Travis Sawchik
Clemson beat writer
Travis Sawchik covers Clemson athletics for the Post and Courier. He’s won state writing awards in North Carolina and South Carolina and national Associated Press Sports Editors honors for sports feature writing. Travis is a Cleveland, Ohio native and graduated from Ohio State in 2002 with a degree in journalism. He’s been writing for newspapers in the Carolinas since 2003, beginning at the Rocky Mount (N.C.) Telegram and covering Coastal Carolina athletics from 2007-08 for the Myrtle Beach Sun News before joining the Post and Courier in January of 2009. Travis enjoys Chipotle burritos, Malcolm Gladwell articles and playing fantasy baseball when he’s not authoring thoughtful insight on Clemson through the newspaper, his blog and Twitter account.
Recent Stories
Tigers tame No. 22 Cavs
Clemson 60, No. 22 Virginia 48
Clemson could have given in after the Maryland loss last week, Clemson's third straight defeat by four or fewer points.
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Kevin Brady gets opening day start, Clemson sets rotation
Clemson coach Jack Leggett announced Tuesday he’ll start Kevin Brady against UAB in the season opener at 4 p.m. Friday.
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Clemson 'working on' extending Dabo Swinney’s contract
CLEMSON – Clemson athletic director Terry Don Phillips told Tigernet.com Monday he is "working on" extending the contract of football coach Dabo Swinney.
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Clemson basketball picking up the pace
CLEMSON — With his team lacking shot creators and accurate shooters, Clemson coach Brad Brownell made a curious decision at the start of ACC play. Brownell decided to increase tempo, to add possessions to the game.
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Clemson ace Brady hopes to bounce back from injury
Clemson’s baseball season ended on its home field last spring, upset by Connecticut in regional play. But the chances of returning to Omaha were really damaged months earlier when burgeoning ace Kevin Brady felt tightness in his right forearm while warming up prior to the fifth inning in a game against South Carolina.
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Tigers end 22-year drought
The last time Clemson won at Wake Forest, former Demon Deacons great Tim Duncan was a 14-year-old living in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Clemson routs Wake to end drought, pick up first ACC road win
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Clemson ended a 22-year winless drought at Wake Forest and picked up its first ACC road win of the season with a 78-58 victory Saturday.
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Brownell hoping to redshirt more players in the future
A sizeable hypothetical is tied to 7-2 center Bobo Baciu: What if Baciu had redshirted earlier in his career at Clemson? How productive might Baciu have been next season?
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Clemson juggles 2014 football schedule because of ACC expansion
Clemson assistant AD Kyle Young said the program is waiting to see when Syracuse and Pittsburgh are admitted before officially making any decisions but Young noted conversations have begun about adapting the schedule.
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Could conference expansion ever jeopardize USC-Clemson football rivalry?
After several storied rivalries became casualties of college football's widespread realignment shifts earlier this year, a South Carolina state lawmaker received a call from a concerned citizen and football fan who asked him if any laws existed mandating the Clemson-South Carolina game be played?
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