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4C greenvilleonline.com THE GREENVILLE NEWS GREENVILLE BOMBERS REPORT BRAVES REPORT SPURS FROM PAGE 1C All-star roster adds Bombers pitchers 'V they made in Game 6. Together, Duncan and Ginobili scored 33 of San Antonio's 43 points in the second half. The gravity of Game 7 was evident early with anxious fouls, unsettled nerves, desperate defense and wheezing offense. Tony Parker was wobbly enough that Popovich took him out for a 22-second deep breath only three minutes into the game. Both Ginobili and Billups picked up two fouls in the first eight minutes, Rasheed Wallace three by midway through the second quarter.

After 11 ties and nine lead changes, the Pistons nursed a 39-38 lead into halftime; the lowest scoring first half in an NBA Finals Game 7 since the shot clock came in. So the night was tilting toward Detroit. It continued in the third period, when the Spurs missed their first seven shots, and the Pistons' lead swelled to 48-39. But quickly, it was gone. With Rasheed Wallace and Antonio McDyess both on the bench with four fouls, Duncan exploded for 12 points in the period.

THURSDAY'S GAME DETROIT (74): Prince 4-13 0-0 9, Wallace 5-10 0-0 11. Wallace 6-10 0-2 12. Billups 3-8 7-8 13. Hamilton 6-18 3-4 15, Hunter 2-8 0-0 4. McOyess 5-7 0-0 10, Campbell 0-0 0-0 0, Dupree 0-0 0-0 0, Ham 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 31-74 10-14 74. SAN ANTONIO (81): Bowen 2-4 0-0 5, Duncan 10-27 5-6 25, Mohammed 0-3 0-0 0, Parker 3-11 1-2 8, Ginobili 8-13 5-5 23, Barry 2-3 0-0 5, Horry 4-7 5-6 15, O.Brown 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-68 16-19 81. JOHN BAZEMORE The Associated Press Having it his way: Florida Marlins starting pitcher Dontrelle Willis works in the second inning against the Atlanta Braves on Thursday. Willis, Marlins dominate Braves By Willie T.

Smith III Staff Writer wsmith greenvillenews.com Greenville Bomber pitchers Harvey Garcia and Ryan Schroy-er have been added to the South Atlantic League Southern Division all-star roster. The relievers were selected to replace Charleston pitcher Phil Hughes (right shoulder) inflammation and Kannapolis pitcher Gio Gonzalez (promoted to Winston-Salem of the Carolina League). Garcia, a starter before this season, is 3-3 with a 2.12 earned run average and five saves. A native of Caracas, Venezuela, Garcia, 21, has 43 strikeouts in 34 innings. Schroyer, who attended San Diego State University, is 3-2 with a 2.22 ERA.

He has three saves. Schroyer, 23, has excelled this month. In 12 innings, he has allowed seven hits an no earned runs. Opponents are hitting .159 against him during that span. The relievers join Greenville first basemancatcher John Ot-ness and third baseman Andrew Pinckney as all-star selections.

The all-star game is scheduled for Tuesday in Augusta, Ga. The Bombers open a three-game series against Savannah tonight at Municipal Stadium. Scheduled starting times are 7:05 tonight and Saturday and 2:05 p.m. Sunday. THURSDAY'S BOX BOMBERS 8, CATFISH 5 CRE COl ab bi ab bi Lara ss 5 0 0 0 Hoffmann cf 4 12 0 Jerdoman 2b 5 3 4 4 Russrf 3 110 Otnesslf 5 0 1 0 May If 3 0 13 Pinckney dh 4 12 1 Denkerdh 3 0 11 Easley rf 4 2 11 DeWilt 3b 4 0 0 0 Turner ct 4 0 2 2 Carter dh 3 0 0 0 Devriesc 4 0 10 Batz 1b 4 110 Sornsnlb 4 110 launnss 3 10 0 Natale2b 3 10 0 Gutirrzc 3 110 Totals 36 12 Totals 30 7 5 Greenvills 110 010 3028 Columbus 003 010 1005 DP Greenville 1 Columbus 1 LOB Greenville 8.

