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From the HERE City State DeskCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Two straight wins over ranked teams have South Carolina football trending up in the analytics, and the Gamecocks now know when they will play their next home game: the SEC set the Nov. 7 visit from Texas A&M for 3 p.m. Eastern…
From the HERE City State DeskCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina women's basketball will begin its season an ocean away. The top-ranked Gamecocks face No. 17 Maryland on Monday, Nov. 2, at noon Eastern at Adidas Arena in Paris, the opening half of a four-team college doubleheader in the French capital.…
From HERE ColumbiaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — The two South Carolina players most tied to Saturday’s upset of No. 11 Tennessee in Columbia SC picked up Southeastern Conference awards on Monday, Oct. 26. Sophomore kicker Malik Orsan was named the league’s Special Teams Player of the Week, and fifth-year…
From the HERE City National DeskST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Milwaukee Brewers turned Tropicana Field into a road party Monday night, hammering the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 in Game 3 to grab a 3-0 grip on the World Series and put the franchise one victory from its first championship. The…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA — The Dallas Cowboys finally found the running game they had been missing all season, and it carried them to a 38-21 win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night. Javonte Williams did the heavy lifting. He carried 25 times for 155 yards and…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN FRANCISCO — Defense has defined these WNBA Finals, and it pushed the Golden State Valkyries to the brink of their first championship Monday night. Golden State held the Atlanta Dream to 55 points at Chase Center and won Game 5, 64-55, for a 3-2…
From the HERE City National DeskMEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis got good news and bad news Monday about Nemanja Popovic, the veteran Serbian big man expected to anchor its frontcourt this winter. The university said the NCAA has cleared the 24-year-old for two seasons of college eligibility, one more than many…
From the HERE City National DeskMIAMI — Cooper Flagg made the play that saved the night for Dallas, then finished it off himself. The second-year star blocked a late Miami 3-point try and scored the clinching layup as the Mavericks won 113-109 on Monday at Kaseya Center. With 31 seconds…
From the HERE City National DeskLONDON — Harry Kane ended a quarter-century wait for English soccer on Monday night, taking home the Ballon d'Or at the London Palladium after a season in which goals seemed to follow him everywhere. The 33-year-old England captain and Bayern Munich striker found the net…
From the HERE City National DeskINGLEWOOD, Calif. — After seven years of helping shape the Super Bowl halftime show from behind the scenes, Jay-Z is taking the stage himself. League officials, together with Apple Music and Roc Nation, revealed Monday night that the rapper and entrepreneur will headline the Super…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — How South Carolina handles the wave of proposed data centers is shaping up as one of the biggest fights waiting for the General Assembly when it returns in January 2027, with senators from both parties already sketching out rules on water, power and public disclosure. Sen. Tom…
Politics
BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. — With one week left before Election Day, leaders of three Lowcountry chambers of commerce are urging Beaufort County voters to back a one-cent transportation sales tax that would pay for road projects from Hilton Head Island to Lady’s Island. Two related questions sit on every county…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — With a week left before voters statewide pick a U.S. senator, both campaigns in the race picked up heavyweight help Monday: two former governors from opposite parties lined up behind Democrat Annie Andrews, and President Donald Trump scheduled his second South Carolina rally of the month for…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The chief legal counsel to Gov. Henry McMaster is in line for a lifetime seat on the federal bench in South Carolina, after the White House sent his nomination paperwork to the U.S. Senate even before President Donald Trump formally announced the pick. The Senate Judiciary Committee…
From the HERE City State Desk
NEWBERRY, S.C. — South Carolina rural hospitals are the testing ground for a new six-month federal and state pilot that will give them cybersecurity help from major technology companies at no cost, under a program launched Monday at Newberry Health. The effort, called Project Lifeline 250, was rolled out by…
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