throw ... ECU's Jake Smith in
running for Bench Award ... Houston boots Pirates from
softball tourney ... Illini plan major renovations of
football stadium |
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05.12.06: Pirates
still alive in C-USA softball tournament ... ECU women tied
for 20th in golf regional ... St. John's receives ruling on
infractions |
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05.11.06: Harrell
makes first team All C-USA ... Danger of spearing in
football cited ... Prep star says dream led him to Jayhawks |
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05.10.06: Vols
sign multi-sport standout Mattingly ... 2006 College
Football Hall class announced ... Ducks tab Casey Martin to
guide golf team |
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05.09.06: ECU's
Harrell honored on eve of tournament ... Washington's Romar
to guide USA under-18's ... Cavs, Terps take aim on NCAA
lacrosse title |
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05.08.06: Mountaineers
to be recognized in Raleigh ... Towe to join Lowe at NCSU
... 'Noles edge Deacs in record setter |
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05.07.06: N.C.
State's long hunt officially over ... ECU gains berth in
C-USA Softball Tourney |
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05.06.06: Hoops
rule committee looks at 3-point distance ... Blue chipper
makes late commitment to Duke ... Colorado cage coach faces
season in limbo |
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05.05.06: Lowe
and behold, Pack fills its vacancy ... Horns, Sooners extend
deal with Cotton Bowl ... Mascot lands 7th-seeded Illini on
the road |
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05.04.06: ECU's
Harrell snares another C-USA award ... 'Bama okays hefty new
contract for Shula ... Downey heading from Bearcats to
Gamecocks |
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05.03.06: ECU's
Chris Moore signs deal with Saints ... NCSU represented on
World Cup team ... Politics: Shuler projected to face Rep.
Taylor |
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05.02.06: ECU's
Baker inks free agent pact with Steelers ... ECU women
golfers headed for East regional ... UAB's Hackney signs
with Browns |
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05.01.06: Giants
take ECU's Whimper in fourth round ... Memphis back Williams
selected by Panthers ... More names popping up in N.C. State
search |
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News Nuggets, 05.28.06
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NOTES FROM ECU AND BEYOND...
Previous Day Nuggets...
Next Day Nuggets...
Compiled from staff reports
and electronic dispatches
O'Leary gets lengthy deal at
Central Florida
George O'Leary, the 2005 Conference
USA Coach of the Year, has signed a new 10-year contract to continue as
coach of the Central Florida football program through 2015, according to an
announcement on the university's athletics web site.
O'Leary, who is set to begin his third
season at the helm of the Golden Knights program this fall, originally
signed a five-year contract in December 2003 as UCF's eighth head football
coach. The new contract includes a beginning annual salary of $1 million
with incentives worth up to $500,000 a year.
The 59-year-old head coach engineered
one of the top turnarounds in the history of college football last year.
After a 0-11 season at UCF in 2004, O'Leary guided the Golden Knights to a
historic campaign in 2005, when the team made its first bowl appearance in
the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl.
City rivals set for C-USA baseball showdown
After finishing first and second in
the regular season, cross-town rivals Rice and Houston will battle it out
one more time on Sunday in the Conference USA Baseball Championship Game.
Rice defeated Memphis, 7-4, and
Houston handed Tulane its first-ever shutout in the C-USA Championship, 6-0,
to earn berths in the title game.
CSTV will air Sunday's championship
game live on ConferenceUSA.com and tape-delayed to a national television
audience on Sunday night at 8 p.m. ET.
Duke
women golfers defend NCAA title
The Duke women's golf team has claimed
its fourth NCAA Championship with a four-day total of 1,167 at the
6,203-yard, par 72 Ohio State Golf Club's Scarlet Course in Columbus, OH.
The Blue Devils led by 13 strokes
heading into the final round and concluded the tournament with a 10-stroke
victory over Southern California. Duke compiled a 72-hole ledger of 1,167,
which was 15-over-par, according to an announcement on the ACC's web site.
The Blue Devils also won the NCAA
title in 1999, 2002 and 2005, and are the first teams since Arizona State in
1997 and 1998 to win back-to-back titles. The four National Championships
are the most by any team in school history.
Duke posted rounds of 297-292-287-291
to finish with a total of 1,167, while Southern California (1,177),
Pepperdine (1,187), Arizona State (1,195), California (1,200), Georgia
(1,202), Washington (1,202), Florida (1,202), Purdue (1,203) and Arkansas
(1,205) rounded out the top 10.
The Blue Devils were led by freshman
Jennie Lee who turned in her best finish of her career at second with a
four-day total of 288 with rounds of 73-72-72-71. Prior to this week, Lee's
best finish was seventh at the Tar Heel Invitational in the fall. On the
final day, Lee birdied four of her final 11 holes to finish with her best
round of the tournament, 71.
News Nuggets are
compiled periodically based on material supplied by staff members; data
published by ECU, Conference USA and its member
schools; and reports from other sources. Copyright 2006
Bonesville.net and other publishers. All rights reserved. This material may not be
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