Columbus 6. 3B Hoffman (6). HR Jerotoman 2 (2); Easley (5). SF May (7); Gutierrez (1). SB Easley (3).

this is what great players do. With the Pistons working frantically to win another Game 7 on the road, Manu Ginobili added 23 points, including the killing 3-pointer that gave the Spurs a 72-65 lead with 2:54 left. With Larry Brown in perhaps his final game as Detroit coach, with a team he unabashedly loves, the Pistons were relentlessly bombed into submission. The Spurs took charge in the fourth quarter with 3-pointers from Ginobili, Robert Horry and Bruce Bowen. They made 51 3-pointers in the series, outscoring Detroit 153-54 in that category.

"The goal is to do the little things," Ginobili said the other day. "Numbers sometimes are relative. Especially at this stage. "I don't think that anybody in the whole team cares about that." The Pistons finally gave way as their backcourt finally came up dry. Richard Hamilton had 15 points, Chauncey Billups 13, the two of them shooting nine-for-26.

It was a title that went to the very limit, the two teams tied for the 15th and last time at 59-59 early in the fourth quarter the final period of the long, long season. They were like boxers in a frantic clinch, neither willing to let go. Game 7 was like a pendulum. Back and forth, back and forth. Ginobili's basket put San Antonio ahead to stay at 61-59.

Then came the 3-pointers, one after another after another, a flurry Detroit could not withstand. The Spurs relentlessly pushed the ball in to Duncan, determined not to make the same mistake BAYLOR FROM PAGE 1C coached the Bears to 8-21 and 9-19 records the past two seasons but has a Top 10 recruiting class coming in. "My heart goes out to our players, who are obviously disappointed," Drew said. "In the Good Book it says, 'He will bring it to Our program continues to focus on the future, and we know that it is bright." The past, as detailed Thursday by Marsh, was horrific. Many of the ugly details were reported earlier in the national coverage Dennehy's murder attracted in 2003.

The NCAA report had unusually harsh words for the former coaching staff and handed down stiff "show cause" orders to Bliss and his assistants. Bliss was given a 10-year "show cause," meaning any school that wants to hire him the next 10 years must appear before the infractions committee to determine whether the school must limit his activities. Bliss, 61, was clearly the lead villain in the NCAA report. He arranged to pay tuition and ex BUCKNER FROM PAGE 4C Buckner said. "I think nowadays, we're kind of losing kids by the wayside when kids want to be tough.

I want to do the things to correct (their) ways and get (them) ahead in life. I think it takes some positive role models, whether it be athletes or fathers and mothers or cousins to kind of step in their life and kind of guide them into the right direction." At Clemson, Buckner led the Tigers in scoring for four seasons, from 1994 to 1998 becoming the fifth player in ACC history to accomplish the feat. He is also the only Tiger to have been voted ACC Rookie of the Year. A second-round draft pick of the Dallas Mavericks, Buckner was cut by Dallas twice, but each time he made it back to the NBA. He is now entering his seventh season, having played three with Dallas, two with Philadelphia and one with Denver.

"Some guys never get to stick in the NBA, and I've been in there seven, eight years, so that's an accomplishment within itself," Buckner said. This past season, Buckner set career highs for games started (41), points per game (6.2), assists per game (1.9) and steals per game (1.1). He also helped the Nuggets reach the playoffs. Denver surged after hiring George Karl as coach in the middle of the season, and Buckner Greenville IP ER BB SO Shoemaker 24 2 3 3 1 4 Jackson W. 1-4 3M 3 1114 Schroyer 4 3Vj 2 112 3 Columbus ii ER BB SO SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE Second Half North Division Pet CB Hickory (Pirates) 2 1 .667 Lake County (Indians) 2 1 .667 Lakewood (Phillies) 2 1 .667 -x-Lexington (Astros) 2 1 .667 Delmarva (Orioles) 1 2 .333 1 Greensboro (Marlins) 1 2 .333 1 x-Hagerstown (Mets) 1 2 .333 1 West Virginia (Brewers) 1 2 .333 1 South Division Pet.

