Saturday, November 25
COLUMBIA - Te-Hina Paopao is already bringing a dimension to No. 1 South Carolina that all those young McDonald's All-Americans brought in by coach Dawn Staley can't come close to matching. "Nothing beats that experience," Staley said. That …
Friday, November 24
If this was next year and the College Football Playoff had already expanded from four teams to 12, games involving No. 13 Oklahoma, No. 12 Mississippi, No. 11 Penn State and No. 10 Missouri would be a lot more interesting. All four enter this …
Friday, November 24
Thanksgiving week has always been a chance for teams to get away to warmer climates to play in quality basketball tournaments and bond as a group. This year is no different with seven of the top 10 teams in the country heading off the continent …
Wednesday, November 22
COLUMBIA - When the shots wouldn't fall, No. 1 South Carolina relied on its defense, which was more than enough against South Dakota State. Kamilla Cardoso had 23 points, 10 rebounds and six blocks while Raven Johnson had 18 points and five …
COLUMBIA - Spencer Rattler completed 19 of 27 passes for 207 yards and two touchdowns and Xavier Legette caught nine of those passes for 94 yards as South Carolina beat Kentucky 17-14 on Saturday night. When the Gamecocks (5-6, 3-5 Southeastern …
COLUMBIA (AP) - Raven Johnson worried about the disaster of a team she saw out in South Carolina during summer workouts. Out of shape, out of sync and headed for a big fall off from the program that went to three straight Final Fours. A few …
USC women's basketball coach Dawn Staley Wednesday landed another highly regarded prospect for her 2024 recruiting class in 6-foot-2-inch Joyce Edwards of Camden. Edwards announced a commitment to the Gamecocks over LSU and Clemson during a ceremony …
Welcome to life in the Southeastern Conference, where you can coach against each other one day and be fired the next. Or the day after that. Texas A&M's Jimbo Fisher and Mississippi State's Zach Arnett are the SEC's first head coaches to lose …
COLUMBIA - South Carolina coach Dawn Staley had two equally essential jobs the last few seasons: Developing her talented, national championship core lineup and convincing her younger, just-as-talented prospects that their time would arrive. It …
South Carolina had a historic jump to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 after a chaotic opening week in women's basketball that saw nine of the top 14 teams in the preseason poll lose, including defending national champion and preseason No. 1 LSU. The …
COLUMBIA — Spencer Rattler had a goal he shared with his South Carolina teammates before taking the field against Vanderbilt. “Let's win big,” Rattler said. Mission …
COLUMBIA (AP) - South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said she does not want a critical NCAA review of officiating in the women's national championship game last April to keep those officials from other prominent assignments, suggesting the Black women …
PARIS (AP) - Dawn Staley could not have envisioned the flashy season-opening performance that new-look South Carolina put on to beat Notre Dame in the NCAA's first women's game in Paris. Kamilla Cardoso had 20 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks …
COLUMBIA — Xavier Leggette caught nine passes for 217 yards and two touchdowns to lead South Carolina to a 38-28 win Saturday over Jacksonville State. Spencer Rattler was 27-of-38 passing …
For six decades, Bobby Richardson stood as the last baseball player from Sumter to be on a postseason roster for a winning World Series team. The former Yankee claimed his final ring in 1962, the last of his three titles. On Wednesday night in …
PHOENIX — Corey Seager took a mighty swing and barely connected, sending a squibber through an open area on the left side of the infield for his team's first hit in the seventh inning.
COLUMBIA - South Carolina's Kamilla Cardoso has been content the past two years to come off the bench behind one of college basketball's best in All-American teammate Aliyah Boston. Now, with Boston excelling in the WNBA, it is up to the 6-foot-7 …
COLUMBIA - Lamont Paris doesn't pay much attention to preseason predictions, especially those that have his South Carolina team headed for dead last in the Southeastern Conference. "It doesn't make that much sense to me," he said of SEC preseason …
Missouri and South Carolina roll into their SEC matchup Saturday on opposite ends of the emotional spectrum. The No. 20 Tigers are flying high after their best overall performance in years, when they survived an early blow from then-No. 24 …
Washington sixth-year quarterback Michael Penix Jr. highlights The Associated Press midseason All-America team, one of 19 players honored who have been in school at least five years. Penix is among the many players in college football who have …
COLUMBIA (AP) - Add South Carolina coach Shane Beamer to the team's injured list, although he doesn't expect to miss any time with a broken bone in his right foot. Beamer acknowledged Tuesday that he "kicked something I shouldn't have kicked" not …
Defending champion LSU is ranked No. 1 in the women's preseason AP Top 25 college basketball poll for the first time in school history. LSU, which won its first NCAA title last April behind star player Angel Reese and Co., received 35 first-place …
Local baseball royalty added another accomplishment during the weekend. Wallie Jones, most well known for his time coaching the Sumter P-15's, was inducted into the University of South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame on Thursday before being …
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Defending national champion and top-ranked LSU is the preseason favorite to win the Southeastern Conference women's basketball championship with Angel Reese picked as player of the year. The SEC released the results …
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Florida coach Billy Napier found quarterback Graham Mertz and receiver Ricky Pearsall, both transfers, after the game and hugged them hard. “This,” Napier …
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The No. 21 Tennessee Volunteers have a score to settle Saturday night against South Carolina. Even if coach Josh Heupel and his Vols won't admit it. The Gamecocks derailed Tennessee's possible run to the College Football …
COLUMBIA (AP) - South Carolina women's basketball will host Rutgers in an exhibition game Oct. 22 to honor the late player and coach Nikki McCray-Penson, who served as an assistant on both staffs. Both school announced the game Wednesday. There …
The top tier of The Associated Press college football poll is getting crowded. Georgia remains a clear No. 1 in the AP Top 25. The two-time defending national champions have not budged since last season, a streak of 15 straight polls. The …
COLUMBIA — Spencer Rattler went 18-of-20 passing for 288 yards and three touchdowns to lead South Carolina to a 37-30 win over Mississippi State on Saturday night. Rattler's favorite …
This is a college football weekend to learn some things. Six games matching teams ranked in the AP Top 25 will be played Saturday. That's one short of a record for one regular-season weekend - not including conference title games - and an …
ATHENS, Ga. — No. 1 Georgia trotted off the field to a smattering of boos from the home crowd and facing its biggest halftime deficit in nearly three years. When the Bulldogs returned for …
ATHENS, Ga. - The preseason is over for the No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs. Time to face some real competition. Georgia carries a 19-game winning streak into its first Southeastern Conference game, hosting South Carolina in a contest that should be …
Expect some weirdness this weekend in college football. With no games matching ranked teams, and what is shaping up to be a monster Saturday on the horizon, you might look at the schedule and think it's a good time to get a little yard work in. …