Long, South Carolina State prove they belong
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Sports Editor larry@gaffneyledger.com
      Malcolm Long and his South Carolina State Bulldogs not only wanted to win their playoff opener against three-time defending national champion Appalachian State but change the perception about the Mid-eastern Athletic Conference.
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Newberry thumps Saints
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Sports Editor larry@gaffneyledger.com
      It's unlikely Limestone men's basketball coach Brandon Scott handed out many compliments after Saturday's 66-40 non-conference loss to visiting Newberry. The Saints shot a woeful 24 percent from the floor, including 17 percent in the first half, and committed 17 turnovers to fall to 2-1. The Indians improve to 5-0.
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McIntosh has tackle in Skins loss
      Former Gaffney star linebacker Rocky McIntosh had a tackle and two assists in the Washington Redskins' 23- 7 loss to the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants on Sunday.
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Ex-Raider boss gets Vols job
      Lane Kiffin will become Tennessee's next coach, two days after Phillip Fulmer's 17-season tenure ended with a grand and victorious send-off. Kiffin, the former Oakland Raiders coach, will be introduced at a news conference Monday.
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Giant shoots himself accidentally
      Plaxico Burress' suspension and fines earlier this season don't seem all that serious now. Not after he was hospitalized after accidentally shooting himself in the leg and was to turn himself in Monday morning, planning to plead not guilty to criminal possession of a weapon.
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Panthers top Packers, 35-31
      The Carolina Panthers should have been trudging into a snowy Green Bay night wondering for the second week in a row if they're really as good as their record would indicate.
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Lady Saints fall to AASU, 66-57
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      Senior Lacey Willis scored 13 of her game-high 32 points in the first 10 minutes of the second half, helping the Armstrong Atlantic State women's basketball team extend a one-point halftime lead into a 66-57 victory over visiting Limestone on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Arena.
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Dabo does it, Clemson beats rival 31-14
ASSOCIATED PRESS
      CLEMSON - Dabo did it, leading Clemson from college football's biggest embarrassment to a bowl game. Whether it's enough to give Clemson's interim coach the job full time is another matter. "My job was to get them ready to play," Dabo Swinney said. "It's somebody else's job to determine if they want me to continue here or somebody else.
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     HOMECOMING QUEEN - Jalyn Painter was crowned the Blackburg Broncos 2008 Little League Homecoming Queen. She was escorted by her brother, Taylor Raines. Jalyn is the daughter of Randy and Lorrie Painter and is the granddaughter of John Raines and Joy Painter.
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BCS favors Sooners over Big 12 rival Texas
ASSOCIATED PRESS
      NEW YORK - A week before the final standings are released and the Bowl Championship Series is already ticking people off. Oklahoma, not Texas, is headed to the Big 12 championship game with an inside track to the national title game by moving ahead of the Longhorns in the BCS standings Sunday.
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