GB Augusta (Giants) 3 0 1.000 Asheville (Rockies) 2 1 .667 1 Grnvllo (Red Sox) 2 1 .667 1 Savannah (Nationals) 2 1 .667 1 x-Chrlstn, S.C. (Yankees) 1 2 .333 2 Columbus (Dodgers) 1 2 .333 2 Kannapolis (White Sox) 1 2 .333 2 Rome (Braves) 0 3 .000 3 x-won first half Wednesday's Games Savannah 3, Charleston, S.C. 2 Lake County 5, Delmarva 3 Greensboro 7, Hickory 6 Columbus 7, Greenville 1 Lakewood 7, Hagerstown 5 Asheville 8, Kannapolis 7 Augusta 6, Rome 2 Lexington 1 West Virginia 0, 10 innings Thursday's Games Savannah 8, Charleston. SC. 2 Delmarva 6, Lake County 3 Hickory 8.

Greensboro 1 Greenville Columbus 5 Lakewood 6, Hagerstown 3 Kannapolis 3, Asheville 0 Augusta 12, Rome 4 West Virginia 9, Lexington 3 Today's Games Augusta at Charleston, S.C. Columbus at Rome Delmarva at Lake County Greensboro at Kannapolis Hagerstown at Lakewood Hickory at Asheville Savannah at Greenville West Virginia at Lexington SCHEDULE 2005 Greenville Bomber Schedule JUNE 23, at Columbus, 7 p.m. 24, vs. Savannah, 7:05 p.m. 25, vs.

Savannah. 7:05 p.m. 26, vs. Savannah, 2:05 p.m. 30, vs.

Asheville, 7:05 p.m. JULY 1 vs. Asheville, 7:05 p.m. 2, vs. Asheville, 7:05 p.m.

3, vs. Asheville, 6:05 p.m. 4, at Rome, 7 p.m. 5, at Rome, 7 p.m. 6, at Rome, 7 p.m.

7, at Rome. 7 p.m. 8, at Kannapolis. 7:05 p.m. 9, at Kannapolis.

7:05 p.m. 10, at Kannapolis, 5:05 p.m. 11, at Kannapolis. 7:05 p.m. 13, vs.

Columbus 14, vs. Columbus, 7:05 p.m. 15, vs. Columbus. 7:05 p.m.

16, vs. Columbus, 7:05 p.m. 17, vs. Hickory, 6:05 p.m. 18, vs.

Hickory, 7:05 p.m. 19, vs. Hickory, 7:05 p.m. 20, vs. Hickory.

12:05 p.m. 21 at Greensboro, 7 p.m. 22, at Greensboro, 7 p.m. 23, at Greensboro, 7 p.m. 24, at Greensboro, 5 p.m.

26, at Augusta. 7:15 p.m. 27, at Augusta. 7:15 p.m. 28, at Augusta.

7:15 p.m. TICKETS The Bombers play at Greenville Municipal Stadium on Mauldin Road south of I-85. Tickets are available at the stadium ticket office, by calling 422-1 51 0 or by going online to bomberball.com FOOTBALL Virginia, Navy, three against North Carolina State and two against Virginia to the Pirates' schedule over eight seasons, starting in 2006. "It certainly presents our program with an incredible opportunity and a great challenge," said new coach Skip Holtz, a former South Carolina assistant whose job with the Pirates is his first as a head coach in Division l-A. Files opened in ex-coaches' suit TUSCALOOSA, Ala.

A judge made public a hefty file of documents Thursday as attorneys for the NCAA argued that a defamation suit filed by two former Alabama football coaches should be dismissed. Circuit Judge Steve Wilson unsealed the files at the start of a hearing on the NCAA's motion to throw out the suit filed by former Crimson Tide assistants Ronnie Cottrell and Ivy Williams. They claim the NCAA, investigator Richard Johanningmeier and recruiting analyst Tom Culpepper conspired to harm their reputations in an NCAA investigation that led to sanctions against the Alabama football program in 2002. But NCAA attorney Robert Rutherford argued that Cottrell and Williams are public figures and, as such, they have a tougher standard to meet to prove defamation. Rutherford said the Tide assistants were obviously public figures.

pearance. Arizona State (42-25) had won three straight elimination games after losing its CWS opener, including a 6-1 win over Florida on Wednesday. But the Sun Devils' magic finally expired. Arizona had two on with one out in the top of the ninth before Florida reliever Tommy Boss retired the final two batters to set off a Gators celebration. In the fourth inning, home plate umpire Bill Davis called Florida's Brandon McArthur out after a fan reached for the foul ball near the screen.

