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(Streetre Lecka/Getty Images) The Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced Monday that former Tar Heel head football coach Butch Davis has joined their staff as a "special assistant to the head coach." Davis, according to the NFL team, will "assist and advise" first-year coach Greg Schiano "in a wide range of football aspects." Davis will be reunited with Schiano. When he was the coach at Miami, Davis hired Schiano as the Hurricanes' defensive coordinator in 1999. In a statement released by the... Read Full Story

North Carolina center Tyler Zeller, who averaged 24 points and 10 rebounds a game, earned acclaim as ACCPlayer of the Week, and Duke guard Austin Rivers, whose 29-point performance against the Tar Heels set a Blue Devil record, won Rookie of the Week for the fourth consecutive voting period. Zeller, a 7-foot senior center from Washington, Ind., delivered 23 points and 11 rebounds against Duke and immediately followed that performance with 25 points and nine boards in a victory over nationally... Read Full Story

(Robert Willett/Raleigh News & Observer) Virginia basketball coach Tony Bennett says sophomore guard Joe Harris will be a game-time decision against Clemson because of a broken left hand. Bennett said Monday during a weekly teleconference that Harris hurt the hand during Saturday’s 70-52 loss at then-No. 5 North Carolina. Harris scored eight points and played 35 minutes against the Tar Heels. He is the second-leading scorer (12.5 ppg) for No. 22 Virginia heading into Tuesday night’s game at... Read Full Story

(Getty Images) Although North Carolina trails the ACC in free throw percentage, Clemson has a history for throwing rocks from the charity stripe - especially late in close games.  Their foul shot woes this season prompted head coach Brad Brownell to say:   “It's been some of the free throw shooting. We've actually lost four games this year where we've had free throws to tie in the last 15 seconds. Haven't been able to convert. Virginia Tech, Boston College, Maryland. Those are three games in... Read Full Story

Hmmm... (Robert Willett/Raleigh News & Observer) UNC's Reggie Bullock launches a three-point attempt in the second half against Virginia. It was the only three-point basket made by the Tar Heels who went 1-10 from the three point line.   Read Full Story

(Gerry Broome/AP Photo) Duke essentially swapped spots with North Carolina after they defeated the Tar Heels in Chapel Hill last Wednesday night.  The new AP poll has Duke at #5 following Kentucky, Syracuse, Missouri (coached by former Miami coach Frank Haith) and Kansas. Ohio State and Michigan State (whom the Heels throttled earlier to open the season in the aircraft carrier game) hold down the #6 and #7 spots in front of Ol’ Roy’s squad that slipped to #8.  Baylor and Georgetown round out... Read Full Story

This handout picture provided by IMG and taken on February 14, 2012 shows John Daly of the US during an official practice round ahead of the Advantha Masters 2012 at the DLF Golf and Country Club in New Dehi. The 2.4 million USD event runs from February 16 to 19. (Photo by Paul Lakatos/AFP Photo/IMG) Read Full Story

Zimbabwe's Stuart Matsikenyeri bats during the second twenty20 international match between New Zealand  and Zimbabwe at Seddon Park in Hamilton on February 14, 2012.  (Photo by Marty Melville/AFP PHOTO) Internally displaced Afghan children play cricket outside their tent at a refugee camp in Kabul on February 14, 2012. Cricket has become the top sport in the war-ravaged country in the last three years after it was introduced by youths who learnt the game in refugee camps in Pakistan following... Read Full Story

THE GAME-WINNER (Matt Gentry/Roanoke Times/AP Photo) VIRGINIA TECH 66, BOSTON COLLEGE 65 - When Virginia Tech's Dorian Finney-Smith saw teammate Robert Brown's 3-point attempt in the waning moments bounce off the rim and up into the air, he knew exactly what was going to take place. "It was slow motion," Finney-Smith said. "I was like, `Oh yeah, I've got this.’ We've had a lot of close games. It feels really good to pull out one." Dorian Finney-Smith scored 17 points, including the tip-in... Read Full Story

(Alex Brandon/AP Photo) (AP - edited) Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky's requests for greater freedom of movement -- and visits from his young grandchildren -- while he awaits trial on child sex-abuse charges were taken under advisement by a judge Friday, but prosecutors countered that Sandusky's home is not a safe place for children. Judge John Cleland set a tentative trial date of May 14 for Sandusky and promised to rule quickly on a number of other issues, including dueling... Read Full Story