HOUSTON (ESPN) — The Houston Texans have picked up the fifth-year option on defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, a source confirmed Friday. Clowney, who was the No. 1 pick in 2014, was entering the last year of his four-year rookie contract. Now that the team has exercised his option, Clowney will remain under team control through the 2018 season. The news…
(Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP) TORONTO (AP) — Home plate umpire Dale Scott was hit in the face mask by a foul tip from Baltimore slugger Mark Trumbo on Friday night, casting a shadow over the Orioles’ 6-4 victory over the struggling Toronto Blue Jays. Scott recoiled after the ball struck the bottom of his mask and staggered backward…
BOSTON (AP) — Logan Morrison hit a grand slam and Shane Peterson homered in his first big league at-bat since 2015, two of the career-high four homers allowed by Cy Young Award winner Rick Porcello in the Tampa Bay Rays’ 10-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night. Chris Archer (2-0) gave up one run in 5 2/3…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – A relentless offensive attack and a strong outing by freshman Cayla Drotar led South Carolina (25-17) to a 7-2 win over No. 1/2 Florida State (38-3-1) in front of a sellout crowd on Friday night at Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field. The Gamecocks, down 1-0 after the Seminoles scored a run on Cali Harrod’s…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (USC SID) — No. 12 South Carolina women’s tennis fell to No. 5 Vanderbilt, 4-1, at the Currey Tennis Center Fridayevening. The Gamecocks fell to 16-7 overall and 7-5 in the SEC, while the Commodores improved to 16-5 on the season and 11-1 in the conference. The Gamecocks dropped a tightly contested doubles point with split results. The…
Photo: USC SID WACO, Texas (USC SID) — The 2016-17 season came to an end for the University of South Carolina equestrian team on Friday as the Gamecocks fell to Auburn, 12-4, in the quarterfinals of the 2017 NCEA Championship. The No. 3 seed at the event, Auburn (10-4) advances to face Georgia Saturday in the semifinals. The Gamecocks end the…
Pawleys Island, S.C. (CAC) — Alice Hewson and Ana Paula Valdes both shot even par rounds of 72 to lead Clemson to a tie for second place in the team standings after two rounds of the ACC Women’s Golf Tournament at The Reserve at Pawleys Island. The final round will be held Saturday morning. Clemson will start off the first…
Clemson, S.C. (CAC) — Clemson freshman William Nottingham shot a school record 62 in his second round of the day on Friday to lead Clemson to a second-place standing entering the final round of the Wolfpack Spring Open at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course in Raleigh, N.C. The 16 teams in the field played 36 holes on Friday and will…
Graham DeLaet hits his ball from the 16th fairway during the second round of the RBC Heritage golf tournament in Hilton Head Island, S.C., Friday, April 4, 2017. (Delayna Earley/The Island Packet via AP) HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Graham DeLaet always loved playing at Harbour Town Golf Links, but rarely got the results he thought he should —…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA endorsed a football recruiting rules overhaul on Friday that will allow high school football players to sign with colleges as early as December and put a two-year waiting period on Bowl Subdivision teams from hiring people close to a recruit. If the package is approved by the Board of Governors on April 26, the signing…
