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Golf

Simons wins playoff for match play spot

Aiken's Whitney Simons won a playoff to earn a match play spot in the U.S. Women's Amateur on Tuesday in Roswell, Ga.

Simons and the seven other players who shot 154 for the 36-hole stroke- play qualifying played off for five spots.

Augusta's Laura Coble failed to make it to match play. The seven-time Georgia Female Player of the Year shot 82-77-159 at the Ansley Golf Club's Settindown Creek Course.

In-Kyung Kim of Korea was the medalist with 68-71-139.

- In Alpharetta, Ga., Augusta's Michael Green and Will Claxton of Swainsboro, Ga., missed qualifying for this month's U.S. Amateur.

In a 36-hole qualifier, Green shot 70-73-143 and Claxton had 71-73-144.

Former Augusta State University golfer Coleman Tidwell, of Macon, Ga., shot 71-73-144.

It took 142 to qualify at White Columns Country Club. There were 145 players vying for five spots.

NBA

O'Neal signs deal for $100 million

Shaquille O'Neal signed a $100 million, five-year contract with the Miami Heat, a deal that ensures the 12-time All-Star center plenty of added financial security while allowing the team salary flexibility to pursue other players.

He'll make $20 million in each of the next five seasons in an agreement believed to include incentives. He was to have earned $30.6 million this coming season, opting out of that deal for a longer-term pact with less money annually.

- In the largest trade in NBA history, Antoine Walker was dealt from Boston to Miami in a transaction involving five teams and 13 players.

The Heat also acquired point guard Jason Williams and small forward James Posey from Memphis, while the Grizzlies received guard Eddie Jones from the Heat. The New Orleans Hornets and Utah Jazz were also involved in the deal.

The trade was larger than a 12-player, four-team deal in 2000 involving Patrick Ewing that had been the biggest in league history.

- The Atlanta Hawks and Phoenix Suns are awaiting approval from the NBA on a sign-and-trade that would send guard Joe Johnson to the Hawks, an agent involved with the deal said.

- Robert Horry, one of the NBA's best clutch 3-point shooters and the star of Game 5 of the NBA Finals, has signed a new contract to remain with the league champion San Antonio Spurs.

Men's College Basketball

USC Aiken coach signs first recruits

First-year USC Aiken coach Vince Alexander has signed his first five recruits.

Three are junior college transfers, headed by former Tallahassee (Fla.) Community College guard Chris Brown. Brown, of Columbia, averaged 10.8 points a game last season for the Eagles.

The other junior college signees are Kenny Gore and Anthony Durrett, both from Brunswick (N.C.) Community College.

Lukas Varga comes to USC Aiken after a year at the German prep school and Christopher Rodriguez played at Colegio Carmen Sol in Puerto Rico. Both are freshmen with the Pacers.

College Football

Longtime coach dies at age 78

In Sewanee, Tenn., James Moore Jr., the coach at the University of the South for 32 years, died at 78. He died Saturday, the Cumberland Funeral Home said.

Moore was the football coach from 1956-87 and had a record of 260-200-2.

Minor League Baseball

RiverDogs hold on to beat Jackets

In Charleston, S.C., Chase Wright pitched six solid innings, and third baseman Marcos Vechionacci hit a two-run homer as Charleston beat Augusta, 5-4 on Tuesday.

Julian Benavidez homered for Augusta, and finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored.