Former University of South Carolina tight end Weslye Saunders will miss the first four games of the 2012 National Football League season after violating the league's ban against performance-enhancing drugs. The 6-foot-5, 270-pound tight end - who caught four passes for 29 yards and a touchdown during
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Supermodel Gisele Bundchen - wife of New England Patriots' quarterback Tom Brady - had some harsh words for her husband's teammates following their loss to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI. "My husband can not f*cking throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time," Bundchen said after the
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S.C. Rep. Nathan Ballentine (R-Irmo) has sponsored legislation that would require the University of South Carolina and Clemson University to continue their football rivalry indefinitely. Actually Ballentine sponsored the bill two months ago, but nobody noticed it until this week ... "The Division
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When it isn't drawing crowds that barely crack four figures, the University of South Carolina is busy turning its cavernous Colonial Life Arena into a the equivalent of a home court for ranked opponents. You know ... programs which enjoy (imagine this) a national fan base. Wait ... you've been
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As lifelong Indianapolis Colts fans, it's in our DNA to hate Tom Brady. He's a pretty boy ... and we have long reveled in mocking him and his supermodel wife Gisele Bundchen (referring to him derisively as "Poopie"). So ... naturally we savored the defeat of Brady's New England Patriots in Super Bowl
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Both Clemson University and the University of South Carolina landed solid recruiting classes in 2012, with the Tigers inking the nation's No. 13 class and the Gamecocks coming in not far behind at No. 18. Neither school landed a five-star recruit this year, according to Rivals.com, but Clemson scored
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Clemson University wide receiver/ track star Joe Craig was booted from the Tiger football team on Thursday, head coach Dabo Swinney announced. "Joe Craig has been permanently dismissed from the Clemson football team for a violation of team rules," Swinney said in a statement released by the Clemson
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Eager to rebound from a disappointing 2011 season, head coach Will Muschamp's Florida Gator football team is stocking up on new talent ... The Gators are poised to land one of the nation's top recruiting classes in 2012, including a trio of five-star players - 6-foot-5, 265-pound offensive lineman
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Bob Jones University's decision to bring back intercollegiate athletics has the school pumped up, people. In fact, according to its vice president for academic affairs the Upstate, S.C. Christian institution is looking for a new mascot that embodies its teams' (holy) spirit. From The Collegian: Dr.
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University of South Carolina football coach Steve Spurrier has relieved third-year assistant coach Johnson "Jeep" Hunter III of his duties. Hunter - who coached USC's safeties in 2011 - was returning from a recruiting trip when Spurrier informed him of the decision. No reason was immediately given
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Clemson University has hired former Oklahoma defensive coordinator Brent Venables to fill the same position in Tigertown ... news which we referenced in this preview of Clemson's recruiting class. Known in Norman, Oklahoma as "The Neck Vein," Venables appears to have been pushed out of his coordinator's
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CLEMSON NO. 16 ACCORDING TO BASEBALL AMERICA POLL If you think the stakes are high for the University of South Carolina's football team this year ... imagine the pressure on back-to-back NCAA "Coach of the Year" Ray Tanner, whose Gamecocks have won back-to-back national championships. Can Tanner's
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