CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Panthers have signed Ron Rivera to a one-year contract extension that will keep the two-time NFL coach of the year with the team through the 2018 season. Financial terms were not released Thursday. Panthers general manager Dave Gettleman called it an “easy decision.” The Panthers went 17-2 last season, losing to the Denver Broncos in…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Former Gamecock Langston Moore knows he can’t help all young football players make it to the NFL like he did. But Moore can help make those kids more aware about the importance of keeping their bodies healthy. For the fourth straight year, Moore and a host of former Gamecock football players will put on a one-day…
PLUM, Pa. (USC SID) — University of South Carolina rising sophomore Ryan Stachler completed 10 holes on Thursday before play was halted for the day at the 116th U.S. Open. Midway through his opening round at Oakmont Country Club, Stachler is 5-over par. Stachler opened his round on the par-4 1st hole and notched a par, but rain forced him off the course…
ATLANTA (AP) — Cincinnati manager Bryan Price was worried when he saw Braves slugger Freddie Freeman hitting only .242 at the start of a four-game series. Price’s worst fears were realized, as Freeman pounded Reds pitching and pumped up his stats. Freeman homered and singled twice, a day after becoming the first player in the majors to hit for the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — South Carolina sophomore right-hander Tyler Johnson has accepted an invitation from USA Baseball to training camp for the 2016 Collegiate National Team. Johnson went 3-2 with nine saves and a 2.42 ERA in 29 appearances. He allowed 15 runs, 14 earned, on 34 hits in 52.0 innings with eight walks and 59 strikeouts. Opponents hit…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Former Gamecock infielder Codee Yeske ranked as one of 40 on the USA Baseball Women’s National Team Trials roster, as USA Baseball prepares for the World Baseball Softball Confederation Women’s Baseball World Cup in September. Yeske, a Lexington, S.C., native, played three years for the Gamecocks, hitting .283 with a .442 slugging percentage at South…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (SEC) — Leonard Fournette of the LSU football team, Lloydricia Cameron of the Florida track & field team and the Kentucky Volleyball team and support staff are recipients of the ninth-annual Southeastern Conference Sportsmanship Awards, the league office announced Tuesday. The honorees were selected by a vote of the SEC’s 14 Directors of Athletics. “There are many stories…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) — Led by quarterback Deshaun Watson, Clemson has nine different players named to various preseason All-American teams released over the last month. A look to the teams released by Sporting News, ESPN the Magazine, Lindy’s Sports, Athlon, and Phil Steele, Clemson has six offensive player and three defensive players on at least one All-America team. Watson, who…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Fireflies) — Jeff Diehl knocked in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning to break a tie on Wednesday night, and Columbia downed the Rome Braves, 4-3, at Spirit Communications Park. The Fireflies took two of three in the series against Rome and finished the seven-game homestand with a 5-2 mark. Columbia’s (34-32) 3-0 lead vanished in…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Freshman right-hander Braden Webb and sophomore right-hander Clarke Schmidt have earned NCBWA All-America honors, as announced on Wednesday. Webb was a second-team selection with Schmidt named to the third-team. Webb was just named 2016 Freshman Pitcher of the Year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) yesterday. Webb, who was selected in the 3rd…
