LEXINGTON, KY (Fireflies) – Thomas McIlraith returned to Columbia in style on Monday. The right-hander tossed six scoreless innings and led the Fireflies to a 4-0 victory over the Legends. It was Columbia’s 10th shut-out win of the season. McIlraith pitched in seven games a year ago for the Fireflies – his most notable outing coming on April 9, 2016,…
Charlotte Hornets guard Kemba Walker, right, is hugged by Miami Heat assistant coach Juwan Howard at the end of in Game 7 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series, Sunday, May 1, 2016, in Miami. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz) CHARLOTTE, NC – The NBA announced today that Charlotte Hornets guard Kemba Walker is the recipient of the Joe Dumars Trophy presented…
NORFOLK, VA (SCSU) — The South Carolina State football team will make two weeknight television appearances during the 2017 season as part of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference’s weeknight television lineup on ESPN networks, the league announced. Not a part of the weeknight schedule, SC State will open the 2017 campaign on Sunday, Sept. 3 against Southern University in the annual…
Jack Nicklaus says Tiger Woods has a steep climb to face if he is to return to professional golf, an arduous task compounded by “more life problems than they are golf problems right now.” Nicklaus, speaking with USA Today Monday at a charity golf tournament, was disconsolate when discussing the prospects of Woods’ future in the wake of a DUI…
COLUMBIA, SC (Fireflies) – Fireflies starting pitcher Thomas Szapucki was named South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week for the week of June 19-25, the league announced. The 21-year-old struck out a season-high 10 batters in his start on June 25 against the Kannapolis Intimidators Szapucki issued just two hits over six innings on Sunday. The 10 punch-out performance is…
Columbia,SC- The Brooklyn Nets own a 2017-18 team option on guard K.J McDaniels that’s worth $3.47 million. According to reports the Nets won’t pick up the option. Since the Nets are declining the option, they likely won’t tender him a qualifying offer by June, and as a result he will become an unrestricted free-agent on July 1. The Nets acquired McDaniel’s last…
ROSEMONT, Ill. (ACC) – The Atlantic Coast and Big Ten Conferences on Monday announced the dates for the 19th annual Big Ten-ACC Challenge. The games were announced on June 8. The dates for the 2017 Challenge appear below. Tip times and specific network assignments will be announced at a later date. Monday, Nov. 27 Maryland at Syracuse Wisconsin at Virginia…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – Freshman outfielder Carlos Cortes has been named to the 2017 Baseball America Freshman All-America Team it was announced on Monday. Cortes hit .286 (48-for-168) in his first season with the Garnet & Black with a team-high 12 homers as well as 41 RBIs. This is the third Freshman All-America honor for Cortes, who was also…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – George Rogers is the only Heisman Trophy winner in Gamecocks football history. But he has plenty of company from Carolina when it comes to giving back and helping others. On Sunday, the USC legend and former Saints and Redskins running back hosted his 26th annual “George Rogers Foundation Gala” at My Carolina Alumni Center. Celebrities like…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – An announced crowd of over 8300 fans filed into Spirit Communications Park on Sunday to say goodbye to the most famous Firefly in the young franchise’s history. Hours before the 5:05 p.m. first pitch, the team announced that 2007 Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow was moving on to the next step of his professional baseball career….
