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Media Predicts Alabama to Win SEC; USC Predicted to Finish Last in SEC East

HOOVER, Ala (SEC) — The 2016 edition of SEC Football Media Days concluded with media in attendance predicting Alabama to win the 2016 SEC Championship. Tennessee was selected to win the SEC Eastern Division with 2,167 points, including 225 first-place votes. Florida was second with 1,891 points and 57 votes to win the division, while Georgia was third with 1,860…

USC Running Back David Williams Nominated for Doak Walker Award

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — University of South Carolina running back David Williams has been nominated for the 2016 Doak Walker Award, it was announced today. The award is presented annually to the nation’s top college running back. Williams, a 6-1, 220-pound junior from Philadelphia Pa., enters the fall atop the Carolina depth chart at running back. He has 131…

Will Muschamp to Honor USC Great Sheldon Brown at SC Coaches for Charity

Greenville, SC (USC SID) – New South Carolina Gamecocks Head Football Coach Will Muschamp will join the football coaches from around the state in the name of charity. The seventh annual South Carolina Coaches for Charity will be held on Tuesday, July 26th at the Hyatt Regency Greenville. Nearly 300 guests will be in attendance. Coach Muschamp will share the…

Gamecocks Host Special Olympics For 8K In 8 Days Campaign

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — The South Carolina men’s basketball team continued its 2016 “8K In 8 Days” campaign on Tuesday evening, hosting the Special Olympics of South Carolina at Colonial Life Arena for a basketball skills event. The campaign, which continues through July 13, aims to reach 8,000 fans in the greater Columbia community and the State of South…

Jackie Bradley Jr. Goes 2 for 2 in All-Star Debut; AL Wins 4-2

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kansas City’s Eric Hosmer homered and drove in two runs, Royals teammate Salvador Perez also hit a two-run homer, and the American League won its fourth consecutive All-Star Game, beating the NL 4-2 Tuesday night. Hosmer and Perez provided enough offense in the early innings for the AL to win the midsummer classic for the 15th…

Carolina Freshman Tyasha Harris Set for USA Basketball Debut

COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina women’s basketball incoming freshman Tyasha Harris will make her international debut when USA Basketball begins defense of its FIBA Americas U18 gold medal tomorrow. The U.S. has won six straight gold medals at the event and will begin the 2016 tournament in Valdivia, Chile, against Guatemala at 6 p.m. Wednesday. In her second USA Basketball…

Watch: South Carolina Implements Clear Bag Policy for Ticketed Athletic Events

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– If you’re headed to a University of South Carolina Athletic event, you might want to leave the purse and bookbag at home. The University Athletics Department is now implementing a clear bag policy for all ticketed athletic events. The policy will take effect in the 2016-17 season. According to officials, the policy will limit the size and…

Nied Qualifies for USA Diving National Championships

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — University of South Carolina rising sophomore Allyson Nied qualified for the 2016 AT&T USA Diving National Championships over the week by finishing second in the platform at the 2016 USA Diving National Zone B Meet. Nied advanced to the national meet by finishing in second place at zones. “Allyson continues to get better and better,” South Carolina head diving…