THURSDAY'S GAMES Florida Pierre of LCasmio 2b Cabrera If CDelgado 1b Lowell 3b Lo Duca JEncarnacion rf AGonzalez ss Willis Totals Atlanta Furcal ss Johnson If MGiies 2b AJones of JuFranco 1b BJordan rf JEstrada AMarte 3b JoSosa a-Orr ph Bemero Vasquez b-Betemit ptt Kolbp Totals AB Bl BB SO Avg. 4 111 4 10 0 0 0 .246 1 0 .313 5 3 4 5 0 2 0 0 .341 .323 .220 .296 .270 .279 .262 5 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 38 13 2 2 AB Bl BB SO Avg. 0 225 246 4 0 1 4 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 .282 .267 261 .241 .275 .200 .333 .321 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .313 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 30 0 5 0 1 7 Florida 100 002 401-8 13 0 Atlanta 000 000 300-0 5 1 a-struck out for Sosa in the 6tb. b-grounded out for Vasquez in the 8th. JoSosa (2 LOB Florida 6, Atlanta 4.

2B CDelgado (22) 3B-AMarte (1). HR-Cabrera 2 (14). off JoSosa 2. RBIs Pierre (16). Cabrera 6 (51), CDelgado (51).

SF Pierre. G1DP AGonzalez. AJones. JuFranco. Runners left in scoring position Florida 3 (Lowell, AGonzalez.

Willis): Atlanta 2 (Betemit). Runners moved up LCastillo, JEncarnacion. DP Florida 2 (LCastillo. AGonzalez and CDelgado), (AGonzalez. LCastillo and CDelgado); Atlanta 2 (MGiies and JuFranco), XFurcal.

MGiies and JuFranco). Florida IP ER BB SO NP ERA Willis 12-2 9 5. 0 0 1 7 J13 1.76 Atlanta JoSosa 3-1 6 Bernero Vasquez Kolb 1 IP HR ER BB SO NP ERA 4 3 3 2 2 84 2 97 5 4 4 0 1Vi 2 0 0 0 21 625 13 3.38 14 6.43 2 110 Inherited runners-scored Vasquez 1-0. WP Bemero. Umpires Home.

Mike DiMuro: First, Mark Carlson; Second. Joe West: Third. Bnan Gorman. 2:16 A 29,826 (50.091). HOW THEY SCORED Marlins first Pierre safe on Sosa's error.

LCastillo lined into a double play, second baseman Giles to first baseman Franco, Pierre out. Cabrera homered to left on a 2-1 count. CDelgado grounded out, second baseman Giles to first baseman Franco 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 left on. Marlins 1, Braves 0. Marlins sixth.

Pierre was out bunting, catcher Estrada to first baseman Franco. L.Castillo walked. Cabrera homered to left on a 0-1 count, L.Castillo scored. CDelgado singled to center. Lowell struck out.

Lo Duca grounded out, second baseman Giles to first baseman Franco. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Marlins 3, Braves 0. Marlins seventh. Bernero pitching.

Encarna-cion singled to center. Gonzalez singled fo center, Encarnacion to second. Willis bunt single to third, Encarnacion to third. Gonzalez to second. Pierre hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Jordan, Encarnacion scored.

On Bernero's wild pitch, Gonzalez to third, Willis to second. L.Castillo lined out to first baseman Franco. Cabrera infield single to short, Gonzalez scored, Willis scored. CDelgado doubled to center, Cabrera scored. Vasquez pitching.

Lowell died out to center fielder A.Jones. 4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Marlins 7, Braves 0. Marlins ninth. Kolb pitching.

