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Nov. 2—CLEMSON — At the ripe age of 57 years old and entering his 17th season at the helm of Clemson men's basketball, head coach Brad Brownell is just now hitting his stride. Brownell became the Tigers' head man just one year after Dabo Swinney was promoted from interim coach to full-time leader of Clemson football. He watched the team that plays next door to Littlejohn Coliseum dominate the ...

Nov. 2—CLEMSON — The Tigers are gearing up for the second leg of a two-game road trip following their biggest win of 2026 so far. It will be a tough test against a red-hot ACC opponent. Clemson football (5-3, 3-2 ACC) is set to take on Syracuse (4-4, 2-4) on Nov. 7 in upstate New York. The game is set for noon and will broadcast on ESPN2. The Tigers are coming off a big 36-24 win over Florida ...

Nov. 2—Newly hired College of Charleston coach John Groce understands the assignment. The former Akron coach is a student of college basketball history and knows the tradition and expectations that surround the College of Charleston program. After nearly a two-decade drought, the Cougars returned to March Madness three times since 2018, including back-to-back appearances in 2023 and 2024 under ...

Nov. 2—COLUMBIA — South Carolina takes a three-game winning streak and a new Top 25 ranking into a home matchup with Texas A&M on Saturday, the game kicking off at 3 p.m. on ESPN. The No. 23 Gamecocks (5-3, 3-3 SEC) have beaten Florida, Tennessee and Oklahoma in their last three games and dominated the Sooners 42-25 last week. The Aggies (4-4, 1-4) are coming off a bye week but lost 31-20 to ...

Nov. 1—TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Something was on Clemson coach Dabo Swinney's mind during his postgame press conference. The Tigers had just taken down Mike Norvell's Florida State squad 36-24 on the road. As he fielded questions about freshman quarterback Tait Reynolds' breakout and Elyjah Thurmon's injury scare, it continued to eat away at the back of his mind. Then, in the middle of answering a ...

Nov. 1—TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Clemson nearly tricked itself at the end, but the Tigers' Halloween trip to Tallahassee ended up being quite the treat. The Tigers took down Florida State 36-24 on Oct. 31. Clemson led by 19 points in the fourth quarter before giving up back-to-back touchdowns and allowing the Seminoles to cut it to a one possession game. What had been shaping up to be a dominant win ...

Nov. 1—NORMAN, Okla. — That's three in a row and there's gonna be a three-loss team in the playoff and this could end up just like 2024 and ... Pump the brakes, as much as you don't want to. It is exciting and encouraging and thrilling to see South Carolina play this well after playing so poorly in September but ... Know what? The Gamecocks are playing well. They just need to keep playing ...

Oct. 31—MACON, Ga. — For the third time this season, The Citadel held a double-digit first half lead against a Southern Conference opponent. And for the third time, the Bulldogs found a way to squander that advantage despite another gritty effort. Mercer quarterback JP Pickles threw for 234 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score to lead the 16th-ranked Bears past The Citadel, ...

Oct. 30—NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma is favored because the game is at its place and its defense is ranked second in the Southeastern Conference. South Carolina is the hot team, knocking off two teams ranked in the top-16 (at the time), with one of them on the road. Plus, the last time the Gamecocks went to Norman, it was their defense that ruled the day. So what happens Saturday? Neither team is ...

Oct. 30—The last two seasons, the Charleston Battery's quest for another USL title has ended at the hands of Rhode Island FC. A year ago in the playoffs, Charleston and Rhode Island played to a scoreless tie through 90 minutes of regulation and 30 minutes of overtime before having to settle the matter with penalty kicks. Rhode Island outscored the Battery 5-3 in penalty kicks. Rhode Island ...

Oct. 30—CLEMSON — Trick or treat, Tigers fans. Which will it be this weekend? Clemson football is traveling to Tallahassee, Fla., for a Halloween night matchup with Florida State. Both the Tigers (4-3, 2-2 ACC) and the Seminoles (3-4, 1-3 ACC) have had spooky seasons with some frightening losses. The two coaches leading the opposing teams, Dabo Swinney and Mike Norvell, have had their futures ...

Oct. 30—CLEMSON — The nice part about being underrated is every game feels like an ambush. If you truly believe in what you have, and the other team doesn't, you can catch your opponent off guard every night. Clemson women's basketball had that advantage last season — not anymore. The Tigers went 21-12 (11-7 ACC) in year two under former Chattanooga head coach and Virginia Tech assistant Shawn ...

Oct. 30—COLUMBIA — It's in a place where there isn't a lot to work on. Even with nearly half the team being newcomers and two more returning after season-long absences last year. But Dawn Staley could never be satisfied despite leading South Carolina to the top of the sport and becoming one of the most consistently great programs in the game's history. Just since 2021, the Gamecocks have ...

Oct. 29—This is the most talented team that The Citadel basketball coach Ed Conroy has fielded since his return to the downtown military school four years ago. The problem for Conroy and the Bulldogs is how does that stack up against the rest of the teams in the Southern Conference? Conroy isn't ready to make any predictions at this early juncture. "There's a long way to go between now and ...

Oct. 29—COLUMBIA — DeSean Bishop was starting to find more room and yards after contact. George MacIntyre was way too comfortable in the pocket. Receivers were finding those familiar holes in South Carolina's secondary and the Gamecocks were handing Tennessee every bit of the 14-point lead USC had seized, and then some. Trailing at halftime, USC had yielded 179 yards and 21 points (the scores ...

Oct. 28—COLUMBIA — The first was a case of retaliation, the assailee unable to hold back when he was tussling with the assailant in the end zone. South Carolina defensive back Vicari Swain and Tennessee wide receiver Radarious Jackson each got flagged for "blow to the head" when Jackson began the scuffle and Swain tried to end it. (Replay showed that Jackson got two shots off before Swain ...