Whether as an All-Star second baseman with the New York Yankees, as the head coach who first took the University of South Carolina baseball program to national prominence, as one of the most popular … more

Freddie Solomon set NCAA records as a quarterback at the University of Tampa. He would go on to play 11 years in the National Football League as a wide receiver, catching 371 passes and playing on … more

It wasn’t too hard to see that Terry Kinard was a special athlete during his time at Sumter High School in the mid to late 1970s. He was a 3-year starter on the football team and a Shrine Bowl … more

Before Ray Allen became a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, won two National Basketball Association world titles, was a 10-time All-Star, became the most prolific 3-point … more

If The Sumter Item would have celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2017, Ja Morant would not have made the list in our publication’s Top 125 Sports Figures. While Morant was an All-State … more

It’s been over 100 years since he played an official football game in Sumter and almost 100 years since he played a college football game. However, what Allen Ralph “Buck” Flowers … more

Although he has pitched little for the New York Yankees the past two seasons due to recovering from Tommy John surgery, Jordan Montgomery showed what he was capable of as a rookie in 2017. And as one … more

The Sumter Post 15 American Legion baseball program has been steeped in tradition since its first season in 1929, and Wallie Jones has been a part of that tradition for a long time. It first started … more

Felix “Doc” Blanchard grew up in Bishopville in the 1930s and would go on to become part of one of the most famous sports duos ever, certainly with the bet set of nicknames.Blanchard was … more

Althea Gibson was born on August 25, 1927, in the Clarendon County community of Silver. She only lived in Clarendon County for the first couple of years of her life as her family moved to Harlem, New … more

Reflections remembers a spectacular explosion which occurred at the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad yard in September 1968, and The Sumter Daily Item photographer Heyward Crowson was there to capture photos. One photo earned Crowson first place in … more