Pierre singled to center. Castillo grounded out, second baseman Giles to first baseman Franco, Pierre to second. Cabrera singled to right, Pierre scored. CDelgado lined out to center fielder A.Jones. Lowell grounded out, third baseman Marte to first baseman Franco 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on.

Marlins Braves 0. UPCOMING GAMES JUNE TV TBS WHNS TBS TS TS FSS TBS 24 Fri 25 Sat 26 Sun Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore at Florida at Florida at Florida at Florida 7.35 p.m. 1:20 p.m. 105 p.m. 7:05 pm.

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Clemson. except when conflicts with Clem-son sports). WFIS (1600 AM. Fountain Inn, except Sundays and when conflicts with high school sports), WSPG (1400 AM, Spartanburg), WPCC (1410 AM, Clinton), WSNW (1150 AM, Seneca), WBCU (1460 AM, Union), WCRS (1450 AM, Greenwood), WC0N (99 3 FM, Cornelia, Ga), WISE (1310 AM. Asheville); and WCAB (590 AM, Ftutherfordton, Also, games are available for a fee over the Internet at MLB.com.

TICKETS For ticket information online, go to AtlantaBra-vescom or Ticketmaster com. To order by phone.pall (800) 328-4000. By Charles Odum The Associated Press ATLANTA Dontrelle Willis pitched a five-hitter to become the NL's first 12-game winner, leading the Florida Marlins over the Atlanta Braves 8-0 Thursday night. Miguel Cabrera hit two homers and drove in a career-high six runs for the Marlins, who were outscored 13-0 in the first two games of the series but used Willis' dominant outing to salvage the finale. Willis (12-2) walked one and struck out seven in his third shutout of the season and fifth of his career.

He stretched his streak of consecutive scoreless innings to 19 in his eighth career complete game and fourth this season. Jorge Sosa (3-1) gave up only four hits and three runs in six innings, but two of the hits were Cabrera's 13th and 14th homers. Cabrera added a two-run single off Braves reliever Adam Bernero in the Marlins' four-run seventh inning and an RBI single off Dan Kolb in the ninth. Willis retired 17 straight batters before Andy Marte hit a triple past a diving Cabrera in left field with two outs in the eighth. Willis ended the Braves' only scoring threat when pinch-hitter Wilson Betemit grounded out to first base.

The left-hander threw 113 pitches. Back-to-back shutout losses in the first two games of the series stretched the Marlins' overall streak of scoreless innings to 24, going back to the third inning of Sunday's win at the Los Angeles Angels. Cabrera put a quick end to the drought when his first homer gave Florida a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Sosa gave up only one other hit, a fifth-inning single by Paul Lo Duca, before the sixth inning. After Luis Castillo drew a one-out walk, Cabrera drove an 0-1 pitch an estimated 394 feet into the left-field seats for a 3-0 lead.

Cabrera's second homer of the game came on Sosa's 75th pitch. In Sosa's first two starts, he was pulled after throwing 74 and 75 pitches. Willis also helped the Marlins at the plate. With runners on first and second in the seventh inning, Willis laid down a perfect bunt that rolled close to the third-base line. Instead of seeing whether the bunt would roll foul, Marte picked up the ball and threw late to first base as Willis slid headfirst across the bag, loading the bases with the infield hit.

Juan Pierre drove in one run with a fly ball caught by a diving Brian Jordan in right field. Cabrera added a two-run single and scored on Carlos Delgado's double to center for a 7-0 lead. Notes: Cabrera has four multi-homer games. His last two-homer game was April 8 against Washington. With a seventh-inning single, Alex Gonzalez stretched his hitting streak to 13 games, matching his career high.

Before this series, the Marlins had not been shut out in consecutive games since Aug. 23-25, 2000 at San Francisco and against Cincinnati. Florida had not been shut out on consecutive days since April 10-11, 1999, at San Diego and at Los Angles. Detroit San Antonio 16 23 IS 1774 18 20 19 2481 3-Point Goals Detroit 2-14 (Prince 1-4. Wallace 1-4.

Hunter 0-1, Hamilton 0-2. Billups 0-3), San Antonio 7-11 (Ginobili 2-2, Horry 2-4, Bowen 1-1, Barry 1-1. Parker 1-3). Fouled Out None Rebounds Detroit 43 (B.Wallace 11). San Antonio 46 (Duncan 11).

