Steve Spurrier went without a shirt during warm-ups at USC’s spring practice this afternoon. The Head Ball Coach has done this in the past, and with the great weather, who could blame a guy to want to work on his tan.
Bob Masella is a former All-American goal keeper at Winthrop. But after a car accident during college, a wheelchair is now part of his life.
Second ranked South Carolina rallied from a four-run deficit with junior outfielder Evan Marzilli factoring in with a three-run double in the seventh inning that put the Gamecocks ahead and a spectacular catch running into the fence in left-center on a deep fly by Daniel Kassouf to end the game as Carolina defeated Appalachian State 6-4 on Wednesday night in non-conference baseball action. The Gamecocks are 15-1 on the year while Appalachian State drops to 14-3 for the season.
Luke Gragg led off with a pinch-hit single, scored a run, and later hit a two-run single, all in Western Carolina’s seven-run fourth inning, as the Catamounts downed Clemson 8-4 in front of 1,627 fans at Hennon Stadium on Wednesday. The Catamounts, who won their 12th home game in a row dating to 2011, improved to 13-4. The Tigers dropped to 6-8 in 2012.
There will be a team send-off for the South Carolina women’s basketball team as it travels to its first NCAA Tournament games since 2003. The Gamecocks will leave on Thu., March 15, from the Elephant Room entrance of Carolina Coliseum on Park Street. The team is scheduled to depart between 2:30 and 2:45 p.m.
Former Augusta National Golf Club Chairman Hootie Johnson and ex-NFL players Stephen Davis and Duce Staley head up the 2012 class for the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame.
Irmo boys soccer coach Phil Savitz hit a high school milestone Tuesday night. Irmo’s 2-1 win over Lexington gave Savitz his 600th career win. Tim Hill has the story from the Tuesday ABC Columbia News at 11.
Junior left-hander Adam Westmoreland allowed just one run on four hits in 5.2 innings to earn his first win of the season as second ranked South Carolina defeated Charleston Southern 5-2 on Tuesday evening in non-conference action at Carolina Stadium. Tim Hill has the story from the Tuesday ABC Columbia News at 11.
Defensive end Jadeveon Clowney missed the start of spring practice for Gamecock football Tuesday. Tim Hill has the story from the Tuesday ABC Columbia News at 11.
South Carolina has fired men’s basketball coach Darrin Horn. Horn spent four years as Gamecocks head basketball coach and finished this past season with a 10-21 overall mark and a dismal 2-12 SEC record.
