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USA’s top sporting highlights in 2024: Ilona Maher captures the world, Noah Lyles rules, Caitlin Clark’s breakout season

“Nuit nuit” A Super walk-off.. and an Olympic walk-off The women’s Final Four On the track The big swings From way downtown Scheffler’s year A ‘Bobbery’ Saquon goes up, up and away A prayer answered. Gold medalist Noah Lyles of Team United States celebrates on the podium during the Men’s 100m medal ceremony | Photo Credit: Getty Images And maybe …

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3 days, 3 hours ago

‘Front-row seats to something amazing': In 2024, the sports world, again, had unforgettable moments

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! And maybe the best way to describe what we had, when all these things happened, are the words Washington Commanders right guard Sam Cosmi used after his team beat the Chicago Bears with a Hail Mary pass: “Front-row seats,” Cosmi said, “to something amazing.” “Nuit …

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4 days, 18 hours ago

Mike Shula is back in the SEC at South Carolina after nearly two decades since Alabama fired him

Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Mike Shula is eager to return to the Southeastern Conference as South Carolina’s offensive coordinator, nearly two decades after the onetime Alabama quarterback was fired as the Crimson Tide’s coach. “There’s nothing you can do to change the past, learn from and be better.” That’s the plan at South Carolina, where Shula was hired Tuesday as coordinator …

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6 days, 22 hours ago

AP All-America team: Travis Hunter, Xavier Watts back on first team; Ashton Jeanty is unanimous pick

Associated Press

Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter of Colorado was a first-team selection at two spots and a second-team pick at another on The Associated Press All-America team announced Monday. First-team All-Americans SEC — 6 ACC — 5 Big Ten — 5 Big 12 — 4 MAC — 3 Mountain West — 2 Sun Belt — 1 Independent — 1 First-team offense …

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1 week ago

Former longtime South Carolina congressman John Spratt dies at 82

Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. — John Spratt, a former longtime Democratic congressman from South Carolina who successfully pushed for a balanced budget deal in the 1990s but was unseated decades later when his district turned Republican, has died. Former President Bill Clinton hailed Spratt as a “skilled and deeply principled lawmaker” who was willing to work with anyone to pass legislation to …

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1 week, 3 days ago

South Carolina GOP bill would allow death penalty as punishment for abortions: report

Raw Story

A proposed South Carolina bill would extend homicide laws – including the death penalty – to cases of abortion. The "South Carolina Prenatal Equal Protection Act" was pre-filed in the South Carolina Legislature last week by an ultra-conservative group of Republican lawmakers, HuffPost reported Thursday. "If passed, this bill would effectively enact a total abortion ban because it considers all …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Alex Murdaugh’s murder appeal cites biased clerk and prejudicial evidence

Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Lawyers for Alex Murdaugh are taking two paths to appeal his murder convictions for killing his wife and son, saying that a court clerk pushed a guilty verdict to jurors to sell books and that the trial judge allowed improper evidence like the disgraced South Carolina lawyer’s financial crimes. Murdaugh lawyers wrote his murder convictions need to …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Who’s playing where? A cheat sheet on college sports realignment

Associated Press

Scores of schools have changed conference affiliation over the past century, but the pace has quickened as schools search for more stability and more revenue in the college athletics arms race. 2024 : Boston College, California, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, SMU, Stanford, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest. 2023 : …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Tennessee’s Dylan Sampson, South Carolina’s Kyle Kennard headline AP’s All-SEC team

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Tennessee running back Dylan Sampson is The Associated Press offensive player of the year in the Southeastern Conference and South Carolina defensive lineman Kyle Kennard is the top defensive player. Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia was voted the top newcomer on Wednesday while the Gamecocks’ Shane Beamer …

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1 week, 5 days ago

South Carolina State takes on Winthrop after Reed’s 22-point showing

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! South Carolina State Bulldogs at Winthrop Eagles Rock Hill, South Carolina; Wednesday, 6 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: South Carolina State visits Winthrop after Shaunice Reed scored 22 points in South Carolina State’s 70-65 loss to the William & Mary Tribe. Winthrop scores 67.2 points per …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Federal officials say South Carolina mental illness group homes leave little hope of independence

Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The federal government has sued South Carolina, saying the state has not done enough to make sure people with serious mental illnesses are taken out of group homes and helped to get back into the community where they can work and lead independent lives. The lawsuit filed Monday said the state violates the Americans with Disabilities Act …

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1 week, 6 days ago

South Carolina State faces Winthrop following Reed’s 22-point game

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! South Carolina State Bulldogs at Winthrop Eagles Rock Hill, South Carolina; Wednesday, 6 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: South Carolina State faces Winthrop after Shaunice Reed scored 22 points in South Carolina State’s 70-65 loss to the William & Mary Tribe. South Carolina State is 0-7 …

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2 weeks ago

South Carolina State hosts Kelly and Charleston Southern

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Charleston Southern Buccaneers at South Carolina State Bulldogs Orangeburg, South Carolina; Monday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bulldogs -1.5; over/under is 143.5 BOTTOM LINE: Charleston Southern visits South Carolina State after Taje’ Kelly scored 22 points in Charleston Southern’s 73-72 loss to the Davidson …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

South Carolina State takes on Longwood on 7-game skid

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! South Carolina State Bulldogs at Longwood Lancers Farmville, Virginia; Friday, 11 a.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: South Carolina State comes into the matchup with Longwood as losers of seven games in a row. South Carolina State averages 18.9 turnovers per game and is 0-2 when committing …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

No. 13 Kansas State Wildcats face the South Carolina Upstate Spartans on 3-game win streak

