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Monday, June 17, 2013  The Southeastern Conference has honored both the South Carolina and Tennessee football teams for their conduct after Gamecock runningback Marcus Lattimore suffered a severe injury last fall.

Thursday, June 13, 2013  Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney says he expects authorities to find the person or people responsible for this month's vandalism of Howard's Rock at Memorial Stadium.

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.

Monday, June 10, 2013  The Gamecocks and the Tar Heels will have to wait until Tuesday to see who will earn a trip to Omaha.

Sunday, June 09, 2013  Jordan Montgomery twirled a four-hit shutout and the South Carolina offense parlayed eight hits, nine walks and five stolen bases into eight runs, as the Gamecocks cruised to an 8-0 win over North Carolina in Game 2 of the best-of-3 Super Regional Series at Boshamer Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Wednesday, June 05, 2013  All USC sophomore first baseman Kyle Martin has done since entering the program in 2012 is wait for an opportunity.

Tuesday, June 04, 2013  The Gamecocks will open super regional play Friday in Chapel Hill, NC against the NCAA tournament's No. 1 overall seed North Carolina in a best-of-three series.

Tuesday, June 04, 2013  On Tuesday, Blowfish president Bill Shanahan and Lexington officials announced the team will play an exhibition game at the Lexington Sports Complex on Friday, June 28. But, the question still remains if the Blowfish will be moving operations to the Lexington area on a permanent basis.

Sunday, June 02, 2013  Bryan Aanderud went 4-for-4 with two RBI and Trey Lambert pitched seven-plus strong innings as Liberty defeated Clemson 3-1 to eliminate the Tigers from the Columbia regional on Sunday.

Saturday, June 01, 2013  The Gamecocks jumped on Liberty quick with three runs in the first inning, and Jordan Montgomery had a career-high 11 strikeouts as USC rolled Liberty 19-3 on Saturday night at Carolina Stadium.

Saturday, June 01, 2013  Steve Wilkerson hit two home runs and Shane Kennedy added a solo shot of his own to eliminate St. Louis in the Columbia regional 10-2 on Saturday afternoon.

Friday, May 31, 2013  Kyle Martin broke a 3-3 tie with an RBI single as part of South Carolina's four-run eighth inning Friday night and the Gamecocks beat Saint Louis 7-3 at the Columbia regional.

Friday, May 31, 2013  Catcher Trey Wimmer drove in six runs, starter Josh Richardson scattered six hits and Liberty won its first NCAA tournament game in 13 years with an 8-3 victory over Clemson on Friday.  Clemson has now lost six straight games.

Thursday, May 30, 2013  South Carolina coach Chad Holbrook says his focus at the NCAA regional is opening opponent St. Louis, even though most everyone else wants to talk about rival Clemson.  And he isn't alone when it comes to rivalry fatigue.

Monday, May 27, 2013  The South Carolina Gamecocks was announced as one of 16 hosts for an NCAA Regional in college baseball on Sunday. The Clemson Tigers will not host.