Gnats nip RiverDogs

Charleston drops into tie for first in SAL standings

Winning the first half of the Southern Division of the Class A South Atlantic League might not mean much in the grand scheme of things, but it means something to Charleston RiverDogs' manager Torre Tyson in his quest to develop players in the New York Yankees' farm system. Read More

'Can't miss kid' looks to rebound

Meyer pursues fresh start with Astros organization

Drew Meyer is still chasing his dream of playing in the major leagues, and now he's hoping a fresh start will get him there. After spending the better part of the last seven seasons in the Texas Rangers' organization with approximately one month of big league service to show for it, Meyer recently signed a minor league contract with the Houston Astros. Read More

Cremins dealing with season's highs and lows

College of Charleston basketball coach Bobby Cremins has seen the best and worst of his team in a two-game span, and that leaves him uncertain what to expect tonight when the Cougars play at Western Carolina. Read More

Players' drug charges dropped

Student manager says marijuana was his

Three College of Charleston basketball players and a student manager were ticketed for simple possession of marijuana last week by campus police, but charges against the players were dismissed the next day after the student manager told a magistrate the marijuana was his. Read More

Marijuana charges dismissed against 3 C of C basketball players

Three College of Charleston basketball players and a student manager were ticketed for simple possession of marijuana last week by campus police, but charges against the players were dismissed the next day after the student manager told a city magistrate that the marijuana was his. Read More

Cougars' offense goes on hiatus in loss to Phoenix

Elon hung on in the closing minutes to beat the College of Charleston, 59-53, Saturday at Carolina First Arena, but to fully appreciate how the Phoenix beat the Cougars, it's necessary to rewind just a bit and look at what happened in the first half. Against a Charleston team that was averaging 80.2 points per game, Elon led the Cougars 28-8 at halftime. Read More

Cougars men and women share stage

The College of Charleston men's basketball team plays Elon at 4 p.m. today at Carolina First Arena, and Charleston women's coach Nancy Wilson urges all fans to get there early. She figures approximately three hours early ought to do it. The Charleston women's team (15-5, 8-4 SoCon) is playing its best basketball in years and the Cougars are riding a seven-game winning streak heading into today's 1 p.m. home game with Western Carolina (11-8, 7-4 SoCon). Read More

Charleston rolls past Greensboro

Cougars set a school record with 12 first-half 3-pointers

Fresh off a loss to The Citadel, the College of Charleston came into Thursday night's game against UNC Greensboro wanting to set the tone with defense. But there are nights when defense simply doesn't matter for the Cougars, and this was one of them. Read More

Loss to The Citadel still haunts Cougars

Saturday's 72-63 loss at The Citadel still resonates with the College of Charleston. "I would rather have zero points, zero rebounds and zero minutes than lose that game," said C of C's Jermaine Johnson. "I'd take every point and rebound back rather than have to listen to (The Citadel forward) Demetrius Nelson's mouth and hear from everybody else how we lost to The Citadel. Read More

Back and ready for more

Jade Hughes is once again playing like Jade Hughes, and while she never doubted for a minute that the day would come, she's glad to see it nonetheless. Hughes, point guard for the College of Charleston women's basketball team, finally feels fully recovered from a head injury that caused her to miss all of last season. Her recent play is a big reason why the Cougars (13-5, 6-4 Southern Conference) are riding a five-game winning streak heading into today's 1 p.m. SoCon game against Elon at Carolina First Arena. Read More