GREENSBORO, N.C. (ACC) – Louisville record-setting quarterback Lamar Jackson has been voted the 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference Football Player of the Year by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (ACSMA). Florida State’s DeMarcus Walker was recognized as the league’s Defensive Player of the Year. Jackson – also voted the ACC’s Offensive Player of the Year – concluded the regular season holding…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — University of South Carolina senior guard Duane Notice has been named a nominee for the Allstate NABC Good Works Team. It was announced by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) on Wednesday morning. The team honors student-athletes for their outstanding community outreach. During his time at South Carolina Notice has been extremely involved in community…
AUSTIN, Texas (Newberry) — Junior offensive lineman Sam Hall has been named a First Team Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Hall, who is a Biology major with a 4.0 cumulative GPA, is Newberry’s third-ever Academic All-America selection following Mark Weeks in 1982 and Brandon Gantt in 2009. CoSIDA voters are instructed to take both academic achievement and athletic…
Orangeburg, S.C. (Claflin) — Ryan McNeill-Moses scored a team-high 20 points as Claflin University fell to Central State University, 81-72, in a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) men’s basketball contest Tuesday at the Tullis Arena. The loss dropped the Panthers to 2-3 overall and 0-1 in the conference. Austin Lawton followed McNeill-Moses in the scoring column for the Panthers with 15 points. …
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – Four South Carolina women’s basketball players have been named to the 2017 Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch List, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Wednesday. Senior Alaina Coates and juniors A’ja Wilson, Allisha Gray and Kaela Davis landed on the 50-player list for the Gamecocks, whose four honorees led all schools. This season marks the second-straight year Wilson…
FLORENCE, Ala. (Newberry) – Senior quarterback Raleigh Yeldell has been named Newberry’s first-ever finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy, the honor given by the National Harlon Hill Award Committee to the NCAA Division II College Football Player of the Year. Yeldell now advances to the national ballot along with eight other finalists from the initial pool of 42 nominees. The Edgefield native is joined by North Alabama…
GAMEDAY SETUP Clemson (3-2) vs. Nebraska (4-2) Date: Wednesday, Nov. 30 Tipoff: 9 p.m. Arena: Littlejohn Coliseum (9,000) Radio: CTSN (Tony Castricone-pbp; Tim Bourret-color) TV: ESPNU (Rich Hollenberg-pbp; Dino Gaudio-color) • Clemson and Nebraska meet for the first time in history as part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The Tigers are 9-7 all-time in the event and are in search of their…
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — This might be one time that Tiger Woods doesn’t measure success on the golf course by the score on his card. He measured it with three words Tuesday: “I’m playing again.” There were times during his 15 months away from golf that Woods wasn’t entirely sure that would be the case. He said that when he…
Clemson, S.C. (CAC) — Clemson improved to No. 3 in the College Football Playoff Poll released on Tuesday evening. Clemson was fourth last week, but moved up a spot after defeating rival South Carolina 56-7 in an impressive performance last Saturday. It was the largest margin of victory for Clemson in the series since 1900 and the largest margin of…
Dabo Swinney wasted no time expressing his opinion on Clemson players allegedly using racial slurs against the Gamecocks in the Tigers’ 56-7 win over Carolina Saturday night in Clemson. The allegations came first from USC defensive back Bryson Allen-Williams, who publicly stated that certain members of the Tigers football team were using racial innuendos directed at some Gamecock players. Swinney…
