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Monday, May 13, 2013  South Carolina assistant baseball coach Sammy Esposito and strength and conditioning coach Billy Anderson will serve one-game suspensions following their ejections from the May 12 game against Georgia.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  The Columbia Blowfish have chosen former major league pitcher Jonathan Johnson as their new head coach as the team gets ready for what will likely be its last season at Capital City Stadium.

Monday, April 08, 2013  With perhaps billions of dollars stake, a hearing Tuesday over concussion litigation filed against the NFL promises to be a brawl between legal heavyweights.

Monday, March 25, 2013  South Carolina athletic director Ray Tanner heads up the latest class of the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame. Tanner won two national championships as Gamecocks baseball coach before taking over as AD last July.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  Hall of Fame baseball player Hank Aaron is set to throw out the ceremonial first pitch to open the final season of Blowfish baseball at Columbia's Capital City Stadium.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013  Kenny Boynton and Mike Rosario scored 15 points apiece and No. 4 Florida dominated another Southeastern Conference opponent, drubbing South Carolina 75-36 Wednesday night.

Friday, October 05, 2012  What fans should know before heading to see the Gamecocks take on the Bulldogs at Williams-Brice Stadium.

Monday, August 20, 2012  For the first time in its 80-year history, Augusta National Golf Club has female members.

Thursday, June 07, 2012  The Columbia Blowfish are looking for a new home for their baseball club and it could be in Lexington county.

Thursday, May 31, 2012  Steve Spurrier is sticking with his plan to pay players.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012  He will have to sit out the 2012-13 season under NCAA transfer rules, but will have two years of eligibility remaining.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012  Duce Staley, Stephen Davis, Bill Wilhelm lead 2012 class.

Friday, April 27, 2012  For the second time in school history, the University of South Carolina had two players selected in the first round of the NFL Draft.

Wednesday, April 04, 2012  The chairman of Augusta National repeatedly refused to discuss the issue of someday allowing a woman to become a member at the home of the Masters.

Monday, March 21, 2011  The second week of the NCAA tournament will be sprinkled with the typical blend of favorites and underdogs, the familiar and the obscure, with a notable lack of Big East flavor in that mix.