COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Junior outfielder Gene Cone broke a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the seventh with a solo homer to right field and freshman right-hander Braden Webb allowed just one run on five hits in 7.1 innings pitched with seven strikeouts as second-ranked South Carolina evened the series with top-ranked Florida with a 2-1 victory…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Frank Martin announced Saturday that he’s hired Towson’s Bruce Shingler to fill a coaching vacancy on Carolina’s staff. Let’s all give @CoachBruceTU a big time Gamecock welcome as our new Assistant Coach. Also I have 2 quote @CoachWMuschamp again #SpursUp — Frank Martin (@FrankMartin_SC) April 30, 2016 Shingler served as an assistant under Martin for one…
CHICAGO, IL (WOLO) — With the final pick of the 2016 NFL Draft, the New York Giants selected former Gamecock tight end Jerell Adams (184th). Adams fell to the sixth round after being projected by many draft analysts to go in the 3rd or 4th round. Adams caught 28 passes for 421 yards last year with the Gamecocks. Here’s how…
CHICAGO, IL (WOLO) — Pharoh Cooper had to wait until Saturday for his name to be called, but it didn’t take long once Saturday’s Round came along. The Los Angeles Rams selected Cooper in the fourth round with the 117th pick in the NFL Draft. Cooper had 66 catches for 973 yards and eight touchdowns in his 2015 season with…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Second-ranked South Carolina raced ahead 4-2, but top-ranked Florida scored a run in the seventh inning and got a pair of homers from Jonathan India and Nick Horvath in the top of the ninth inning to rally and defeat the Gamecocks 5-4 on Friday night at Founders Park. Florida is 37-6 and 14-5 in the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — No. 4/4 Alabama (42-9, 13-6 SEC) held on to take a 3-1 win on Friday night against a fighting South Carolina (33-17, 5-14 SEC) team that had the game-winning run at the plate in the seventh. The Gamecocks brought the tying run to the plate with one down in the seventh after junior Taylor Williams…
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Click the video to watch former Gamecock Jerell Adams preview the NFL Draft. Categories: Local Sports, Sports, USC Gamecocks Tags: Carolina, Gamecocks, Jerell Adams, USC, Video
(AP) — The NCAA’s Division I Board of Directors has rescinded the ban on satellite camps for Bowl Subdivision football teams. The board’s decision Thursday comes almost three weeks after the Division I Council approved a proposal barring FBS coaches from holding or working at camps and clinics away from their schools. The camps drew a high profile recently as…
COLUMBIA, S.C. — You really don’t have to tell Chad Holbrook about the team Carolina is playing Friday night. “We’re playing the favorite to win the National Championship,” Holbrook said of the Florida Gators Thursday. With just 12 SEC games left in the regular season, (7) USC’s SEC series with (1) Florida Friday, Saturday and Sunday features the top two…
NORMAN, Okla. (USC SID) — University of South Carolina Men’s Golf senior Matt NeSmith was named a semifinalist for the 2016 Jack Nicklaus Award, the Golf Coaches Association of America announced on Thursday. NeSmith is one of 30 student-athletes in contention for the national player of the year honor. NeSmith leads the Gamecocks with a 71.27 stroke average this season, and he’s…
