South Carolina is ranked No. 3 in the nation in the 2012 Baseball America Preseason Top 25 as announced on Tuesday morning. Clemson is ranked #16. Tim Hill has the story on the Tuesday ABC Columbia News at Six.
March 4th’s South Carolina at Clemson baseball game will be televised on ESPN3. The ACC put out its full slate of TV games. Tim Hill has that story from the Monday ABC Columbia News at Six.
Panthers quarterback Cam Newton was added to the NFC Pro Bowl squad Monday in place of New York’s Eli Manning. Manning and the Giants beat the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC championship to advance to Super Bowl XLVI on Feb. 5 in Indianapolis, meaning Manning had to withdraw from the annual all-star game.
South Carolina needed extra time but held off a charging No. 25/22 Vanderbilt team to score a 65-60 victory Sunday afternoon at Memorial Gymnasium.
Former Gamecock quarterback Stephen Garcia was back playing football Saturday night. It was his first game since playing for South Carolina back on October 1st in a 16-13 loss to Auburn.
Andre Young had career highs with 29 points and seven 3-pointers, and Clemson held off a late rally to beat Georgia Tech 64-62 on Saturday.
Darrin Horn’s Gamecock basketball team fell to Auburn on Saturday 63-52 to drop to 0-4 in SEC play this season.
Brent Venables was introduced Friday as the Tigers new defensive coordinator. He takes over for Kevin Steele, who left last week after three years in charge of Clemson’s defense. Tim Hill has the story on the Friday ABC Columbia News at Six.
Another USC football assistant coach is leaving the Gamecock program. USC announcing late Friday afternoon that Craig Fitzgerald has “resigned to pursue other opportunities.” Assistant Joe Connolly has been promoted as the Gamecocks’ Head Football Strength & Conditioning Coach. Tim Hill has the story on the Friday ABC Columbia News at Six.
Irmo native Dustin Johnson has withdrawn from the Humana Challenge midway through his second round, citing back pain. Johnson, a former Dutch Fork High School standout, withdrew Friday after playing the first nine holes at La Quinta Country Club.
