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Colleges

USM golf teams change homes under new agreement

The University of Southern Mississippi's golf teams will lease space at the Hattiesburg Country Club as a home for its golf teams.

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OLE MISS

LSU swamps Rebels

BATON ROUGE-- The long ball that proved to be the difference on Thursday night as LSU beat No. 14 Ole Miss 7-1 at Alex Box Stadium.
COLLEGES

Willie Burton returns to Minnesota . . . to a degree

Willie Burton will walk across a stage Saturday morning to receive his University of Minnesota diploma, and it will not be difficult to distinguish him from his classmates.
COLLEGES

Calipari confident heralded recruits will mesh

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The pending arrival of eight heralded newcomers has allowed Kentucky coach John Calipari to quickly move on after losing out on top recruit Andrew Wiggins.
LSU

USM, Ole Miss, MSU face big series

Southern Miss can capture its third Conference USA regular-season baseball title with a sweep of the Houston, a three-game series that begins tonight at Cougar Field.
COLLEGES

Chip Scoggins: Pitino Ball will look foreign to Minnesota Gophers fans

REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. ï¿½ Richard Pitino walked into a community center banquet room and a group of fans immediately surrounded him in search of autographs, pictures and a few words with the new Minnesota Gophers basketball coach.
COLLEGES

Former Tulane standout joins San Diego State

Josh Davis, formerly of Tulane, was added to the San Diego State roster after the school granted him an Athletic Offer of Aid.
SOUTHERN MISS

College baseball roundup: Southern Miss pounds Ole Miss 10-3

HATTIESBURG- What looked like it might be a pitching duel early changed quickly with a pair of big middle innings as Southern Miss upsets No. 14 Ole Miss 10-3 on Tuesday night at Hill-Denson Field.
SOUTHERN MISS

No decision yet on Southern Miss athletic director

HATTIESBURG -- New Southern Miss president Rodney Bennett couldn't help but chuckle Tuesday when asked whether he believed the issue of athletic director was a polarizing issue at the school.
COLLEGES

Penn State defends medical changes after report

Penn State coach Bill O'Brien is fervently disputing suggestions raised in a report that player medical care has been compromised after the team doctor was replaced.
COLLEGES

Column: Notre Dame not chicken, just greedy

Brady Hoke was talking the way football coaches do, the way university presidents can't. Imagine, if you will, the snickering in academia if Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman, a biochemist by trade, accused her counterparts at Notre Dame of chickening out on a science fair.