INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA will end a nearly 15-year ban on South Carolina hosting sanctioned championship events following the decision to remove the Confederate flag from the state’s capitol grounds.
Atlanta Braves reliever Jason Grilli suffered a season-ending left Achilles tendon rupture and took the loss Saturday in a 3-2 defeat to the Colorado Rockies.
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — New Clemson baseball coach Monte Lee has set his staff for the coming year.
Two Gamecock offensive linemen were recognized on national watch lists this week, with veteran tackle Brandon Shell making the preseason watch list for the Outland Trophy and Alan Knott making the Rimington Award’s list.
Dallas defensive end Greg Hardy’s suspension for his role in a domestic violence case has been reduced from 10 games to four.
Former Gamecock and NFL standout Willie Offord is the new defensive line coach at Newberry College. Offord makes the jump to college football after spending one year as the head coach at Columbia High School.
South Carolina has ended Tennessee’s 11-year run atop the attendance standings in women’s basketball.
The NCAA wasted no time Thursday reacting to the news that South Carolina will remove the Confederate flag from the state house grounds. Minutes after Gov. Nikki Haley signed the bill, the NCAA announced it would lift its ban that prevented sites in South Carolina to host pre-determined postseason championships.
The St. Louis Rams selected offensive lineman Isaiah Battle in the fifth round of the NFL supplemental draft.
The Rams announced Thursday that they’ve selected the former Clemson player. Battle played in 27 games and started 15 during three seasons with the Tigers.
Junior Elliott Fry has been named to the 2015 Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award watch list, as announced by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission Thursday morning. There are 30 kickers featured on the list, and Fry is one of three from the SEC.
