UPDATED — Former Gamecock to Swing for the Fences on Baseball’s Opening Day
When the Red Sox and Yankees face off in the Bronx for baseball’s first game of the season, South Carolinians should look closely at a familiar face in left field. The Boston Red Sox announced that former Gamecock standout and Greenville Drive alum Jackie Bradley, Jr. made the opening day roster and will start against […]
Winthrop Head Coach Calls for Everybody to “Step Up” Following Newtown Tragedy
Following a near upset against 7th ranked Ohio State on Tuesday the 18th, in his postgame news conference, Winthrop University Eagles men’s head basketball coach Pat Kelsey unwittingly stepped in the national spotlight to call for change in the wake of the Newtown, CT school shootings. “I’m really, really lucky, because I’m gonna get on […]
FROM THE DESK OF: The Road to Omaha Runs Through It.
By: Taft Matney Coastal Carolina, Clemson, USC. They may not be the best of friends on the field, but they certainly do work well together on a national stage. This weekend’s NCAA baseball regional in Columbia kept the sports commentators talking, and for some reason they were amazed at the level of competition among our […]
FROM THE DESK OF: The Corso Curse — An Explanation and a Request
BY: Taft Matney Unless you’re a fan at some level of either Clemson or USC (The real one. The one founded in South Carolina in 1801. Not the one founded in Southern California in 1880.), this will have no meaning for you. If, however, you spend your fall Saturdays clad in some combination of Garnet […]
YOUR TURN: “Who is Toomas Ilves of Estonia and Why Should SC Care?” by Phil Noble
TALLINN, ESTONIA – If you happened to randomly sit next to him at an airport bar as you were waiting on your flight, you would hardly notice him. While mindlessly watching the TV behind the bar, you might strike up a conversation about the great play that Derek Jeter just made on ESPN or the […]
