In our profession (journalism), the best advice for writer’s block is to keep writing. For baseball players painfully enduring a hitting slump, the advice is much the same: keep swinging. Alex Destino, one the Gamecocks’ best hitters the last two seasons, entered Wednesday night’s game against Wofford batting just .119 in his last 19 starts. Things got so bad for…
Will Muschamp made his latest stop on the Gamecocks’ Spurs Up Tour just outside of Columbia, visiting garnet and black fans in Rock Hill Thursday. Before speaking to supporters at American Legion, he met with the media to briefly comment on alleged assault accusations against Skai Moore, Deebo Samuel, and former football player Jalen Dread from April 27 at a…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — An attorney for Gamecocks wide receiver Deebo Samuel says his client should be cleared of any “wrong doing” in connection with an alleged assault on April 27 at a Columbia bar. Attorney Neal Lourie, in a statement obtained Thursday afternoon by ABC Columbia, states “Mr. Samuel is innocent of all allegations surrounding the alleged assault at…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – The field is set and South Carolina men’s golf is Indiana-bound for NCAA Regionals in two weeks. The Gamecocks, who are making their sixth consecutive NCAA appearance, will be the fifth seed in the West Lafayette Regional, hosted by Purdue University at the Kampen Course May 15-17. “We’re very excited to be playing in the Purdue…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – Ross Grosvenor, Alex Destino and Riley Hogan each homered as 25th ranked South Carolina belted out 11 hits on the way to a 9-5 win over Wofford on Wednesday night at Founders Park. The Gamecocks improve to 26-17 dropping the Terriers to 24-21 for the season. Freshman right-hander Colby Lee earned the win in relief…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – South Carolina guard Tyasha Harris (Noblesville, Ind./Heritage Christian) is one of 33 players, including nine gold medalists from the 2016 USA U18 National Team, who accepted invitations to attend the 2017 USA Basketball Women’s U19 World Cup Team trials May 18-21 at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. It marks the…
Dabo Swinney and Steve Spurrier used to be bitter rivals, but that rivalry has turned to a long-lasting friendship, especially when golfing. Swinney and the Head Ball Coach participated in the 2017 Chick-fil-a Peach Bowl Challenge in Atlanta Tuesday, all in an effort to raise money for charity. Swinney’s round began with a prank (see the video above), but all-in-all,…
COLUMBIA, SC (Fireflies) – Not many hitters around the South Atlantic League have a better eye than Gene Cone at the plate. His walk with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning scored the winning run on Tuesday night. The Fireflies defeated the Shorebirds, 2-1, at Spirit Communications Park – it was the team’s first walk-off win…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – No. 14 South Carolina women’s tennis earned its 23rd-consecutive NCAA postseason berth on Tuesday night as they were selected to host NCAA Championship first and second round matches May 12-13. The Gamecocks, who received the No. 14 overall seed, joined the 64-team field during the 30-minute live-broadcast special, which streamed on NCAA.com. Carolina will host…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – No. 19 South Carolina earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2014, marking the 23rd time the Gamecocks will play in the event in school history. The Gamecocks (20-6) will face East Tennessee State (16-7) in the first round Friday, May 12 at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center in Chapel Hill,…
