GULF SHORES, ALA. (USC SID) – The 2017 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship gets underway Friday morning on the beach of Gulf Shores, Alabama, and the South Carolina Gamecocks will be looking to make a splash in their first-ever appearance in the national tournament. The team, coming in as the number-eight seed, will face the defending national champion Southern California (34-1) at…
Former Gamecock placekicker Elliott Fry will have a tryout with the Tampa Bay Bucs this weekend at rookie camp. Fry was a four-year starter at USC and made 77 percent of his field goals his senior season in 2016, while finishing as Carolina’s all-time leading scorer in Gamecock football history (359 points). Categories: Local Sports, Sports, USC Gamecocks Tags: Gamecocks
Gamecocks head men’s basketball coach Frank Martin spoke with the media before meeting with Carolina fans Thursday on the Rock Hill stop of USC’s Spurs Up Tour. As the NBA Draft combine approaches for Sindarius Thornwell and PJ Dozier, coach breaks down where the two are at in their draft process. He also updates his search to replace lead assistant…
In our profession (journalism), the best advice for writer’s block is to keep writing. For baseball players painfully enduring a hitting slump, the advice is much the same: keep swinging. Alex Destino, one the Gamecocks’ best hitters the last two seasons, entered Wednesday night’s game against Wofford batting just .119 in his last 19 starts. Things got so bad for…
Will Muschamp made his latest stop on the Gamecocks’ Spurs Up Tour just outside of Columbia, visiting garnet and black fans in Rock Hill Thursday. Before speaking to supporters at American Legion, he met with the media to briefly comment on alleged assault accusations against Skai Moore, Deebo Samuel, and former football player Jalen Dread from April 27 at a…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Fireflies) — Tonight’s game at Spirit Communications Park between the Fireflies and the visiting Delmarva Shorebirds has been postponed due to rain. The Fireflies will make up tonight’s game next week in Salisbury, Maryland. The Shorebirds will host a doubleheader on Thursday, May 11, with the first game beginning at 6:00 p.m. Tickets for Thursday’s Fireflies game may…
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Six weeks away from competition didn’t keep Dustin Johnson from extending one streak Thursday, with hopes of adding to another. Johnson showed more game than rust at the Wells Fargo Championship, where he missed only two greens — and plenty of putts — for a 2-under 70 that left him 4 shots behind Francesco Molinari among…
ORANGEBURG, SC (SCSU) — South Carolina State head men’s basketball coach Murray Garvin has announced the signing of guard Levar Harewood to the Bulldog roster for the upcoming 2017-18 season. “We are thrilled about the addition of Lavar to our program,” said Garvin. “He possesses the attributes in a guard that we haven’t had in a very long time here at SC…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — An attorney for Gamecocks wide receiver Deebo Samuel says his client should be cleared of any “wrong doing” in connection with an alleged assault on April 27 at a Columbia bar. Attorney Neal Lourie, in a statement obtained Thursday afternoon by ABC Columbia, states “Mr. Samuel is innocent of all allegations surrounding the alleged assault at…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – The field is set and South Carolina men’s golf is Indiana-bound for NCAA Regionals in two weeks. The Gamecocks, who are making their sixth consecutive NCAA appearance, will be the fifth seed in the West Lafayette Regional, hosted by Purdue University at the Kampen Course May 15-17. “We’re very excited to be playing in the Purdue…
