CLEMSON, S.C. – The Tigers host Charleston Southern on Tuesday night. GAME SETUP • Who – Charleston Southern (16-14) vs. Clemson (28-5) • Rankings – CSU – NR; CU – No. 5 BA, No. 4 CB, No. 4 USA • When – Tuesday (6:30 p.m.) • Where – Clemson, S.C. (Doug Kingsmore Stadium) • Watch – ACC Network Extra •…
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Colin Holderman (W, 1-0) dazzled in his first start for the Fireflies. The righty logged six shutout innings with 11 strikeouts. The 3-0 win over Hickory (1-4) gives Columbia (5-0) its fifth straight win, which ties the franchise’s longest streak. Holderman’s 11 strikeouts is a new single-game record for a Firefly. The only unbeaten team left in…
After losing two of three from the Vanderbilt Commodores, USC needed something positive to go their way. On Monday, the Gamecocks received the news they’d hoped for all month when Chad Holbrook announced Tyler Johnson would be cleared to play this week. The Gamecock closer has been held out of games for the past month with soreness in his throwing…
Many consider Xavier Thomas the #1 recruit for the class of 2018, but don’t tell the Gamecocks that anymore. Thomas made it seem to the coaches at USC he’d choose Carolina over Clemson, but last week, the five-star prospect out of Florence changed his mind, as most 17-year-olds do. Thomas committed to Clemson Saturday, leaving Gamecock fans upset by the…
South Carolina’s only PGA Tour event, the RBC Heritage, kicked off its festivities early Monday morning. The famous cannon blast tee shot, signaling the start of the week, was hit by last year’s winner, Branden Grace. Coverage of the event begins Thursday at 3 p.m. on the Golf Channel. Categories: Local Sports, Sports
Boston Red Sox’s Jackie Bradley Jr. rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run off Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Josh Tomlin during the sixth inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 15, 2016, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane) The Boston Red Sox put center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. on the disabled list Monday, a day after he was diagnosed…
HOT START: The Fireflies aim for their fifth straight win against the Hickory Crawdads. With a win tonight, it would match the club’s longest winning steak from the 2016 inaugural season (8/19/16-8/23/16). During this four-game stretch to start this year, Columbia outscored Augusta 36-12 in the series. 23 of these runs came in the first four innings. It took Columbia…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) – Junior lefthander Charlie Barnes was named ACC Co-Pitcher-of-the-Week, announced Monday by the league office. Barnes received his first career weekly honor by the ACC along with Wake Forest righthander Parker Dunshee. It marked the fourth week in a row a Tiger was honored by the ACC, as Chris Williams was named ACC Player-of-the-Week on March 20, Alex…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) – The Tigers moved up one spot to No. 4 in this week’s Collegiate Baseball poll and remained in the top five in the Baseball America ranking (No. 5) and USA Today coaches poll (No. 4). Clemson (28-5, 13-2 ACC) won all four games last week, including a three-game sweep of Virginia Tech last weekend. It marked…
Ever since the Gamecocks cut down the nets in Dallas, Dawn Staley’s been seen everywhere wearing her piece of history. There’s a reason for that. The Gamecocks’ head coach isn’t rocking the piece of her program’s first ever national championship to be boastful, but to inspire. Staley spoke at the Gamecocks’ title parade on Sunday about the reason behind her…
