National League’s Giancarlo Stanton, of the Miami Marlins, holds the champions trophy SAN DIEGO (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton wore out Petco Park with a record display of power in the All-Star Home Run Derby on Monday night, peppering every landmark from the left field corner to center field. Stanton hit 20 homers in the final round to best defending champion…
Tee times were announced Monday for the 2016 Open Championship. Irmo’s Dustin Johnson has a later tee time. Click the video to find out more. Categories: Local Sports, National Sports, Sports
Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey speaks to the media at the Southeastern Conference NCAA college football media days, Monday, July 11, 2016, in Hoover, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey scrapped much of his planned speech at the league’s annual media days to decry the wave of shootings across the country. “This is…
Frank Martin and the Gamecocks plan to take on the Costa Rica National Team in the fall. Click the video to find out more. Categories: National Sports, South Carolina Sports, Sports, USC Gamecocks Tags: Frank, Gamecocks, martin, USC
COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina head coach Beverly Smith added a fourth member to her incoming group for the 2016-17 academic year, inking NJCAA All-American outfielder Shannon Plese to a scholarship after Plese’s two-year stint at Chattanooga State. A two-time NJCAA All-American for the Tigers, Plese hit .436 with a .623 slugging percentage in two years, scoring 142 runs and…
CLEMSON, S.C. – Spurred by national championship appearances in football and men’s soccer, Clemson finished 2015-16 ranked 5th in the men’s standings of the Capital One Cup, the Tigers’ highest finish in the six years of the Cup. Stanford claimed its first Capital One Cup on the men’s side, with Southern California earning the women’s Cup. Schools earn points based…
EAST LANSING, Michigan (KGO) — Police say Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green was arrested for assault after getting into a fight with another man in Michigan. According to East Lansing police, he was arrested after getting into a fight with another man at the corner of Grand River and Abbot in downtown East Lansing around 2:30 a.m. and was…
GREENSBORO, NC (ACC) –The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Monday the names of the 28 football student-athletes who have been chosen by its 14 league schools to attend the 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference Football Kickoff, July 21-22 at the Westin Charlotte located in Charlotte, N.C. Coaches and student-athletes from ACC Coastal Division schools will be available on Thursday, July 21, with…
NEW YORK, NY (Penguin Random House) — College football’s most colorful, endearing, and successful pioneer, Steve Spurrier, shares his story of a life in football — from growing up in Tennessee to winning the Heisman Trophy to playing and coaching in the pros to leading the Florida Gators to six SEC Championships and a National Championship to elevating the South…
Clemson, S.C. (CAC) — Clemson senior cornerback Cordrea Tanklersley has been named to the Watch List for the 2016 Jim Thorpe Award. The award was established in 1986 and is named after history’s greatest all-around athlete, Jim Thorpe. Thorpe excelled not only as a running back, passer, and kicker on the offensive side of the ball; but also stood out…
