Charlotte Bobcats chairman Michael Jordan turned in the paperwork on Tuesday to begin the process to change the team’s name back to the Hornets for the 2014-15 season. The application was submitted to the NBA Board of Governors. It will need majority approval in a vote, which is expected to come when the group next meets on July 18 in Las Vegas. “This is a monumental moment for our... 

Coastal Carolina pitcher Seth Lamando was named the Big South Conference Freshman of the Year, and teammate Justin Creel and Brad Zebedis of Presbyterian College were voted Co-Scholar-Athletes of the Year by the league’s coaches and sports information directors. They were among six Chanticleers honored at Monday’s postseason banquet in Lynchburg, Va. VMI senior outfielder Rob Dickinson... 

The Carolina League announced Monday that Pelicans shortstop Luis Sardinas has been named Carolina Player of the Week for his performance from May 13-19. During the seven-game stretch, Sardinas hit .419 (13-for-31) with a double, two triples and nine runs batted in. Sardinas has played in 41 of the Pelicans 43 games this season, posting a .302 batting average, the sixth best mark league wide. He... 

Longtime Davie County (NC) High football head coach Doug Illing has resigned his post to take the same job at Socastee High, according to a report in the Winston-Salem Journal. The report said Illing, 49, was offered the job Thursday and told his players about the move Friday. Illing is expected to formally introduced Monday as the Braves head football coach. “I’m not jumping to a better situation,”... 

The Coastal Carolina baseball team, six-time defending Big South Tournament champion, will open the 2013 conference tournament as the two seed and face seventh-seeded Longwood on Tuesday at 9:30 am. The Big South Tournament will be contested May 21-25 in Lynchburg, Va., and is being hosted by Liberty. This will mark the first ever meeting between Coastal Carolina and new league member Longwood. In... 

The Myrtle Beach Pelicans (27-16), Class-A Advanced affiliates of the Texas Rangers, dropped their second straight game Sunday, losing a 2-1 decision against the Wilmington Blue Rocks (20-23) at Frawley Stadium. The first-place Pelicans lost two of three against Wilmington and finished 3-3 on the six-game road swing. Justin Trapp broke a 1-1 tie in the third inning with his third home run of the... 

After years of playing on church cafeteria floors and borrowed middle school gymnasiums, Christian Academy of Myrtle Beach will finally and officially open its own basketball facility on Sunday. Along with the recently opened school building off Ron McNair Boulevard, the new gym will be dedicated at a 3 p.m. ceremony which will honor a boys basketball program that quickly became a SCISA Class A... 

The Coastal Carolina men’s golf team shot a 9-over par 297 in the final round of the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional to place fifth place and advance to the NCAA Championships, May 28-June 2 at The Capital City Club, Crabapple Course in Atlanta. SEC powers Alabama, Florida, LSU and Tennessee will join Coastal at the NCAA Championship after claiming the top four qualifying spots. This will mark... 

Alex Buccilli had three hits to help Coastal Carolina closed the regular season by winning a weekend series at Charleston Southern, holding on for a 5-4 win Saturday at CSU Ballpark. The Chanticleers (35-19, 18-6 Big South) will enter next week’s Big south Tournament as the #2 seed and will face Longwood Tuesday in the opening round. The Buccaneers fall to 22-32, 11-13 and will face top seed... 

The Myrtle Beach Mutiny opened their second season with a blowout win over the Palmetto Bantams on Friday night, taking a 7-1 victory on their new pitch and under the guidance of a new coaching staff. The Mutiny’s Tom Butler scored a hat trick to lead the offensive attack and the defense had a shutout in hand until a late blunder in goal gave the Bantams their only score in front of 350 fans...