GREEN BAY, Wisc. (NC SID) — Former Newberry College football standout Alstevis Squirewell has been signed by the NFL’s Green Bay Packers to an undrafted free agent contract following the Packers’ rookie orientation camp this past weekend. The transactions were announced Monday by Ted Thompson, Executive Vice President, General Manager and Director of Football Operations. Squirewell is one of five players signed by the Packers…
Boston Red Sox’s Jackie Bradley Jr. watches the flight of his grand slam as he runs down the first base line during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics at Fenway Park in Boston, Monday, May 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) BOSTON (AP) — Former Gamecock Jackie Bradley Jr. extended his career-high hitting streak to 15…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) — Junior lefthander Pat Krall (Downingtown, Pa.) was selected as ACC Pitcher-of-the-Week, announced Monday by the league office. ACC weekly honors are determined by a vote of a select media panel. It was the second award for Krall in 2016, as he was named ACC Co-Pitcher-of-the-Week on April 4. He was also named one of five national players-of-the-week…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — South Carolina signee Tyasha Harris (Noblesville, Ind./Heritage Christian) is one of 27 athletes invited to USA Basketball Women’s U18 National Team Trials that will take place May 28-30 at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. It marks the third-straight season a current or future Gamecock has been invited to a USA Basketball…
BERLIN, GERMANY (USC SID) — Two members of the University of South Carolina Swimming & Diving program swam well at the 2016 Deutschen Meisterschaften (German Championships) which concluded Sunday in Berlin. Kevin Leithold and Nils Wich-Glasen each qualified for finals in multiple events, with Wich-Glasen earning a podium spot. Wich-Glasen made the A final in all three of his races, including a place on the…
GREENVILLE, SC (Fireflies) — The Fireflies played 11 innings of baseball on Sunday at Fluor Field, winning Saturday’s postponed game, 13-3, and then dropping the originally scheduled Sunday matchup to the Drive, 5-4. When it was all said and done, Vinny Siena finished 6-for-8 at the plate in the two games combined, and raised his batting average to .366. He…
Courtesy: UK Athletics LEXINGTON, KY. (USC SID) — Dorian Hairston’s solo homer in the bottom of the 12th inning lifted Kentucky to a 5-4 win over second-ranked South Carolina in the rubber game of a three-game SEC baseball series at Cliff Hagan Stadium. The Gamecocks are now 36-11 and tied for first in the SEC with a 16-7 conference mark. …
James Hahn watches his tee shot on the second hole during the final round of the Wells Fargo Championship golf tournament at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday, May 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — James Hahn beat Roberto Castro with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff Sunday in the Wells Fargo…
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (Benedict Athletics) — The Benedict men’s golf team shot a 334 on Sunday to finish in seventh place at the 30th PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship, contested at PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla. The Tigers shot a three-day total of 987 and held off SIAC rival Morehouse College by one stroke. Morehouse shot…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — The official 2016 SEC softball tournament bracket was released Sunday afternoon. Carolina earns an 11-seed and will face 6-seed Missouri Wednesday at 11 a.m. Categories: Local Sports, Sports, USC Gamecocks