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! South Carolina Upstate Spartans at Kansas State Wildcats New York; Thursday, 7:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. South Carolina Upstate is the Big South leader with 24.5 defensive rebounds per game led by Rebekah Gordon averaging 6.2. Kansas State averages 86.0 points, 14.2 more per …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Tom Vilsack: Why Democrats Don’t Get Rural America

Politico

Rural communities have grown in population in recent years, Vilsack wanted me to know. And you’re going to continue to see us not taking full advantage of this natural resource advantage we have in rural places. And you’re going to continue to relegate rural communities to an economic opportunity that’s not as bright and not as hopeful as it could …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Boston College and South Carolina to meet in out-of-conference game

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! South Carolina Gamecocks at Boston College Eagles Boston; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Gamecocks -3; over/under is 137.5 BOTTOM LINE: Boston College takes on South Carolina in out-of-conference action. Boston College’s average of 6.5 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.6 …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Ding dong, Miami’s dead, but did Ole Miss deserve the CFP rankings nod over Alabama?

New York Times

The College Football Playoff selection committee made the words of their chairman from a week earlier look silly, and they should all be commended for it. It is to the credit, or good fortune, of The SEC Three — three-loss Alabama, Ole Miss and South Carolina — that they played and beat better teams than Miami. 14 South Carolina has …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

College Football Playoff rankings: Miami out, Alabama in with last at-large bid as ACC implications linger

New York Times

Alabama moved into position to receive an at-large bid to the College Football Playoff and Miami was locked out of contention as the selection committee’s penultimate rankings Tuesday night narrowed the field of contenders. ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips said the conference was “incredibly shocked and disappointed” by Miami’s fall after the Hurricanes lost this past weekend, 42-38, at No. 16 …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Jamie Lee Komoroski gets huge prison sentence for drunk driving killing of bride on her wedding night

Daily Mail

A drunk driver who admitted to crashing into a newlywed and killing her on her wedding night was sentenced to 25 years behind bars. Jamie Lee Komoroski, 26, appeared stunned as the judge doled out her punishment after she admitted to reckless homicide in Charleston, South Carolina, Monday over the April 2023 killing of Samantha Miller, 34. Miller's new husband …

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3 weeks ago

College Football Playoff Bubble Watch: What will committee do with Alabama and Miami?

New York Times

The College Football Playoff field is mostly set. The bubble isn’t very big, but the central debate heading into the conference championship games seems clear: Will the committee elect to place three-loss Alabama into the field ahead of two-loss Miami — or even SMU if the Mustangs lose the ACC title game against Clemson? They could lose 59-0, like 2014 …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Mandel’s Final Thoughts: Kyle McCord outplays Will Howard, and more Ohio State woes

New York Times

And now, 20 Final Thoughts from college football’s Rivalry Weekend, where many of the teams fought for 60 minutes, and then fought some more. On the same day that Ohio State’s Howard played his worst game of the season, the guy he replaced, Kyle McCord, led Syracuse to its biggest win in years, a 42-38 upset of No. 16 Arizona …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Sellers’ 20-yard TD run with 1:08 to go lifts No. 16 South Carolina to 17-14 win over No. 12 Clemson

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Sellers scored his second touchdown, this one from 20 yards out with 1:08 to play, for South Carolina’s sixth straight victory, four of them in that run coming over ranked opponents. “LeMagic, LeComeback, whatever you want to call him.” Clemson had a final chance and drove …

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No. 4 South Carolina women rout Purdue 99-51 in Fort Myers

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The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! FORT MYERS, Fla. — MiLaysia Fulwiley’s 14 points led seven players in double figures as fourth-ranked South Carolina overwhelmed Purdue 99-51 in the Women’s Fort Myers Tip-Off on Saturday. Takeaways South Carolina: The 15-point loss the Gamecocks suffered to UCLA last Sunday seemed to anger …

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USA’s top sporting highlights in 2024: Ilona Maher captures the world, Noah Lyles rules, Caitlin Clark’s breakout season

‘Front-row seats to something amazing': In 2024, the sports world, again, had unforgettable moments

Mike Shula is back in the SEC at South Carolina after nearly two decades since Alabama fired him

AP All-America team: Travis Hunter, Xavier Watts back on first team; Ashton Jeanty is unanimous pick

Former longtime South Carolina congressman John Spratt dies at 82

South Carolina GOP bill would allow death penalty as punishment for abortions: report

Alex Murdaugh’s murder appeal cites biased clerk and prejudicial evidence

Who’s playing where? A cheat sheet on college sports realignment

Tennessee’s Dylan Sampson, South Carolina’s Kyle Kennard headline AP’s All-SEC team

South Carolina State takes on Winthrop after Reed’s 22-point showing

Federal officials say South Carolina mental illness group homes leave little hope of independence

South Carolina State faces Winthrop following Reed’s 22-point game

South Carolina State hosts Kelly and Charleston Southern

South Carolina State takes on Longwood on 7-game skid

No. 13 Kansas State Wildcats face the South Carolina Upstate Spartans on 3-game win streak

Tom Vilsack: Why Democrats Don’t Get Rural America

Boston College and South Carolina to meet in out-of-conference game

Ding dong, Miami’s dead, but did Ole Miss deserve the CFP rankings nod over Alabama?

College Football Playoff rankings: Miami out, Alabama in with last at-large bid as ACC implications linger

Jamie Lee Komoroski gets huge prison sentence for drunk driving killing of bride on her wedding night

College Football Playoff Bubble Watch: What will committee do with Alabama and Miami?

Mandel’s Final Thoughts: Kyle McCord outplays Will Howard, and more Ohio State woes

Sellers’ 20-yard TD run with 1:08 to go lifts No. 16 South Carolina to 17-14 win over No. 12 Clemson

No. 4 South Carolina women rout Purdue 99-51 in Fort Myers