CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) — Eight members of Clemson’s No. 2 ranked 2015 football team have been invited to the 2016 NFL Combine. The four-day event will be held in Indianapolis, Ind. Feb. 26-29. The Clemson players invited include MacKensie Alexander (CB), Kevin Dodd (DE), B.J. Goodson (LB), T.J. Green (SAF), Jayron Kearse (SAF), Shaq Lawson (DE), Charone Peake (WR),…
LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — The Big South Conference baseball tournament is coming to Lexington’s new ballpark. The league and the Lexington County Recreation and Aging Commission announced Thursday a three-year deal to hold the yearly event for the next three years starting in May and running through 2018. The conference says it is the first time its spring tournament has…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — The SEC’s top two offenses square off on Thursday night as No. 2/2 South Carolina hosts No. 16/19 Florida at 7 p.m. at Colonial Life Arena. The Gamecocks (22-1, 10-0 SEC) are looking for their school record tying 10th win against a ranked opponent this season, while the Gators (19-4, 7-3 SEC) attempt their first…
COLUMBIA, S.C. — After Carolina’s 94-83 win over LSU Wednesday night, Frank Martin was blunt with his opening comments. “That’s a high-level game,” Martin said. “This is the part that frustrates me: You have two teams that are that good, and they’re first and second in the league, and neither team is ranked.” Martin and the Gamecocks fell out of…
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Click the video to watch Frank Martin’s postgame comments after Carolina’s 94-83 win over LSU on Wednesday. Categories: Local Sports, Sports, USC Gamecocks
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Sindarius Thornwell scored 24 points, and Michael Carrera had 14 of his 16 points in the second half as South Carolina gained a share of first place in the Southeastern Conference, holding off Ben Simmons and LSU 94-83 on Wednesday night. Simmons put on another dazzling display with 20 points, six rebounds and six assists. Yet,…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Wide receiver Shaq Davidson came to Carolina football as a four-star prospect after winning a state championship at Gaffney and being named a high school All-American. Wednesday he left USC football without ever playing an official snap. Davidson battled knee injuries in two seasons as a Gamecock. USC signed four wide receivers in this year’s recruiting…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) — Ben Boulware, Eric Mac Lain and Christian Wilkins were all named to the Academic All-ACC football team on Wednesday. The squad was announced by the ACC Commissioner John Swofford. To be eligible for consideration for the team, a student-athlete must have earned a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained a 3.00 cumulative average…
FORT WORTH, TX (USC SID) — University of South Carolina Men’s Golf senior Matt NeSmith has been named to the 2016 Ben Hogan Award Watch List, it was announced today. NeSmith is one of 25 candidates for the most prestigious award in men’s college golf. A native of North Augusta, S.C., NeSmith is no stranger to conference and national recognition. The senior…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A lawsuit filed by a group of women alleges that the University of Tennessee has violated Title IX regulations and created a “hostile sexual environment” through a policy of indifference toward assaults by student-athletes. The federal suit filed Tuesday in Nashville states Tennessee’s policies made students more vulnerable to sexual assault and had a “clearly unreasonable…
