College
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NCAA backs NAACP's boycott on the state
College sports continues to be one of the main vehicles used by the NAACP in its decade-long boycott of the Confederate flag in South Carolina.
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Winthrop's Gideon Gamble, a redshirt freshman from Atlanta, has been selected to play for Athletes in Action (AIA) during its New Zealand summer tour. Gamble is one of 11 players from 10 colleges who will compete in six games against two teams during the tour.
Suspended cornerback C.C. Whitlock has been cleared by South Carolina athletics director Eric Hyman, although the sophomore who was a standout at Chester still has two hurdles before he can return to the field.
Noel Johnson was given his first name because he was born on Christmas Eve.
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When Dawn Staley was an All-ACC point guard at Virginia in the early 1990s, the Cavaliers routinely drew crowds of 5,000 to 6,000 fans.
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South Carolina athletics director Eric Hyman received a five-year contract extension on Friday, tying him to Gamecock sports until 2015.
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Pitcher Charlie McCready, who played at Fort Mill, is off to an impressive start for the Spartanburg Blue Eagles of the Southern Collegiate Baseball League.
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LSU, which two years ago wasn't good enough to qualify for its conference tournament, is the best team in college baseball again.
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Darrin Horn is not ready to pronounce his South Carolina squad as an NCAA tournament team simply because his top two players are returning for their final seasons.
