NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Braxton Key couldn’t help savoring the moment — both his homecoming and postseason were being extended. Alabama’s freshman forward certainly did his part against South Carolina to make it last another day. Key had 18 points, Riley Norris added 12 and Alabama made 10 of 12 free throws down the stretch to get past South Carolina…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – Dawn Staley, head coach at the University of South Carolina, who has had a long and illustrious USA Basketball career that began as an athlete in 1989, and most recently as an assistant coach for the gold medalist 2016 U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team, was today named head coach of the USA Basketball Women’s National Team…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Benedict Athletics) – Two of the hottest teams in NCAA Division II women’s basketball will face off in the first round of the South Region tournament on the campus of Eckerd University at noon on Friday. Benedict, 21-7, is riding a 15-game winning streak. The last loss for the Lady Tigers came nearly three months ago, on…
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. women’s Olympic basketball team turned to its past to find its next coach. Dawn Staley will coach the team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, said two people with knowledge of the decision. The people spoke to The Associated Press Thursday on condition of anonymity because the decision has not been publicly announced. Staley will…
The Washington Redskins have signed safety D.J. Swearinger, who played the past two years for the Arizona Cardinals and has also spent time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Houston Texans, the team that drafted him in 2013. Grade: B-minus. Swearinger started slow in his career, having been drafted in the second round four years ago. This is now his…
Cornerback Stephon Gilmore is staying in the AFC East, as he is expected to sign a five-year deal with the New England Patriots, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Defensive tackle Alan Branch, meanwhile, has agreed to return to the Patriots on a two-year deal worth up to $12 million, a source told Schefter. The news of Branch’s return was first…
Former Chicago Bears wide receiver Alshon Jeffery signed a one-year, $14 million contract with the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday. A source tells ESPN’s Josina Anderson that Jeffery’s deal is worth $14 million. He is the second high-profile receiver going to Philadelphia. Torrey Smith agreed to terms on a three-year deal, which sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter is worth $15 million….
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – After earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament with Sunday’s SEC Tournament championship, South Carolina has an opportunity to host NCAA Tournament first- and second-round games at Colonial Life Arena the weekend of March 17. In anticipation of that possibility, the South Carolina Athletics Ticket Office announces that tournament booklets will go on…
NORFOLK, VA (SCSU) – Seventh-seeded South Carolina State erased a 15-point second-half lead and got to overtime for a second consecutive night, however second-seeded Norfolk State outscored the Bulldogs 8-3 in the extra period to earn a 93-88 victory Wednesday in quarterfinal action of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament at The Scope. SC State, down 55-40 early in the second…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – Chris Cullen and Alex Destino each homered and seventh ranked South Carolina rallied with four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to defeat Winthrop 8-6 on Wednesday night at Founders Park. With the win, the Gamecocks improved to 9-5 on the year, while Winthrop dropped to 5-7 overall. With Carolina trailing 6-4 entering…
