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![South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer speaks to reporters during Southeastern Conference Media Days on Monday in Hoover, Alabama.]()
Southeastern Conference's four new head coaches face different challenges
HOOVER, Ala. - The Southeastern Conference's four new head coaches inherit very different situations but sport the standard new regime optimism.
Tennessee's Josh Heupel is trying to rescue a proud program whose struggles now include an NCAA …
![Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner Jim Phillips speaks during ACC media days in Charlotte on Wednesday.]()
New ACC commissioner wants Notre Dame as football member
CHARLOTTE - New Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner Jim Phillips made it clear he wants Notre Dame to join the conference as a full-time football member after what he described as a "beautiful and beneficial relationship" during an unusual 2020 …
![Florida head coach Dan Mullen speaks to reporters during Southeastern Conference Media Days on Monday in Hoover, Alabama.]()
Mullen, Gators adapting to life with new QB, playmakers
HOOVER, Ala. - Florida coach Dan Mullen puts a positive spin on losing his three best offensive playmakers.
The Gators are replacing Heisman Trophy finalist Kyle Trask at quarterback and two first-round NFL draft picks, wide receiver Kadarius …
![South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer spent the first day of the South Eastern Conference Media Days selling his program.]()
Carolina's Beamer delivers sales pitch at first SEC Media Days
Sell, sell, sell.
That's what new University of South Carolina football head coach Shane Beamer was doing on Monday, but not to a group of recruits. Instead he was giving the sales pitch to the media gathered in Hoover, Alabama, on the first day …
![Larry Brown is returning to college basketball to work as an assistant on Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway's staff, reuniting the former New York Knicks player and coach.]()
Back in NCAA: Brown reunites with Hardaway at Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Memphis coach Penny Hardaway has added Hall of Famer Larry Brown to the Tigers' staff as an assistant, reuniting the former New York Knicks player and coach.
Brown, 80, is the only coach to win championships in both the NCAA …
![Sumter's Bo Betchman had a tremendous baseball career at The Citadel, good enough to be selected to the 2021 Athletic Hall of Fame class.]()
Sumter's Betchman, Frasier to be inducted into Citadel Hall of Fame
Sumterites Bo Betchman and Julian Frasier have been selected as members of The Citadel's 2021 Athletic Hall of Fame class, Betchman for his success on the baseball diamond and Frasier for his support of the Charleston military school's overall …
![Laurence Manning Academy's Hannah Truett, seated on the left, has signed to play softball with University of South Carolina Union. Seated next to Truett is her father, Tony. Standing are, left to right, mother Christy and sisters Emma Grace and McKenzie.]()
Laurence Manning catcher Truett signs with USC Union
In her mind's eye, Hannah Truett had it all planned out. When her senior year of softball was done at Laurence Manning Academy, so was her time playing the game she had played for a good part of her life.
Then something happened.
"I wanted to …
![Former Georgia and Miami football head coach Mark Richt announced on Thursday that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.]()
Former Georgia, Miami coach Richt says he has Parkinson's
ATLANTA - Former Georgia and Miami football coach Mark Richt has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
Richt, who guided the Bulldogs for 15 seasons and closed out his coaching career at alma mater Miami, made the announcement on …
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Colleges scramble to ensure NIL deals are safe, compliant
CHARLOTTE - Chris Clunie chuckles thinking about what Stephen Curry's marketing potential might've been at Davidson College during the Wildcats' remarkable 2008 NCAA Tournament run had Curry played in an era when college students could profit from …
![College athletes across South Carolina, including players at USC, are now able to profit off of their names and likenesses according to a new law that went into effect on Thursday.]()
South Carolina to allow NIL to take effect immediately
COLUMBIA (AP) - The state of South Carolina will allow college athletes at NCAA schools to profit immediately from their names, images and likenesses instead of waiting until 2022.
The state's attorney general, Alan Wilson, sent a certification …
