The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an appeal from two former State University of West Georgia baseball players Monday, leaving them the prospect of a retrial on charges of sexually assaulting a female student.
South Carolina left fielder Michael Campbell had surgery to remove a rib and help clear up a blood clot in an artery in his right shoulder. Campbell, who hit .312 last year with 14 homers and 52 RBI, says he'll be ready to go in two to three months.
Former Utah baseball coach Bill Kinneberg was hired Wednesday to coach the Utes again. Kinneberg, who led Utah to a 30-22 record in 1996, replaces Tim Esmay, who left last month to take a job as an assistant at Arizona State. Kinneberg has been a minor league pitching coach for the Chicago White Sox since January 2003.
Jack Smitheran resigned as head baseball coach at UC Riverside on Thursday after 31 years with the program. Smitheran went 974-709-3 at UC Riverside, and was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2002. He'll be replaced by assistant Doug Smith.
Utah baseball coach Tim Esmay has resigned to take a job as an assistant at Arizona State, his alma mater. Esmay, who was 213-235-1 in eight seasons at Utah, was an infielder for the Sun Devils in 1986-87 and was an assistant at ASU.
