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Wednesday, June 12, 2013  MLB Hall of Famer Hank Aaron made a historic return to Columbia on Wednesday night throwing out the first pitch at Capital City Stadium.

Tuesday, June 04, 2013  Former Clemson men's basketball coach Cliff Ellis and past Tiger football players Brenston Buckner and Terrence Flagler are among the 10 newest members of the Clemson Athletic Hall of Fame.

Monday, May 13, 2013  Gamecocks athletics director Ray Tanner expects it will be some time before he fully appreciates his election to the state of South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame.

Thursday, April 18, 2013  Clemson Hall of Fame women's basketball coach Annie Tribble died Thursday after a battle with cancer. Tribble died in a hospice care facility in Anderson at the age of 80.

Monday, April 08, 2013  South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley was announced as a member of the 2013 class in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Monday in Atlanta.

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.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013  Clemson head baseball coach Jack Leggett is heading for the hall of fame. Leggett will be inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame next January.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012  Wallace won 55 Sprint Cup races in 706 starts and won the 1989 championship. He now works as a broadcaster.

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

Thursday, March 15, 2012  Get ready for the Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.

Saturday, July 23, 2011  sity of South Carolina head women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley and assistant coach Nikki McCray are among the six inductees to the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2012 as announced by the organization at halftime of the WNBA All-Star game today.

Tuesday, May 03, 2011  Clemson will induct seven athletes representing seven different sports into its hall of fame.  The school said Tuesday the inductees span the decades from the 1920s through the 2000s.

Monday, February 28, 2011  Bob Knight, Ralph Sampson, James Worthy, Chris Mullin among 2011 College Hall of Fame class

Monday, February 28, 2011  Hall of Famer Duke Snider, Brooklyn star who led 'Boys of Summer' to only crown, dies at 84