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SportsCOLLEGE STATION, Texas — The Citadel was held scoreless Saturday at Kyle Field in College Station, falling 41-0 to Texas A&M in the Bulldogs' last non-conference game of the season. Running back Jamarion Morrow did most of the early damage, scoring on runs of 4,…
SportsNORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Tyler Kopff scored in sudden-death overtime Saturday night to give the South Carolina Stingrays a 4-3 win over the Greenville Swamp Rabbits in their home opener at the North Charleston Coliseum, where 6,828 fans turned out. Alex Dostie, playing in his…
SportsCLEMSON, S.C. — Charleston Southern left Memorial Stadium in Clemson on Saturday, Oct. 17, on the wrong end of a 37-0 shutout, with the Buccaneers held to 76 yards of total offense. The game was decided before halftime. Clemson scored 24 points in the second…
From the HERE City State DeskPHILADELPHIA — The Carolina Panthers return from their bye week Sunday, Oct. 18, against a Philadelphia Eagles team missing its starting quarterback. Kickoff at Lincoln Financial Field is 1 p.m. Jalen Hurts is out with a blood clot in his calf, so Tanner McKee will…
From the HERE City State DeskCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina football now has a kickoff time for its first game out of the bye week. The Gamecocks will host No. 14 Tennessee at Williams-Brice Stadium at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, with the game on national television. South Carolina sits…
From the HERE City State DeskOXFORD, Miss. — The South Carolina volleyball team wraps up a four-match road stretch on Sunday, Oct. 18, against Ole Miss, with first serve set for 1 p.m. Eastern. The Gamecocks have struggled away from home. They lost 3-1 at Alabama and were swept at…
From the HERE City National DeskSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Ohio made its long trip west worth it Saturday night, building a 41-0 lead before Sacramento State scored and beating the Hornets 48-7 in a Mid-American Conference game. The Bobcats (5-2, 3-0 MAC) have now won four in a row. Sacramento State…
From the HERE City National DeskEDMONTON, Alberta — Mike Malott gave a home crowd at Rogers Place a finish it will replay for months, flattening Joaquin Buckley with a knee to the chin in the second round of Saturday's UFC Fight Night main event. The opening round of the welterweight…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA — Charlotte finally has a win. Quarterback Conner Harrell had a hand in four touchdowns Saturday as the 49ers outlasted Temple 38-31 at Lincoln Financial Field, ending a season-opening losing streak. Harrell completed 23 of 31 throws for 281 yards. He found Derrick Eley…
From the HERE City National DeskLOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers have one roster spot too many and less than two days to fix it, and the player most likely to pay the price is third-year wing Dalton Knecht. Los Angeles carries 16 players on standard contracts and must…
From the HERE City National DeskPROVIDENCE, R.I. — The NCAA is pushing back in federal court against two Providence College basketball players who want one more season, and a judge is scheduled to take up their request Monday. In a filing opposing a temporary restraining order sought by guard Derek…
From the HERE City National DeskCHICAGO — Bronchial asthma killed All Elite Wrestling star Benjamin Satterley, the performer fans knew as Pac, the Cook County Medical Examiner announced Friday, classifying the death as natural. Satterley was 40. He was discovered unresponsive inside a parked vehicle in suburban Des Plaines on…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — With the November election weeks away, Democrat Sylvia Wright is pressing a four-part education plan in her bid to unseat Republican Ellen Weaver as South Carolina superintendent of education. A win would make her the first Democrat to hold the office since Jim Rex was elected in…
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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — A Friday night crash in North Charleston that left a vehicle on its side forced a temporary shutdown of westbound Dorchester Road at Gwinnett Street before police cleared the scene and restored traffic. City police handled the call and confirmed those westbound lanes were open again…
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s probation and parole agency now has two four-legged agents whose job is to find the electronics sex offenders try to hide. Hunter and Rocky were sworn in with badges at the State House on Friday, Oct. 16. Both are electronic storage detection dogs. They are…
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WICHITA, Kan. — A pickup truck rolled onto a field during a youth soccer game at the Stryker Soccer Complex on Saturday afternoon, leaving a man, 35, and a boy, 6, dead and sending 11 other people to hospitals, Wichita police said. Officers were sent to the complex after a…
From the HERE City State Desk
WASHINGTON — The Russia sanctions law that carries the name of the late South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham will not bite for now. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday, Oct. 16, that sets aside most of its penalties two days before they were due to start on…
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CHARLESTON, S.C. — The race for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District has tightened in the eyes of two national election forecasters, less than three weeks before voters settle it. The Cook Political Report moved the contest from Likely Republican to Lean Republican in an Oct. 16 analysis. That rating still…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina voters can start casting ballots in person on Monday, Oct. 19, and recent polls show the U.S. Senate contest between Republican Sen. Darline Graham and Democrat Annie Andrews closer than the state’s voting history would suggest. Rasmussen Reports put Graham ahead 49% to 45% in…
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