Courtesy: Dallas Wings SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Karima Christmas scored 18 points, Skylar Diggins-Smith and Allisha Gray each had nine points in a decisive 33-13 fourth quarter, and the Dallas Wings rallied past the San Antonio Stars 94-82 on Thursday. Dallas went on a 13-2 fourth-quarter run and took its first lead of the second half on Glory Johnson’s layup…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly has no plans to alter his aggressive style of play following a second concussion last November, one that tugged at the emotions of a national TV audience when he was carted off the field sobbing uncontrollably. The 2014 NFL Defensive Player of the Year still doesn’t like talking about that frightening Thursday…
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants have signed defensive end Devin Taylor and safety Duke Ihenacho. The Giants announced the moves Thursday, adding two veterans who have played in 102 NFL games. New York terminated the contract of safety Raheem Moore and waived linebacker Ishaq Williams to make room on their roster. Taylor started all 17 games…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Citadel baseball coach Fred Jordan, the Southern Conference’s all-time wins leader, is retiring after 26 years with the Bulldogs. Jordan announced his retirement from his alma mater Thursday. Jordan leaves with an 831-709 record (.540), 399 of those coming in the Southern Conference — 96 more than Georgia Southern coach Rodney Hennon in second. The Bulldogs…
GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference and ESPN Thursday announced six 2017 football games in the first three weeks of the season that will be nationally televised on either ESPN or ABC, with the conference playing a prominent primetime role in the opening weekend. The complete ACC television schedule for the first three weeks of the 2017 season,…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – The South Carolina Gamecocks will kickoff their 2017 football season with a 3 pm contest against North Carolina State in Charlotte on Saturday, September 2, it was announced today. The game at Bank of America Stadium, home of the NFL Carolina Panthers, will be televised nationally on ESPN. The Gamecocks lead the all-time series by…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – Matchups have been unveiled for the 2018 Big 12/SEC Challenge and it was announced that South Carolina will host Texas Tech on Jan. 27 at Colonial Life Arena. The meeting will mark the fourth all-time between the two schools, and the first since the 1976-77 campaign. Frank Martin owns an all-time record of 5-1 versus…
ATHENS, Ga. (USC SID) – South Carolina freshman Mia Horvit solidified her standing in the NCAA Singles Championship with a decisive 6-4, 6-1 win over No. 43 Meible Chi of Duke to advance to the Round of 16. Her straight-set victory will earn All-America status in a few weeks, making her the first freshman and second Gamecock in program history…
ABOUT WEDNESDAY’S DOUBLEHEADER: The Fireflies split their doubleheader against the Charleston RiverDogs. Game 1: Columbia recorded its seventh shut-out win thanks to a tremendous performance on the mound from Jordan Humphreys. The righty pitched 7 innings, logged 10 strikeouts and the Fireflies won, 3-0. It’s the 5th time this year the 20-year-old has recorded 9+ strikeouts in an outing. Andres…
ATHENS, Ga. (USC SID) – South Carolina women’s sophomore and 49th-ranked Ingrid Gamarra Martins took down Vladica Babic (63) of Ohio St. in straight sets to advance to the Second Round of the NCAA Tennis Singles Championships at the Dan McGill Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga. She joins fellow Gamecock Mia Horvit, who defeated Ioanna Markesini (118) of East Tennessee…
