Gamecocks' Garcia reinstated to team
South Carolina will have redshirt freshman quarterback Stephen Garcia back for the start of practice.
The school says Garcia will be at practice today after being approved for early reinstatement. He had been suspended by the university from all activities until Aug. 15.
Garcia was suspended in March after he was ticketed for underage drinking. It was his third run-in with authorities since arriving on campus in January 2007.
WEST VIRGINIA: West Virginia quarterback Pat White apologized for his comments that accused Mountaineer baseball coach Greg Van Zant of not pursuing black athletes.
White has been selected three times in baseball's amateur draft. He was asked Tuesday at the Big East football media day in Newport, R.I., whether he had spoken with Van Zant about the possibility of playing college baseball.
White said Van Zant "wasn't interested" in having him on the team and was "not too high" on black players.
"Thinking back on my recent comments at Big East media day, I believe that I may have overstated my feelings on college baseball and the WVU baseball program," White said in a statement released by the university. "I have not played collegiate baseball in the past because I have concentrated on football and building on our success with my football family. I am sorry my comments have caused so many distractions.''
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MEMPHIS: The University of Memphis men's basketball program reported a possible violation to the NCAA.
School officials said they learned that Dave Bronczek, president of Memphis-based FedEx and a school booster, telephoned a woman who is a FedEx employee and the mother of a high school player being recruited by the school.
Boosters are prohibited by NCAA rules from having any contact with recruits or their parents.
