I was hired at The State almost exactly five years ago, and became a beat writer for the South Carolina Gamecocks a little more than a year later. It was only then that my aunt Catherine, who lives in Allendale, informed me that I had Gamecock blood in my veins: Her late husband, my great-uncle [...]
Turkbasket.com – which as you know, I check every morning – reports that former South Carolina star Devan Downey has signed with a pro team in Turkey. Here’s a link to the story, which those of you who speak fluent Turkish will be able to understand. Meantime, here’s another link to a story on Ridiculousupside.com. [...]
Devan Downey had a slow start in the NBA summer league, but he finished with a flurry on Sunday. The former South Carolina star had 11 points, three rebounds and two assists in 16 minutes on Sunday, in the final summer league game for the Sacramento Kings. Downey’s point total was second on the Kings [...]
Time will tell whether Devan Downey ever plays in a regular-season NBA game, and if so how many. But on Monday night he will at least don an NBA uniform in a summer league game, and you can watch him. Downey is playing on Sacramento’s summer team, which at 6 p.m. will take on Detroit, [...]
The Sacramento Kings have confirmed that they signed Devan Downey to their summer league team. Downey worked out for the Kings in May, but was not picked in last Thursday’s NBA draft. Still, the Kings are a pretty good landing spot for a point guard hoping to make the roster. The Kings only have one [...]
South Carolina is headed to the Buckeye state this December to face, well, the Buckeyes. And then the Buckeyes are coming back here in 2011, according to their coach, Thad Matta. Matta told The Columbus Dispatch that it has scheduled a home-and-home with the Gamecocks, starting this season. Here’s a link to the report. South [...]
Yes, Devan Downey was a fantastic college basketball player, and I can understand why a lot of South Carolina fans think it’s unfair that he wasn’t drafted and has to prove himself all over again. But I think a dose of perspective is in order. Here are some other guys that didn’t hear their names [...]
As you know by now, South Carolina just added a home date with Navy to its 2011 schedule. Here’s some information on the Midshipmen and the matchup: – Navy doesn’t typically do many one-time games. Even Ohio State scheduled a home-and-home, albeit with a $1.5 million guarantee to Navy for its trip to Columbus last [...]
Just spoke to Charles Waddell, the associate athletics director at USC who handles football scheduling. Here’s what he had to say after Wednesday’s announcement that Navy has been added to the 2011 schedule. – USC will pay Navy $950,000, the largest guarantee it has ever paid. But Waddell said the charge would have been higher [...]
Yes, it does appear that the realignment crisis of summer 2010 is over. Probably. For now. But everyone I’ve talked to in the past 24 hours thinks it’s just forestalling the inevitable. The Big 12 appears unwieldy to a lot of people, with Texas, Texas A&M and Oklahoma getting an outsized portion of revenues in [...]
State newspaper sports writer Seth Emerson blogs on University of South Carolina basketball and baseball.
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