COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — The University of South Carolina track & field program opens the 2017 indoor season on Saturday, Jan. 14, when it heads to the Upstate for the Clemson Invitational. Field events begin at 11 a.m. ET on Saturday, while running events start with the women’s 500m run at 12:30 p.m. ET. The last scheduled event is the…
Carolina basketball is on a three-game win streak in the SEC and off to its best league start in two decades. The Gamecocks rank third nationally in field goal percentage defense, which Duane Notice says is the reason for the success. Click the video to watch our story from ABC Columbia Sports at 11. Categories: Local Sports, Sports, USC Gamecocks…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – South Carolina rising senior striker Savannah McCaskill will train with some of the top women’s soccer players in the world after being invited to participate in the U.S. Women’s National Team’s first training camp of 2017. USWNT coach Jill Ellis selected McCaskill to compete at the camp following the Chapin, S.C., native’s impressive showing at…
BOSTON, MA – MAY 11: Jackie Bradley Jr. #25 of the Boston Red Sox has Powerade dumped on him after the victory over the Oakland Athletics at Fenway Park on May 11, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images) The Boston Red Sox have avoided salary arbitration with Jackie Bradley Jr., agreeing to a $3.6 million deal with…
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Closer Sam Dyson avoided salary arbitration by agreeing with the Texas Rangers on a $3.52 million contract for next season. Texas also agreed Friday with right-hander A.J. Griffin ($2 million), catcher Robinson Chirinos ($1.95 million) and reliever Tanner Scheppers ($975,000). Dyson went 3-2 with a 2.43 ERA and 38 saves in 73 games for the AL…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Bianca Cuevas-Moore had a career-high 25 points and No. 5 South Carolina held off Georgia 66-63 on Thursday night without injured All-American A’ja Wilson. Alaina Coates added her 52nd career double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Gamecocks (14-1, 4-0 Southeastern Conference). No doubt South Carolina missed Wilson, the 6-foot-5 scoring leader who sprained…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – South Carolina women’s basketball 2017 signee Elisia Grissett has been selected to the Naismith Trophy High School Girls’ Midseason Team, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Thursday. The small forward is one of 25 seniors on the list for the prestigious award. The 10 national semifinalists for the honor will be released on Feb. 6. Grissett, the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – South Carolina senior center Alaina Coates and junior forward A’ja Wilson earned spots on the John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 25, the Los Angeles Athletic Club announced. The Gamecocks are one of four programs to boast two players in contention for the prestigious honor, and this season marks the third year Wilson has been selected…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – University of South Carolina Football will take part in Saturday’s halftime program during the men’s basketball game between the Gamecocks and Ole Miss. Head coach Will Muschamp will be on the court as Gamecock Athletics recognizes Jory Fleming. Fleming, a South Carolina senior who is one of 32 winners of the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, will…
GREAT EXUMA, Bahamas (USC SID) — Former Gamecock men’s golf All-American Kyle Thompson is back in the winner’s circle on the Web.com Tour, after posting a victory in the Bahamas Great Exuma Classic at Sandals Emerald Bay Wednesday evening with a final score of 286 (-2). He was the only player in the field to shoot under-par in the first Web.com Tour…
