Saturday, May 6
COLUMBIA (AP) - South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley is adding junior college player of the year Sakima Walker to her roster. Walker announced on social media on Friday that she was joining the Gamecocks. They lost seven seniors, …
Saturday, April 29
Lawmakers in Arkansas, Texas and elsewhere are working to remove barriers between college athletes trying to cash in on their fame and the schools for which they play as administrators discover the benefits of moving athlete compensation activities …
Friday, April 28
Notre Dame transfer quarterback Tyler Buchner committed on Thursday to Alabama, where he will be reunited with former Fighting Irish offensive coordinator Tommy Rees. "Sometimes life brings opportunities that are beyond anything you can imagine …
Friday, April 28
A busy week of volleyball signings in the tri-county area continued on Thursday. Three players from Thomas Sumter and Laurence Manning signed with former Sumter High coach Heath Griffin at USC Sumter. Now one of his former Lady Gamecock players …
Thursday, April 27
Laurence Manning's Ariana Somcheen thought her volleyball career was over. She had already started the process of enrolling at the University of South Carolina and looking for housing when she got a call from a familiar face, Heath …
Sometimes late really is better than never; just ask Crestwood's Dominick West and Caleb Benjamin. The senior football players weren't getting much attention from colleges thanks to a busy transfer portal. Left frustrated, the pair finally got …
The USC Sumter baseball team faced Spartanburg Methodist College for a crucial four-game set this weekend. The Fire Ants struggled, dropping three of the four games to fall to 9-7 in region action, …
The South Carolina football team hosted its annual Black and Garnet game on Saturday.A few tri-county natives had a chance to shine on the spring game stage, while others were recognized for their …
Former Lakewood standout Landon DeLavan wasn't entirely sure what to expect from his first season at USC Sumter this spring. The former All-State pitcher just wanted to help the team however he could, whether that meant starting games, coming out …
CLEMSON - Clemson quarterback Cade Klubnik loves the repetition and simplicity of Garrett Riley's first spring as offensive coordinator. Riley's message is it's more important to master a handful of plays he's shown them this spring than overload …
COLUMBIA - South Carolina quarterback Spencer Rattler needed answers before deciding his football future. He got all the right ones from his teammates and new offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains that led to Rattler sticking around for another …
COLUMBIA (AP) - South Carolina and Notre Dame will open the next women's college basketball season in Paris, the schools announced Wednesday. The Nov. 6 matchup will mark the first time an NCAA regular-season game has been played in the French …
NEW YORK (AP) — The Indiana Fever made the most of the first No. 1 draft pick in franchise history, selecting Aliyah Boston. The South Carolina star had a stellar college career, leading …
The USC Sumter baseball team has had two enemies this season. The weather and themselves. Mother Nature has not been kind this spring, as the Fire Ants have lost a total of 10 games because of poor conditions. The kicker is that eight of those …
Former Lakewood standout Preston McDonald reached his own slice of history last week. The Florence-Darlington head coach won his 500th game on March 29 with a 5-2 win over Fayetteville Tech. It was a milestone years in the making and a number he …
Lakewood big man Myles Squirewell only spent a year in Sumter, but he tried to make the most of it. He transferred to LHS to play for new head coach Cameron Lee, as the pair made the move over from Ridge View. He earned All-State honors in his …
Bill Self said he's doing well after a health scare kept him from coaching Kansas in the Big 12 and NCAA tournaments last month, and he reiterated Wednesday that he has no plans to step away from the Jayhawks any time soon. Self spoke to …
COLUMBIA (AP) - Brea Beal's time as South Carolina's talented defensive stopper is over. The fourth-year senior said Tuesday on social media that she was foregoing a fifth year in college that's allowed due to COVID-19 and will enter the WNBA …
HOUSTON - After six games and 240 minutes of pure dominance that ran through March, then part of April, it finally became clear there was only one thing that could stop the UConn Huskies. The final buzzer. The team from Storrs, Connecticut, …
DALLAS - South Carolina's shot at perfection is over, and so is its chance to repeat as national champion. The Gamecocks couldn't get past Iowa and Caitlin Clark in the women's Final Four. With All-American Aliyah Boston plagued by foul …
DALLAS - Kim Mulkey returned home to Louisiana wanting to bring LSU its first basketball championship. The Hall of Fame coach did just that in only her second year at the school. Her Tigers used a record offensive performance to beat Caitlin …
DALLAS - South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has taken issue with how her team's style is characterized, apparently taking aim at Iowa coach Lisa Bluder for suggesting rebounding against the Gamecocks was like "going to a bar fight." A day after the …
DALLAS — Caitlin Clark tossed the ball high in the air as the clock ticked down, gave a huge shout-out to her adoring fans and then took off on a gleeful gallop around the court. In the …
South Carolina senior guard Brea Beal knew she could trust Dawn Staley before she even suited up for the Gamecocks. It wasn't just Staley's coaching accolades, which include fueling South Carolina's meteoric rise in women's basketball, that sold …
DALLAS - In one of the most talked about and highly anticipated matchups in women's Final Four history, Dawn Staley's undefeated South Carolina team will face Iowa and dynamic guard Caitlin Clark. Staley and the Gamecocks are looking to become …
Everyone's heard of UConn. All these other guys? They'll need name tags at the Final Four. When they travel to Houston next week to play for the national title, Florida Atlantic, San Diego State and Miami will be making their first appearances at …
DALLAS - Kim Mulkey is returning to Texas for another Final Four, keenly aware that her LSU Tigers will play a short road trip from the school she made synonymous with women's basketball. Mulkey is the third coach to take multiple schools to the …
The ability to counter after getting stunned is a trait every great champion possesses. Top-seeded South Carolina once again displayed that trait on Monday to beat No. 2 seed Maryland 86-75 to …
Neither team had the greatest of offensive nights in the Greenville Region’s Sweet 16 matchup between top-seed South Carolina and No. 4-seeded UCLA. The Gamecocks found a way to dominate the …
COLUMBIA (AP) - South Carolina leading scorer Gregory "GG" Jackson II said Friday that he's entering the NBA draft after one season in college. The 6-foot-9 freshman said on Instagram Live that his year in college with the Gamecocks helped him …
Two weeks ago, most of the sports world had never heard of Fairleigh Dickinson University or its point guard, former Lakewood star Grant Singleton. That's certainly not the case anymore. Singleton and FDU shocked the world last Friday in the …
GREENVILLE - South Carolina certainly has front-line, championship talent with All-American Aliyah Boston and top scorer Zia Cooke. And they're backed by a bench that's second-to-none in the women's game. "It's not just the starting five that can …
COLUMBIA - South Carolina is keenly aware that everyone remaining in the women's NCAA Tournament field is coming after the undefeated Gamecocks - and hard. That conviction has been boosted after two of the top four seeds in Indiana and Stanford …
Aliyah Boston recalls her parents prodding her to be more active on social media, to extend her brand as her basketball prowess began to draw national attention. She said she would be more active - and then post just one photo in two months, …