Irmo native Dustin Johnson won the St. Jude Classic on Sunday in his second event after a back injury cost him nearly three months away from the PGA Tour, shooting a 4-under 66 that held off John Merrick by a stroke.
Dawn Staley, the South Carolina women’s basketball coach and three-time Olympic gold medalist, just keeps finding plenty to celebrate in Tennessee. Her latest is heading up the 2012 class of inductees into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.
Oklahoma coach Sunny Golloway’s message to his team for the NCAA super regional series against South Carolina is simple: The Sooners have beaten the two-time defending national champions before and they can do it again.
Clemson Athletic Director Dr. Terry Don Phillips announced Thursday that Head Coach Dabo Swinney has agreed in principle to a three-year contract extension that will keep him as leader of the Tigers program through the 2017 season.
West Virginia University has hired Randy Mazey as head baseball coach.
Mazey has served as an assistant coach at TCU for six seasons. He previously was the head coach at East Carolina and Charleston Southern and is a former Clemson player and assistant coach.
Clemson Junior Warren Fraser qualified for the Olympic Games with an “A” standard time of 10.18 in the first semifinal of the 100-meter dash on Wednesday, the first day of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
South Carolina catcher Grayson Greiner and left-handed pitcher Jordan Montgomery earned Freshman All-America honors as announced by Collegiate Baseball on Wednesday. Greiner, a SEC All-Freshman selection, has played in 55 games with 48 starts and owns a .236 batting average (41-for-174) with six homers and 31 RBI and has been stellar behind the plate throwing out 17 runners attempting to steal throughout the year. Montgomery owns a 5-1 record with a 4.05 ERA with 51 strikeouts and just nine walks in 66.2 innings pitched.
Four Tigers were drafted on the final day of the MLB draft on Wednesday. Junior righthander Dominic Leone was a 16th-round draft pick (#491 overall) of the Seattle Mariners. Senior infielder Jason Stolz was a 17th-round draft pick (#528 overall) of the Colorado Rockies. Senior utility player Phil Pohl was a 28th-round draft pick (#859 overall) of the Oakland Athletics. Junior righthander Scott Firth was a 32nd-round draft pick (#998 overall) of the Philadelphia Phillies.
South Carolina senior outfielder Adam Matthews has been selected in the 29th round of the 2012 MLB Draft. Matthews was the No. 892 overall pick by the Cincinnati Reds. Matthews is the fifth current Gamecock player to be drafted this year.
Tommy Biershenk earned his first trip to the U.S. Open as medalist of the final 36-hole qualifier that was delayed one day by rain.
