Walking down the streets of Johannesburg, Todd Clever is bound to get a couple of long stares, a few double takes and the occasional autograph request. Back home in Palm Springs, Calif., Clever is lucky to get a second look from the average citizen.
The Citadel's Asher Wojciechowski struck out two of the three Guatemalan batters he faced in a one-inning relief performance Thursday at the National Training Complex in Cary. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
Colin Robinson wasn't born with water skis on his feet.
It just seems that way.
Robinson, 13, has been water skiing most of his life and is one of the most accomplished competitors in the sport in the Southeast. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
Walking down the streets of Johannesburg, Todd Clever is bound to get a couple of long stares, a few double takes and the occasional autograph request. Back home in Palm Springs, Calif., Clever is lucky to get a second look from the average citizen. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
David Phelps and Chuck Nolte combined on a six-hitter as the Charleston RiverDogs recorded their second consecutive shutout of Greenville with a 4-0 blanking of the Drive before a standing-room crowd of 7,378 at Riley Park on Friday night. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
For the third consecutive game, the Charleston RiverDogs took a 3-0 lead over the Greenville Drive. For once, they didn't blow it. Read More1 comment(s) / read/add comments
A 17-year-old sensation from Ecuador came to Charleston and captured the Sunfish North American and Junior North American championships last week. Jonathan Martinetti held off a storming come-back by Charleston's David Loring, a two-time Sunfish world champion, to win the 11-race regatta hosted by James Island Yacht Club. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
COLUMBIA — Michael Dean Perry knows the day is coming when his good-natured, gap-toothed older brother nicknamed "The Fridge" will be back to his old, affable self. But that will take some time and William Perry understands that, Michael Dean said. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
COLUMBIA — Alshon Jeffery received the 'A' he needed in an online summer course, and the football prospect from Calhoun County now has the green light to enroll at South Carolina. Read More4 comment(s) / read/add comments
ATLANTA — Go out to any Little League field this summer and watch baseball as it's meant to be played. Watch the joy and wonder of kids playing a game that's captivated America as long as any has. Read More2 comment(s) / read/add comments
Richard Williams refuses to watch his daughters Venus and Serena play each other. Says he simply can't bear to see it, no matter the setting, no matter the stage. So once again, the patriarch of the greatest sister act in tennis history is heading home to the United States before the Wimbledon final. Read More1 comment(s) / read/add comments
The Charleston Battery hosts the two-time MLS champion Houston Dynamo in the quarterfinals of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Blackbaud Stadium. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
WIMBLEDON, England — This one meant so much to Andy Roddick. Because of the stakes: a return to Wimbledon's semifinals. Because of the opponent: 2002 champion Lleyton Hewitt. And because of the circumstances: a five-set grind that began under a bright sun and concluded in shadows, 3 hours, 50 minutes later. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
Joe Gibbs didn't expect his gamble to pay off so soon. The car owner hedged when asked whether he expected Joey Logano to win a race during his rookie season in Sprint Cup. "Do I need to tell the truth on that?" the former NFL coach replied, grinning. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
Wando baseball star Drew Cisco is a step closer to making the U.S. national 18-U team that will travel to Venezuela in late September to compete in the COPOABE Pan Am "AAA" championships. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
Jared Bednar is one step closer to his dream of coaching in the National Hockey League, but then so is Cail MacLean.
Less than a month after leading the South Carolina Stingrays to the franchise's third Kelly Cup title, Bednar stepped down as head coach Wednesday to become an assistant coach for the Abbotsford Heat, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Calgary Flames. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
Supposedly, pro football has reached its downtime. Considering how the NFL has ignored for nearly five months that this is the offseason, a break sure would be nice right about now. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
With temperatures in the high 90s Wednesday at Riley Park, it was hot enough for a meltdown.
The Charleston RiverDogs complied.
The RiverDogs lost to Greenville, 10-5, despite outhitting the Drive, 11-5, self-destructing in a bad mix of erratic pitching, baserunning blunders and ill-advised fielding decisions. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
Former College of Charleston baseball players Joash Brodin and Clay McCord are playing with the Midwest Sliders in the independent Frontier League. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
Thing started out well enough for the Charleston RiverDogs on Tuesday night, but the Greenville Drive wouldn't leave well enough alone. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
Offensive lineman Corey Robinson (6-7, 290) of Havelock, N.C., became South Carolina's 12th football commitment for 2010 on Tuesday, making his pledge to the Gamecocks during a gathering at his school. Read More6 comment(s) / read/add comments
ATLANTA — Martin Prado's 10th-inning single triggered a celebration on the field, and was only part of his terrific night. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
ATLANTA — Playing ball just a couple of miles from Broadway, New York Yankees center fielder Brett Gardner has been no stranger to drama this spring. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
WIMBLEDON, England — Her 19th consecutive victory at the All England Club already wrapped up, Venus Williams grabbed a seat and watched younger sister Serena win easily to reach the semifinals, too.
Afterward, Venus and Mom, Oracene Price, strolled out of Centre Court arm-in-arm, chatting and laughing. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
South Carolina Stingrays head coach Jared Bednar has taken a job as an assistant coach with the Abbotsford Heat of the American Hockey League, a source told The Post and Courier on Tuesday afternoon. Read More2 comment(s) / read/add comments
The women's final of the AVPNext Championship Cup beach volleyball tournament is tonight at the Windjammer on the Isle of Palms. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
Major League Soccer just seems to bring out the best in Charleston Battery striker Randi Patterson.
Patterson scored two goals and Tsuyoshi Yoshitake added another as the Charleston Battery defeated CD Chivas USA of MLS in the third round of the U.S. Open Cup Tuesday night before 3,268 at Blackbaud Stadium. Read More1 comment(s) / read/add comments
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates, swapping outfielders at a rapid rate for the second successive season, sent starting left fielder Nyjer Morgan to the Washington Nationals in a four-player deal involving outfielder Lastings Milledge and also shipped backup Eric Hinske to the Yankees on Tuesday. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
BALTIMORE — Stop us if you've heard this one before.
High school baseball player from the Carolinas goes virtually unnoticed by colleges. Read More1 comment(s) / read/add comments
South Carolina Stingrays head coach Jared Bednar has taken a job as an assistant coach for the Abbotsford Heat of the American Hockey League, and Stingrays assistant coach Cail MacLean is expected to be promoted to head coach.
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The New York Yankees announced today that Charleston RiverDogs pitcher Casey Erickson has been traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates as part of the deal that sent infielder/outfielder Eric Hinske to the New York Yankees. Read More2 comment(s) / read/add comments
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