COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley and her national championship Gamecocks celebrated with a jam-packed, downtown parade and rally at the Statehouse a week after completing their undefeated season. Staley recalled to the crowd that, when asked about her young players and the new roles they would have to fill, she said to “expect the unexpected.” …
CLEVELAND — Her frizzy hair dyed a maroon closely matching South Carolina’s garnet, Kamilla Cardoso was impossible to miss as she stood near mid-court inside Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on Friday night. “She’s just silly,” said teammate Ashlyn Watkins, “and she’s always doing crazy stuff like that for no reason.” Maybe misunderstood by opponents and outsiders, Cardoso, who left her family …