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Frank Martin was impressed by the size of the media turnout Wednesday morning at the Colonial Life Arena for his annual summer question and answer session. Martin joked that more media were on hand than for many of his in-season press conferences. Perhaps that’s an indication of the expectations for this season as the Gamecocks

USC football coach Will Muschamp is in between camp sessions. His next camp comes up on Friday and they will run thru next week. With a bit of break, Muschamp joined us on SportsTalk Tuesday night. Muschamp discussed last weekend’s recruiting surge, some key points on his team for this season and why the culture

USC athletics director Ray Tanner is in his final days in his job as chairman of the NCAA Baseball Tournament Selection Committee. He and his group put together the field of 64 for this year’s tournament, and that field is down to the final eight for the College World Series. Monday night Tanner joined us

Former USC center 7-1 Jason Cudd said Monday he has signed a letter of intent to play this season at Olney Central JC in Illinois. Cudd said his plan is to play this one season with the Blue Knights and go thru the recruiting process again. And that would include being open to a return

Former Hammond star guard Seventh Woods, who was a little used reserve in three seasons at North Carolina, has enrolled at USC and will join the team this fall as a walk-on according to GamecockCentral. Woods posted a two-second Instagram video that flashed his picture on a USC ID and included the caption, “USC ’20”.

Year two of the Mark Kingston era at USC did not go well. After taking the Gamecocks to within one game of Omaha in his first season, Kingston had to deal with multiple injuries to his pitching staff and an offensive downturn that could not compensate for the pitching woes. The result was a season

Six players from South Carolina colleges were selected in rounds 3-10 in the Major League Baseball Draft Tuesday. There were also two players committed to USC drafted during Day 2. TJ Hopkins was the only current Gamecock selected in the first ten rounds. Hopkins was taken by the Cincinnati Reds in the ninth round with

The SEC released the list of 2020 men’s basketball conference opponents for each member school Wednesday. South Carolina will travel to Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn and Ole Miss. Florida, Kentucky, LSU and Missouri will each visit the Colonial Life Arena. The Gamecocks will face Georgia, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt in home-and-home series. Dates

Story by Matt Smith Guard AJ Lawson has announced he will pull his name out of the NBA Draft and return for his sophomore season at South Carolina. Lawson made the announcement on his twitter page. Last season, Lawson averaged 13.4 points per game and was one of South Carolina’s top offensive options before suffering