University of South Carolina baseball coach Ray Tanner is following the lead of football coach Steve Spurrier and getting into the wine business.
Beginning in April, a pair of “Ray Tanner Limited Reserve” wines commemorating the Gamecocks back-to-back baseball national championships will go on sale.
Sheesh … nobody ever lost a nickel capitalizing on the gullibility of [...]
In Vino, Baseball
Gamecock Baseball Ranked Third
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 crew pull off the three-peat?
To do so they’ll have to [...]
The Evolution Of A Tip: Part I
Every day, this website receives literally dozens of tips.
Most of these submissions are sent directly to our founding editor’s email address (w@fitsnews.com) or to our post office box (P.O. Box 5230, Columbia, SC 29250) – but a good number of them come via the contact page on our website.
Most of those tips – particularly the [...]
Source: Scott Wingo Didn’t Take His SAT Exam
A curious thing is alleged to have happened five years ago when Scott Wingo joined roughly thirty other high school students in taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) in Greenville, S.C.
According to a source who was in the room at the time – a source who went to high school with the future college baseball [...]
Ray Tanner Wins Again
After leading the University of South Carolina baseball team to its second consecutive national championship on Tuesday, Gamecocks’ head coach Ray Tanner went “back-to-back” himself.
The 53-year-old Smithfield, N.C. native was named “Coach of the Year” by Collegiate Baseball newspaper for the second year in a row.
With Tanner at the helm, USC not only repeated as [...]
“Ice Cold Cocks?”
Leave it to the University of South Carolina …
At the height of the school’s athletic glory, along comes athletics director Eric Hyman (who recently won a major award) to remind the rest of the country what a bunch of buffoons live in the Palmetto state.
At a rally to honor the two-time defending national champion Gamecock [...]
Back-To-Back Champs!
After waiting more than a century for its first national championship, the University of South Carolina didn’t have to wait nearly as long for its second …
The Gamecock baseball team – which defeated UCLA last summer to claim the school’s first national title in a major sport – added a second championship to the trophy [...]
Gamecock Baseball Notes
University of South Carolina associate head coach Chad Holbrook has withdrawn his name from consideration for the head coaching position at the University of Tennessee – a huge relief for fans of the defending national champions.
“I am flattered by the interest of the University of Tennessee but am withdrawing my name from consideration for the [...]
Gamecocks Advance
By Jordan Dominick || After having their victory delayed due to severe thunderstorms Sunday night, the University of South Carolina baseball team finally defeated Stetson 8-2 Monday afternoon. The Gamecocks (48-14) now advance to the NCAA super regional against the University of Connecticut.
It didn’t take long for the Gamecocks to take an early 1-0 lead [...]
SEC Tournament Recap
By Jordan Dominick || After back-to-back losses to Vanderbilt and Georgia on Thursday and Friday, the top-seeded University of South Carolina baseball team was eliminated from the SEC Tournament.
The Gamecocks (45-14) fell to Vanderbilt on Thursday by a score of 7-2 – although the game was much closer than the final tally would indicate.
The Commodores [...]
Gamecocks Down Auburn
By Jordan Dominick || The top-seeded, top-ranked University of South Carolina’s baseball team started the 2011 SEC Tournament off right with a 7-3 victory over the Auburn Tigers on Wednesday night.
The Gamecocks (45-12) overcame a rocky start, as the Tigers (29-28) scored three runs in the first inning against All-American pitcher Michael Roth. After escaping [...]
USC Is Numero Uno
Nearly a year after winning the College World Series, the University of South Carolina baseball team is back on top.
The Gamecocks earned the No. 1 ranking in the nation from Baseball America on Monday, stealing the top spot from the Virginia Cavaliers – who had held it for the last five weeks.
South Carolina (44-12, 22-8 [...]
