Irmo native Dustin Johnson followed up Tuesday’s Ryder Cup selection with a first round 4-under 68 at the BMW Championship in Carmel, Indiana Thursday. Johnson is in a group tied for 16th, four shots off the lead.
Led by seven scoreless innings from Tim Hudson, the NL wild-card leading Atlanta Braves posted their second straight 1-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies, winning both times with an unearned run. It was the first time in more than 28 years that a team triumphed that way in back-to-back games.
USC defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward knows his defense will be tested by the fast-paced Pirate offense. “That’s the style of offense they play. They’re not going to sit back and hold the ball a lot. The quarterback is going to get rid of the football. We’re definitely going to have to play well in space so it puts a lot of pressure on us. Hopefully we can take all the technique and fundamentals that we’ve taught in the spring and fall camp and utilize it.”
Former Gamecock Rokevious Watkins and former Tiger Barry Richardson join forces on a new-look starting offensive line for the St. Louis Rams this season.
A slight technical issue with the USC Student Ticket Exchange page has kept it from being released for student use up to this point. Rather than give students incomplete options to cancel their tickets, the USC Athletics Ticket office has made an alternate solution available.
There are some big changes at Williams Brice as the Gamecocks get ready for the home opener.
Marcus Lattimore just about had his way with ECU last year. Lattimore had 112 yards on 23 carries and scored three touchdowns. What can we expect from him this weekend?
Tune in to ABC Columbia for the USC ECU home opener, Saturday at Noon on ABC Columbia.
When the Tigers play Saturday in Death Valley, they’ll be taking on a team that had almost 600 yards of total offense in week one.
Junior quarterback Connor Shaw returned to practice on Wednesday wearing his regular garnet practice jersey. It was his first practice since suffering a bruise to his right throwing shoulder in the win at Vanderbilt.
