COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — South Carolina (35-9, 15-5 SEC) travels to Kentucky (27-18, 11-10 SEC) for a three-game SEC series. First pitch for the opener is 6:30 p.m. on Friday with a6:30 start on Saturday as well. Sunday’s series finale is scheduled for 3 p.m. All three games can be heard on the Gamecock IMG Network including flagship station…
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (USC SID) — The University of South Carolina Men’s Golf team earned the No. 3 seed in the 2016 NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional, it was announced on Thursday morning. Ranked 17th in the nation heading into the NCAA postseason, the Gamecocks will compete alongside of 12 other teams at Ol’ Colony Golf Complex in Tuscaloosa, Ala., from May 16-18. The top…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) — Clemson was designated the No. 2 seed of the Stillwater Regional of the NCAA Regional Golf Tournament. The 81-team field for the 2016 NCAA Men’s Golf Championship was announced on the Golf Channel on Thursday morning. The Tigers, ranked fifth by Golfweek and seventh by Golfstat, will compete in the 14-team field May 16-18 at Karsten Creek…
(AP) — Mississippi coach Hugh Freeze said he was surprised by former Rebels offensive lineman Laremy Tunsil’s statement he accepted money from a coach while at the school and is trying to stay patient while the university continues its investigation. Freeze said Thursday on an SEC teleconference he is not involved in the “fact-finding process” and was “shocked like everyone…
(AP) — Texas A&M assistant coach Aaron Moorhead has apologized for a series of tweets about loyalty and accountability he posted soon after a highly touted quarterback recruit announced he was breaking a verbal commitment to the Aggies. A few minutes after Tate Martell from Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas tweeted Wednesday night he was reopening his recruitment,…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — NASCAR has decided that Talladega Superspeedway won’t be an elimination race in next year’s championship Chase. The Alabama track swapped its date with Kansas Speedway in the most significant change to the 2017 schedule released Thursday. Talladega had been the third race in the second round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship to…
GREENSBORO, N.C. (Fireflies) — Every Firefly hitter reached base safely on Wednesday night and Columbia cruised past the Greensboro Grasshoppers, 8-3. The Fireflies used three-run innings in the first and eighth frames to propel past their foes. The first five Columbia (14-12) batters of the game all reached against starter Jordan Holloway (L, 0-1). J.C. Rodriguez drew a walk and…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Second-ranked South Carolina broke a 1-1 tie on a successful squeeze bunt by Marcus Mooney in the seventh inning and Madison Stokes added a two-run single in the bottom of the eighth as the Gamecocks defeated USC Upstate 4-1 on Wednesday night at Founders Park. The Gamecocks are 35-9 with USC Upstate now 18-24 on…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) — Seth Beer’s two-out single on an 0-2 pitch in the 11th inning scored Chase Pinder for the winning run in Clemson’s 7-6 walkoff win over Furman at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Wednesday night. The Tigers, who swept the home-and-home season series, improved to 29-15, while the Paladins, who saw their five-game winning streak end, fell to…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Steve Pearce hit one of four Tampa Bay homers, a go-ahead three-run shot in the sixth inning, and the Rays beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-5 on Wednesday night. Brandon Guyer, Steven Souza Jr. and Curt Casali added solo home runs for the Rays, who went 4-4 on an eight-game homestand. Pearce chased Alex Wood…
