COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Twenty-two former South Carolina players are on Major League or Minor League rosters as the 2016 professional baseball season started this week. Included among the list is current big leaguers: outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. with the Boston Red Sox, right-handed pitcher Sam Dyson with the Texas Rangers, first baseman Steve Pearce with the Tampa Bay…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — The University of South Carolina football team will wrap up its spring drills on Saturday, April 9, with the annual Garnet & Black Spring Game. Admission is free for the noon contest at Williams-Brice Stadium. Beginning at 11 a.m., over 100 former Gamecock lettermen will take part in a flag football game on the north…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — South Carolina (25-5, 7-2 SEC) returns to SEC action on Friday night as the Gamecocks begin a three-game series with Tennessee (18-11, 3-6 SEC). First pitch for the opener in 7 p.m. Game two on Saturday is 4 p.m. with the series finale on Sunday slated for 1:30 p.m. All three games will be broadcast…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — The University of South Carolina football team made a change to its routine on Thursday as it held practice number 13 of the spring in the Jerri and Steve Spurrier Indoor Facility. Former Tulane, North Carolina and Texas head coach Mack Brown watched the practice and spoke to the team following the workout. Coach Brown…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (USC SID) — University of South Carolina Men’s Golf sophomore Keenan Huskey was named Southeastern Conference Golfer of the Week, the league announced on Wednesday. The weekly award is the first of Huskey’s Gamecock career. Huskey won the award after dominating the individual portion of the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate. The Greenville, S.C., native shot a three-day score of…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Will Muschamp’s current first-team Gamecock quarterback was scheduled to still be in high school this spring. This summer he’ll add another four-star QB scheduled to still be in high school. Wednesday Jake Bentley, son of USC running backs coach and longtime Byrnes High School coach Bobby Bentley, announced he will skip his senior year of…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (USC SID) — Four members of the University of South Carolina Swimming & Diving team were named to the All-Southeastern Conference Swimming & Diving Team, the league office announced on Wednesday. Gamecocks Akaram Mahmoud, Allyson Nied, Tomas Peribonio and Nils Wich-Glasen each earned spots on the All-SEC Team. Mahmoud is a First-Team All-SEC selection after winning the men’s 1,650-yard freestyle at the SEC Championships,…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — The University of South Carolina athletics department is proud to announce a new football season ticket program for recent USC grads, it announced today. Individuals who graduated from the University of South Carolina (all campuses) from 2013-2016 are eligible to purchase two (2) football season tickets at the Young Alumni rate of $200 per ticket….
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Junior right-hander Taylor Widener worked five-plus inning to earn his first win of the season and combined with three relievers to limit 20th-ranked Coastal Carolina to five hits as sixth-ranked South Carolina earned a 4-2 victory Tuesday night at Founders Park. The Gamecocks are 25-5 on the year with Coastal dropping to 20-10 on the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — The University of South Carolina football team began its final week of spring drills, as they worked out at the new practice fields for their 12th practice of the spring on Tuesday afternoon. “We’re getting better,” said defensive coordinator Travaris Robinson of his defensive unit through the first dozen spring practices. “Day by day, obviously…
