California bill calls for revenue sharing in college sports
Friday, January 20
A California lawmaker introduced a bill Thursday that would require schools that play major college sports to pay some athletes as much as $25,000 annually, along with covering the cost of six-year guaranteed athletic scholarships and post-college …
Former Gamecocks Cain, Cox thriving for Big South-leading Gardner-Webb
Friday, January 20
Sumter High basketball is starting to rub off on the Gardner-Webb Bulldogs. After years of success with the Gamecocks, Ki'Ari Cain and Layken Cox are making an impact at the college level. The SHS duo is starting for the Bulldogs amid a perfect …
Mississippi gets first SEC win over South Carolina
Thursday, January 19
COLUMBIA (AP) - Matthew Murrell made five 3-pointers and scored 23 points, Jayveous McKinnis had 14 points and 10 rebounds and Mississippi beat South Carolina 70-58 on Tuesday night for the Rebels' first SEC victory this season. It was the first …
Wake Forest spoils No. 19 Clemson's perfect ACC start
Thursday, January 19
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Wake Forest ended No. 19 Clemson's unexpected perfect start in Atlantic Coast Conference play in a style that demands the Demon Deacons start getting more attention of their own. Tyree Appleby scored 24 points to help Wake …
South Carolina baseball earns preseason ranking
Wednesday, January 18
OMAHA, Neb. - The University of South Carolina baseball team is ranked No. 23 in the D1Baseball.com preseason poll, the publication announced on Tuesday. Carolina, one of nine SEC teams ranked in the D1 preseason poll, returns 17 players, six …
PHILADELPHIA - The NCAA will ask a federal appeals court this week to block a lawsuit that seeks to have athletes treated as employees who are paid for their time, the latest high-profile challenge to amateurism in college sports. The Division I …
Former Sumter High defensive back Abraham Temoney III has had far from a traditional college football experience. After leaving the Gamecocks, he joined the restarted program at Erskine, which was bringing football back to the school for the …
Houston and Kansas remained firmly atop The Associated Press men's college basketball poll Monday after a record weekend of Top 25 losses, while Florida Atlantic took advantage of the chaos to crack the ranking for the first time in school …
COLUMBIA - South Carolina women's basketball senior forward Aliyah Boston earned her second SEC Player of the Week award of the season after a pair of dominant performances last week. It marks her eighth career selection for the award and 13 overall …
Baylor's 19-year run in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll is over. The Bears had been ranked for 365 consecutive polls before falling out Monday after losing twice last week. Baylor had been in the AP Top 25 since Jan. 5, 2004, …
CLEMSON (AP) - Hunter Tyson had 28 points and 11 rebounds for his fifth consecutive double-double and Clemson defeated Louisville 83-70 on Wednesday night to reach 6-0 in ACC play for the first time in 70 years. Clemson, a charter member of the …
COLUMBIA (AP) - Spencer Rattler is coming back to South Carolina. The Gamecocks quarterback posted his return on social medial Tuesday night. The video showed Rattler's highlights this season and ended with the words, "He's Back." Rattler's …
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Meechie Johnson hit six 3-pointers and scored a career-high 26 points to lead South Carolina over Kentucky 71-68 on Tuesday night, winning at Rupp Arena for the first time in 14 years and giving coach Lamont Paris his first SEC …
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Georgia was No. 1 in the final Associated Press Top 25 college football poll, becoming the 12th back-to-back national champion in the history of the rankings after routing TCU on Monday night. The Horned Frogs were No. 2, …
Five games into ACC play, Clemson is one of the pleasant surprises in the conference but head coach Brad Brownell isn't ready to start celebrating. A decade-plus of trying to lead Clemson out of the ACC's muddled middle class has taught the …
College football's bowl season began on Dec. 16, at 11:30 a.m. Eastern, with two .500 teams squaring off in a 15,000-seat stadium in the Bahamas. UAB's 24-20 victory against Miami (Ohio) drew an average of 822,000 viewers to ESPN. It ended up …
COLUMBIA - South Carolina coach Shane Beamer has more than doubled his salary for next season with a new contract worth more than $33 million over the next five years. The school's board of trustees approved the agreement Friday. It boosts …
COLUMBIA - Dawn Staley wanted to get South Carolina star Aliyah Boston back to playing strong and get another double-double. Mission halfway accomplished. Kamilla Cardoso scored 16 points and Boston had 13 and nine rebounds to lead the top-ranked …
COLUMBIA - South Carolina's Aliyah Boston often thinks of unclogged lanes with only one defender to avoid. It's unlikely that dream becomes reality for the reigning Southeastern Conference player of the year for a while. Boston is off to a slow …
ATLANTA - Georgia's proud defense has allowed a combined 71 points in its two postseason games, including the 42-41 last-minute win over Ohio State in the College Football Playoff semifinal. Even against stiff competition in the postseason, when …
