COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – South Carolina women’s basketball head coach Dawn Staley announced today that veteran coach Melanie Balcomb will join the Gamecocks’ staff as director of coaching offensive analytics for the 2016-17 season. The addition of Balcomb, who brings 22 years of head coaching experience, including 13 in the SEC, will assist the staff in developing strategies for…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — The University of South Carolina men’s basketball team will embark on a six-day foreign tour in Costa Rica, August 6-12, fifth-year head coach Frank Martin announced on Monday. The Gamecocks will play two games versus the Costa Rica National Team and will have one day of combined practice with the Team while on the tour,…
ROYAL TROON (AP) — Colin Montgomerie will hit the opening tee shot at Royal Troon in what likely will be his final Open Championship. Montgomerie’s father was a longtime secretary at Royal Troon, so this effectively is his home course on the Open rotation. The 53-year-old Scot went through final local qualifying to make it back to golf’s oldest championship….
TROON, Scotland (AP) — Jordan Spieth withdrew from the Olympics on Monday, leaving golf without its top four players when the sport returns to the games for the first time since 1904. The decision was announced by International Golf Federation President Peter Dawson. Spieth is the latest golfer to say he was not going to Rio, telling the IGF it…
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FILE – In this June 15, 2014, file photo, San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan (21) celebrates after Game 5 of the NBA basketball finals in San Antonio. Duncan announced his retirement on Monday, July 11, 2016, after 19 seasons, five championships, two MVP awards and 15 All-Star appearances. It marks the end of an era for the Spurs and…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) – Tiffany Sardin, a four-year letterwinner and graduate of the University of Virginia who played five years of professional basketball in Portugal and has spent the last four years as a collegiate assistant coach, is the newest addition to the Clemson women’s basketball staff as an assistant coach. Sardin replaces Margaret Richards, who accepted the head coaching…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) — Patricia Mamona, two-time NCAA Outdoor champion in the triple jump at Clemson, earned a spot in the upcoming Olympic Games by winning the European Championship with a Portuguese record in her signature event Sunday in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Mamona earned her second straight bid to the Olympics and joins Joana Costa (Brazil), Natoya Goule (Jamaica) and Brianna…
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Southeastern Conference today announced Kickoff ’16, its annual football media days, will be held July 11-14 at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham – Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover, Ala. A more detailed daily schedule with full television information, rotational breakdown and student-athletes attending will be available later this summer. The SEC Network and ESPN will once again be…
