Arkansas fired coach Bobby Petrino on Tuesday and then scathingly dressed him down for unfairly hiring his mistress and intentionally misleading his boss about everything from their relationship to her presence at the motorcycle accident that ultimately cost him his job.
The Carolina Panthers have announced Steve Smith has agreed to a three-year contract extension that will keep him with the team through the 2015 season. There is also a team option for the 2016 season.
It’s a South Carolina golf tradition unlike any other. For the 18th straight year, Hootie & The Blowfish teed off Monday After The Masters. The event that started at Spring Valley Country Club has grown into one of the biggest pro-ams in the country.
South Carolina left-handed pitcher Jordan Montgomery has been named the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week.
Freshman righthander Daniel Gossett (Lyman, SC) was named one of four national players-of-the-week by Collegiate Baseball, while junior corner infielder Richie Shaffer (Charlotte, NC) was named ACC Player-of-the-Week for the third time in 2012,
South Carolina junior right-hander Colby Holmes allowed just one run on four hits in a season-high seven innings as the 10th ranked Gamecocks defeated Tennessee 6-1 on Sunday.
Jay Baum’s three-run double in the eighth inning gave Clemson a 3-2 lead and the Tigers held on for a 4-2 victory and series sweep over Duke.
Jordan Montgomery, who allowed just one run on three hits in eight innings of work. He struck out seven and walked none in the no-decision as the Gamecocks defeated Tennessee 2-1 Saturday night.
The Tigers, who took a 2-0 series lead, improved to 17-14 overall and 7-7 in the ACC. The Blue Devils fell to 13-19 overall and 5-9 in ACC play.
10th ranked South Carolina held a one-run lead entering the eighth inning but Tennessee rallied with single runs in both the eighth and ninth innings on the way to a 5-4 win over the Gamecocks on Friday evening in the series opener in front of a sellout crowd of 8,242 fans at Carolina Stadium. Tennessee is now 20-10 and 6-4 in the SEC with the loss dropping Carolina to 21-9 and 3-7 in league play.
