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COLUMBIA, S. TreQuan Smith Jersey .C. -- Clemsons athletic department reported 15 violations to the NCAA in the past year, including three by the defending Atlantic Coast Conference football champions.The school released its infractions report Tuesday after an open records request by The Associated Press.None of the violations is considered serious. All but one of them is classified as a Level III infraction. Level III infractions are those the NCAA considers isolated or limited in nature; provide no more than a minimal recruiting, competitive or other advantage; and dont include more than a minimal impermissible benefit.Clemson detailed its NCAA violations from Aug. 1, 2015, through this past July 31.Three of the violations involved the football program, which starts the season ranked No. 2.One came from an accidental FaceTime call placed by coach Dabo Swinney to a prospect before the allowable date of Sept. 1. Coaches cant place any phone calls to the prospect from Sept. 1 to 15 as punishment for the infraction.Another violation in football came last October and involved two players who dropped engineering courses and were not enrolled full-time, as required by the NCAA. Clemson declared both players ineligible, conducted rules education with all athletes and paid a $500 fine. The NCAA restored the two athletes eligibility.The final football infraction came this past January when the staff gave excess travel reimbursement to several prospects after their official visits. The school said the staff wrongly thought it could round up the travel reimbursement amount to the nearest dollar.The staffer involved received a letter of admonishment, although the school said it did not try to collect the overpay from prospects because of the minimal amount of the over-award.The baseball program of first-year coach Monte Lee had three violations.Lee, who led the Tigers to the ACC tournament title last May, was admonished for an infraction from last September when he responded to a text from a 2018 prospect before Sept. 1 of the players junior year of high school. Lee, the school said, thought the prospect was set to graduate in 2017. When informed otherwise by the player, Lee stopped all communication with the prospect and reported it to the compliance office.Lee and his staff must also refrain from communicating with the player for two weeks starting Sept. 1.Last August, an assistant coach on Clemsons mens golf team impermissibly brought in an outside consultant to work with two players on the course and also teach the whole team. The mens golf team was made to take three days off from all countable athletic activity for three weeks. Sheldon Rankins Youth Jersey . It was Kerbers third final of the year after losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in Monterrey in April and to Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic in Tokyo two weeks ago. The 10th-ranked German improved her record in finals to 3-5. Sam Mills Jersey . Halifax beat the Saint John Sea Dogs 7-5 on the strength of two goals apiece from Nikolaj Ehlers, Matt Murphy and Brent Andrews. Jonathan Drouin also scored and had three assists while Zachary Fucale made 17 saves for the Mooseheads (16-8-0), who led 6-1 after two periods. http:///...ginn-jr-gold-jersey/ . Walcott is available for Saturdays home match against Southampton as Arsenal looks to extend its two-point lead at the top of the Premier League. The Gunners are currently the second highest scorers in the league but Wenger insists Walcott will add something extra to his team. NEW YORK -- One year after Jay Bruce nearly got traded to the New York Mets for Zack Wheeler, he finally put on the uniform Tuesday.The Mets acquired Bruce from the Cincinnati Reds on Monday for prospects Dilson Herrera and Max Wotell.Bruce made his Mets debut on Tuesday night against the New York Yankees, batting third and starting in right field. He went 0-for-4 and took a pair of called third strikes, but his new team scored its most runs since July 7 and won for the second time in seven games.Bruce should soon slide to the cleanup spot behind Yoenis Cespedes. Cespedes was out of the lineup for a third straight game because of the latest flare-up of his balky right quadriceps.The Reds had bailed on trading Bruce to the Mets late in the process last year, and the Mets pivoted to acquire Cespedes from the Detroit Tigers.I feel like Ive been getting traded to the Mets for over a year now, Bruce said. You never know whats going to happen until it actually happens. Last year there was some crazy stuff during the deadline. I try not to jump to conclusions or assume anything. So I waited until I got the call. And when it happened, I was very, very excited.There were a lot of emotions. Theres a group of guys I grew up with over there in Cincinnati -- and guys that I have a lot of respect for both on and off the field. But Im in a new place and I get to know these guys, and it sounds like a great group of guys.Cespedes produced superhuman numbers after arriving last season, allowing the Mets to become the first team in major league history to win a pennant after ranking last in MLB in runs scored on July 31.Bruce arrives as the National Leagues RBI leader with 80. Asked whether he possibly could duplicate the type of jolt Cespedes provided in 2015, Bruce said: The only responsibility that I feel is to be the best version of myself. Im coming in to be a part of this team.During an introductory meeting Tuesday, manager Terry Collins asked Bruce about his ccomfort level in center field. Taysom Hill Youth Jersey. Bruce said he would be open to playing wherever the Mets needed him. Still, Collins indicated later in the afternoon that Bruce primarily would stick to right field for now. Bruces 35 major league starts in center field all came in 2008.The Mets have a glut of corner outfielders. But with Juan Lagares having undergone surgery Monday to repair a partially torn ligament in his left thumb, and with Justin Ruggiano being placed on the DL on Tuesday with a strained left hamstring, the Mets do not have a bona fide center fielder. Alejandro De Aza starts at the position on Tuesday. Collins plans to begin using Curtis Granderson there a fair amount beginning Wednesday.Bruce is hitting .360 this season with runners in scoring position. That type of success will be welcome on the Mets, who entered Tuesdays game hitting an MLB-worst .205 with runners in scoring position.A guy like that brings a lot of offense to this lineup, said?Jacob deGrom.Bruce hit a combined .222/.288/.406 in 2014 and 2015. He suggested his resurgence this year might be a product of feeling healthier.In 2014 I had knee surgery, he said. And Ill never use that as an excuse as to why I actually struggled. But I think it created some bad habits and it kind of leaked into 2015 a little bit for me. I think this year some small, small changes that I actually noticed the past two years -- and being healthy -- is key. I feel like myself again.Bruce recalled the Mets clinching the NL East title in Cincinnati last Sept. 26. He struck out to end that game, and was still raving about the final pitch of that game from now-teammate Jeurys Familia.The pitching staff here is unbelievable, Bruce said. One of the dirtiest pitches Ive ever been thrown was by Jeurys Familia.Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.?