RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Geno Auriemma could only smile after his U.S. women’s basketball team dominated another opponent. It wasn’t so much the final score of the game, but the coach was really excited about the record number of assists the Americans dished out. Tina Charles and Brittney Griner each scored 18 points and the U.S. had 40 assists…
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL. (USC SID) – Gamecock great Natasha Hastings will run for an Olympic gold medal Monday, as she finished third overall in the women’s 400m Sunday night with a season-best time of 49.90. It will be her first opportunity at winning an individual medal, she previously won gold in 2008 with the 4x400m relay. Running in the second heat, Hastings…
File BOSTON (AP) — Mookie Betts wasn’t pleased with his recent swings at the plate. A little tweaking and he joined elite company in Red Sox history. Betts hit three home runs and drove in a career-best eight runs, joining Hall of Famer Ted Williams as the only Red Sox players in over 100 years with a pair of three-homer…
SILVIS, Ill. (AP) — For all the late pars and the closing run of 46 holes without a bogey, Ryan Moore thought the key to his victory Sunday in the John Deere Classic was a 24-foot birdie putt on the fourth hole. It moved him to 20 under and kept him two strokes ahead of Morgan Hoffmann, who was about…
Ben Martin tees off on sixth hole during the John Deere Classic golf tournament Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016, in Silvis, Ill. (Meg McLaughlin/The Dispatch via AP) SILVIS, Ill. (AP) — Ryan Moore shot two more rounds of 6-under 65 on Saturday to take the third-round lead in the John Deere Classic, finishing at 8:25 p.m. in nearly dark conditions. After…
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL. (USC SID) — Day two of track and field competition at the summer Olympics in Rio saw the start of two South Carolina athletes’ quest for glory. Former Gamecock Natasha Hastings and current student-athlete Aliyah Abrams were in action in the first round of the women’s 400-meter dash. Hastings was up first, running as an individual quarter-miler for the first time in…
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jonathan Lucroy has certainly caught on quickly with his new team. The All-Star catcher drove in five runs with two homers to help the Texas Rangers beat the Detroit Tigers 8-5 on Friday night. Acquired from Milwaukee at the Aug. 1 trade deadline, Lucroy has six homers and 11 RBIs in 11 games with Texas. “For…
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Wesley Bryan tees off on the 17th hole during the second round of the John Deere Classic golf tournament Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill. (Meg McLuaghlin/The Dispatch via AP) SILVIS, Ill. (AP) — Wesley Bryan took the lead in the rain-delayed John Deere Classic on Friday, five days after earning a PGA Tour card…
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — There was no question coming into the Olympics that the U.S. women’s basketball team could score. With the offense struggling at points Friday for the first time, the Americans turned up their defensive effort to dispatch Canada. Maya Moore scored 12 points and the U.S. clinched the top seed in the group with an 81-51…
