South Carolina

AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. South Carolina’s baseball team took its latest victory lap Wednesday, this time in front of more than 13,000 fans who paced the school’s basketball arena to honor the College World Series champions. read more..

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — A new Miss South Carolina was crowned Saturday night at Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium. Desiree Puglia, Miss Pendleton, won the crown. The 22-year-old Simpsonville native received a $15,000 scholarship. read more..

South Carolina Public Safety officials say a new survey shows more drivers in the state are buckling up than ever before. read more..

A survey by the University of South Carolina shows seat belt use in the state surpassed 85% so far this year. read more..

OMAHA South Carolina made sure Tuesday night that the final College World Series game at Rosenblatt Stadium was one to remember. read more..

UCLA has won a nation-leading 106 NCAA championships in 17 sports. Not one of them is in baseball — yet. The Bruins’ chance is here, against South Carolina, in the best-of-three College World Series finals starting tonight. read more..

South Carolina players celebrate their 4-3 win over Clemson in an NCAA College World Series baseball elimination game, in Omaha, Neb., Saturday, June 26, 2010. South Carolina beat Clemson 4-3 and advances to the championship series, while Clemson is eliminated. read more..

Ted Kirk South Carolina players celebrate their 4-3 win over Clemson in an NCAA College World Series baseball elimination game, in Omaha, Neb., Saturday, June 26, 2010. South Carolina beat Clemson 4-3 and advances to the championship series, while Clemson is eliminated. read more..

By Brian McLaughlin Sporting News Peachtree Ridge (Suwanee, Ga.) LB Angelo Watley is committed to South Carolina, Scout.com reported. The 6-foot-3, 230-pound outside linebacker is the Gamecocks’ sixth commitment for 2011. “I think I’m a good fit there,” Watley told Scout.com. “I like the academic program and the athletic program. They’re like the No. 1 (school) in what I want to major in … read more..

The final CWS championship series at Rosenblatt Stadium is set with South Carolina and UCLA squaring off for the national title. read more..

JOHNSONVILLEThe South Carolina GAP Assistance Pharmacy Program for seniors is due to end on July 1, 2010 due to a lack of state funds. read more..

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) South Carolina’s Brady Thomas was 0 for 5 with two strikeouts and a bad bunt attempt in his previous at-bat when he came up in the 12th inning with two outs and the Gamecocks tie… read more..

OMAHA, Neb. - South Carolina’s magical season reached another day late Thursday evening when this group of… read more..

A South Carolina man has avoided a possible death sentence by pleading guilty to stabbing a woman to death in 2007. read more..

OMAHA, Neb. South Carolinas Brady Thomas was 0-for-5 with two strikeouts and a bad bunt attempt in his previous at-bat when he came up in the 12th inning with two outs and the Gamecocks tied with Oklahoma. read more..

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) South Carolina’s Brady Thomas was 0 for 5 with two strikeouts and a bad bunt attempt in his previous at-bat when he came up in the 12th inning with two outs and the Gamecocks tie… read more..

South Carolina voters have nominated an Indian American woman for governor and a black state lawmaker for Congress - developments which suggest landmark racial progress in a state that still flies the Confederate flag… read more..

South Carolina (49-16) and Oklahoma (50-17) will meet in an elimination game on Thursday evening at Rosenblatt Stadium in the 2010 College World Series. First pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET with the game televised live on ESPN2HD. The game can also be heard on the Gamecock Radio Network and at GamecocksOnline.com. Carolina will start senior right-hander Blake Cooper (12-2, 2.92 ERA) with … read more..

The operator of a South Carolina toll highway sought bankruptcy protection on Thursday in a rare filing by a municipal entity under Chapter 9 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. read more..

South Carolina primary election results suggest landmark racial progress. read more..

South Carolina GOP calls Nikki Haley’s rival ‘a liberal in a moderate’s clothes.’ (CNN) - Less than two days after South Carolina Republican Nikki Haley captured her party’s gubernatorial nomination, the state GOP has begun an effort to cast her rival as “a liberal in a moderate’s clothes.” Haley will face off in November against [...] read more..

Omaha, Neb. — Sunny Golloway was plumb tuckered out Sunday night, and he wasn’t even one of the guys playing. After two rain delays totaling more than six hours, the Oklahoma coach watched Jeremy Erben and Ryan Duke read more..

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C., June 22 (UPI) — Authorities in South Carolina said a woman was arrested for allegedly drenching her neighbor with a garden hose during an argument about lawn mowing. The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office said a 55-year-old Hilton Head Island woman, whose name was not read more..

It’s primary day in Utah, and runoff day in South Carolina, Utah, and North Carolina. In South Carolina, Republicans will pick their gubernatorial nominee between Nikki Haley and Gresham Barrett. The past two weeks have seen no anti-Haley bombshells, so she is expected to win; in the first round read more..

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - Officials say turnout in South Carolina’s primary runoff elections has been light so far as voters pick GOP nominees in four statewide races. State Election Commission spokesman Chris Whitmire says read more..

An Indian-American woman and a black man pursued the Republican nominations for governor and Congress in South Carolina primary runoffs Tuesday in a measure of racial progress in the Deep South and the GOP. Voters in read more..

PICKENS — A former executive director of the Miss South Carolina pageant is on trial in Pickens on charges of sexually molesting girls. The trial of Joseph Pettigrew Sanders IV of Liberty begins its third day today in read more..

South Carolina is expected to make history Tuesday night, with an Indian-American woman, Nikki Haley, and a black man, Tim Scott, both apparently heading toward Republican nomination in their respective races. The rise read more..

CHARLESTON, S.C. Two more former South Carolina firefighters have sued over injuries they suffered in a blaze that killed nine colleagues three years ago. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported Tuesday the lawsuits read more..