Assists Detroit 17 (Billups 8). San Antonio 14 (Ginobili 4). Total Fouls Detroit 24, San Antonio 20. A 18,797. penses for two players, including Dennehy, after Bliss had offered two scholarships too many for the 2002-03 season.

After Dennehy's murder, Bliss attempted to portray him as a drug dealer to explain how he paid his school expenses. Bliss even gave tape recorders to his assistants so they could practice the lies they were to tell investigators. "They were to rehearse parts, like a high school play," Marsh said. "That's about as bad as it gets." Bliss, who lives in Lakewood, could not be reached for comment. His three former assistants were given "show cause" orders as well, two of them for five years and Rodney Belcher, who came with Dennehy from the University of New Mexico in 2002, for seven years.

One of the coaches, not named in the report, was called by Marsh "the former head coach's bag man." That coach, Marsh said, delivered $900 from Bliss to a player's mother, along with the instructions that she should make three separate $300 checks to the school so it would look like she was covering her son's expenses. said Karl's demanding style is somewhat reminiscent of Barnes. "He's a fun demanding, though," Buckner said with a laugh. "I mean, we had fun with Coach Barnes, but for the most part it was all about business and work. Coach Karl makes it fun at least he did last year.

"I'm not sure if he's gonna be as fun this year, because we've set expectations for ourselves to be a lot higher than what we did last year." Buckner's fondest memory of Clemson is not reaching the Sweet 16 in 1997, or even his game-winning dunk against North Carolina the previous year. He said it was the summer workouts, when the team came together through shared suffering. "All the games that we won and things like that are good, but behind the scenes where you get to come together and become one unit and become great friends is what I really enjoyed about Clemson," Buckner said. Buckner will turn 29 on Sept. 16, and the following day will be inducted to the Hall of Fame at halftime of the Tigers' football game against Miami.

He said it was a nice surprise to learn he was going to be inducted. "That's a great birthday present that I will get, and there's no way in the world that I would miss that," Buckner said. "It's a great opportunity to come back and see some old faces who really meant a lot to me in my lifetime, who made me grow up as a person off the court." MakxieL, 7-3 7 6 6 3 3 Nelson 114 2 0 0 1 1 Bailey 1 3 2 2 0 0 WP Jackson (6); Malone (2). HBP by Shoemaker (Russ); by Malone (Natale): by Schroyer (Carter). PB Gutierrez 2.

2:45. A 1,101. COLLEGE NOTEBOOK Furman adds VT to 2008 schedule Furman director of athletics Gary Clark announced Thursday the school had added Virginia Tech to its 2008 football schedule. Furman will play the Hokies in Blacksburg, on Sept. 6, 2008, in the first meeting between the two institutions since 1947.

Virginia Tech won that game 20-6 and own a 4-0 series advantage over the Paladins. New duds for Terriers SPARTANBURG When the Wofford Terriers step onto the field for the first time in 2005 they will be wearing new game jerseys. The home jersey will no longer feature the gold trim along the neckline and sleeves, while the numbers on the jerseys also will be in a different font. The Terriers will also don a new white road jersey. ECU adds ACC schools GREENVILLE, N.C.

Starting in 2006, East Carolina will add powerhouse Virginia Tech to its annual schedule. Athletic director Terry Holland said Thursday he hopes playing against a team that's made of habit of postseason bowl appearances will yield a few for the Pirates. But Holland, who started at East Carolina in October after a career as the former AD and men's basketball coach at Virginia, also added four games against North Carolina, West Gators reach title round The Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. Florida got a power boost after a fan interfered with a foul ball. And now the Gators are headed to the championship round of the College World Series.

Brian Leclerc, Adam Davis and Matt LaPorta homered as Florida rallied from an early 3-0 deficit and beat Arizona State 6-3 Thursday night, ending the Sun Devils' dazzling run. Florida (48-21) moves to the best-of-three final round beginning Saturday against Texas. The Gators will be seeking their first CWS title in their fifth ap.