The BIG3 is just in it’s second week of it’s inaugural season. It’s NBA veterans, from former All-Stars to journeymen, are still working to get their past-prime bodies back in basketball shape. Yet the fans, the energy, and the excitement around Ice Cube’s three-on-three league are all present. Charlotte hosted some of the greatest players the Association’s ever seen on…
COLUMBIA, SC (Fireflies) – The Fireflies have found themselves in plenty of close ballgames lately and Monday’s tilt with Rome was no exception. Columbia plated a run in the eighth inning and defeated the Braves, 1-0, in front of a sell-out crowd of 7,559 at Spirit Communications Park. Eight of the Fireflies’ last 10 games have been decided by one score. The…
CARY, N.C. (USA Baseball) – Seth Beer drove in the game-winning run in the 10th inning, while Steele Walker went 4-for-5 and Travis Swaggerty recorded two RBIs as the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team earned a walk-off win over Cuba, 5-4, in extra innings on Sunday in the series opener of the sixth USA vs. Cuba Friendship Series from Bill Coleman…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Sumter native Bobby Richardson has experienced tremendous levels of success in collegiate and professional athletics. He was a seven time All-Star and won three World Series championships with the New York Yankees, finishing second to Mickey Mantle for the 1962 American League MVP. He coached the Gamecocks baseball team for six seasons, leading them to their first…
CHARLOTTE (WOLO) – The BIG3 continued their inaugural season by making their second-ever stop in the Carolinas Sunday, bringing some of the largest names in NBA history to the Spectrum Center on their 10-stop tour of three-on-three pro basketball. The league includes multiple All-Stars, like former Eau Claire All-American Jermaine O’Neal. But due to a prior commitment, O’Neal was unable…
CHARLOTTE (Hornets) – Charlotte Hornets General Manager Rich Cho announced today that the team has signed 2017 first-round draft pick Malik Monk. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. A consensus 2016-17 All-American Second Team selection, Monk also earned the 2016-17 Jerry West Award, which honors the nation’s top shooting guard. He was named 2016-17 SEC Player…
POTOMAC, Md. (AP) — Kyle Stanley was in tears on the 18th green after he holed a 5-foot par putt to win the Quicken Loans National in a playoff over Charles Howell III. He wept again in the interview room as he spoke about the long slump between his first and second career victories and the doubts that his game…
COLUMBIA, SC (Fireflies)– The Fireflies squeaked past the Braves, 3-2, on Sunday evening at Spirit Communications Park. Rome sparked a late rally, but it wasn’t enough against Columbia’s bullpen. Thomas McIlraith mastered Rome with six hitless frames in just his second start for the club. Columbia (4-6, 44-34) pitchers did not yield a hit in the first seven innings. McIlraith (W, 2-0) registered six strikeouts…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Gamecock-great Justin Smoak was named the starting first baseman for the American League All-Star Team on Sunday. It will mark the first All-Star Game appearance for the eight-year Major League veteran. In 80 games played this season, Smoak is hitting .303 and leads the Blue Jays with 22 home runs and 52 RBIs. His 22 home…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – The University of South Carolina mourns the loss of former Gamecock great, Max Runager, who passed away on Friday. Runager was 61 years old. Runager, who starred at Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School, was an outstanding punter for coach Jim Carlen’s teams of the late 1970s and was voted to Carolina’s all-time team in 1992. He punted in…
