Gamecocks' struggles in Hoover continue in loss to Aggies
Some things just aren't meant to be.
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Some things just aren't meant to be.
Hoover, Alabama, the site of the SEC Baseball Tournament, hasn't been kind to the Gamecocks in recent years.Coach Chad Holbrook hasn't won a game in the tournament in his coaching career, losing seven games straight in Hoover since 2012.
As June nears, we are rapidly approaching the worst part of the year for sports fans: The seemingly infinite stretch between the conclusion of the NBA Finals and the start of college football. Not content with the MLB regular season that seems to drag on and on, many of us turn to offseason storylines in football to keep us entertained. So for those of you who, like me, want to talk about football — particularly South Carolina football — all day, every day, I have great news for you: 100 days from today, Will Muschamp will lead the new-look Gamecocks onto the field for the first time. That may seem like a long way away, but it's not too far off to start talking football in Columbia.
When rising sophomore forward Raymond Doby joined Eric Cobb and Jamall Gregory as Gamecocks to receive criminal charges for marijuana possession, it seemed inevitable that Doby would be joining the pair on another list: Players to be dismissed from the South Carolina men's basketball team. Doby's time in Columbia came to an unceremonious end Wednesday, as coach Frank Martin announced the 6-foot-6 forward is no longer a part of the team's future.
Texas Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor became a household name Sunday when his fist connected with Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista's jaw, igniting a brawl that would result in multiple ejections. Not only was Sunday's game the final of seven that the two teams will play this regular season, it was also the final chapter of a baseball saga that dates back to last season's ALDS (yes, the one that took place seven months ago).
Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman responded to the critics Tuesday night when he belted two home runs, raising his batting average to a whopping .235 and his season home run total to three. His pedestrian .288 on-base percentage is over 100 points below second baseman Daniel Murphy's batting average, and while that is in part due to a hot start from Washington's new acquisition, Zimmerman isn't exactly setting the world on fire.
Rain delayed the start for an hour, and Missouri's starting pitcher Reggie McClain kept the South Carolina bats at bay for five innings, but the No. 4 Gamecock baseball team prevailed Friday night, pulling out a 8-5 come-from-behind victory.
Wednesday, the Philadelphia Eagles joined the Los Angeles Rams and became the second team in the last week to ship out a pile of current and future draft picks in order to move up to the top two picks, presumably to get one of the top quarterbacks in this year's class. California's Jared Goff and North Dakota State's Carson Wentz are considered to be the cream of the crop this year, and neither has emerged as the consensus top choice.
Journalist, activist and distinguished professor Marc Lamont Hill discussed the effect of race on the current political landscape at his lecture titled "This Is America?" on Monday night.
The 2016 NBA postseason has gotten off to a pretty boring start as just two of the eight series-opening games were decided by fewer than 10 points. The Western Conference games were particularly noncompetitive as the conference's top seeds won by an average of 29 points, with the closest game being the fourth-seeded Clippers 115-95 domination of the fifth-seeded Trail Blazers.
Sixty teams traveled to Columbia over the weekend to compete in the 9th annual US Quidditch Cup, which was held in South Carolina for the third consecutive year. The two-day tournament featured teams from Miami to British Columbia, and pretty much everywhere in between.
Because of the great number of fans of major American professional sports, commissioners of the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL have a massive opportunity to influence the country's culture. In March, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver was presented with a career-defining opportunity when the governor of North Carolina passed House Bill 2, a response to a bill passed in Charlotte that allowed transgender people to use the bathroom that corresponds with the gender they identify with. House Bill 2 nullifies that law, forcing all individuals to use the bathroom corresponding with the biological sex listed on their birth certificates, not their gender identities. This bill is incredibly controversial and has created quite the uprising, including from Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts, who said "this legislation is literally the most anti-LGBT legislation in the country."
Basketball fans have been put in a tough predicament Wednesday night, as the Warriors' pursuit of 73 wins tips off at the same time as Kobe's swan song in the Staples Center. Kobe Bryant was the star of the NBA for years, and for many people our age, the Black Mamba was the face of the league when they began watching the sport. However, Michael Jordan, the association's hero of yesteryear, could see one of his most impressive records broken Wednesday night, as the Golden State Warriors take on the Memphis Grizzlies at home to attempt to be the first team in league history to win 73 games in a season.
Gregg Popovich has enjoyed incredible success at the helm of the San Antonio Spurs organization, claiming five NBA titles, receiving three NBA Coach of the Year awards and winning at least 50 games each year since his first season in 1996-97, with the exception of the shortened 1998-99 season, where the regular season was only 50 games long. In that short season, the Spurs went 37-13 and went on to win the NBA Finals, so that season was fairly impressive as well. This season, however, Popovich has accomplished something he had yet to do in his illustrious career: Win at least 65 games.
When Bill Belichick and Tom Brady dominated the football landscape in the early 2000s, they were celebrated. Michael Jordan's three-peats in the NBA have been revered. The Braves' streak of 14 consecutive division titles has been admired, and even the dominance of the Yankees, baseball's villains, commands respect. Before his shocking drop-off, Tiger Woods' run atop the leaderboards was the only reason people tuned in to watch golf.
Coming into Wednesday's pro day for the South Carolina football team, scouts and fans alike were eagerly anticipating watching wide receiver Pharoh Cooper run through some tests, particularly the 40-yard dash, as the star wideout skipped all running events at the NFL Combine due to a leg injury. Cooper didn't blow anyone away with his speed, but he blended in with an uncharacteristically slow receiver class, running a time of 4.61. Cooper wasn't too concerned about his time, however, as he believes his on-field work should be the main topic of discussion.
New head coach Will Muschamp has plenty of doubters, and to be honest, he deserves a bit of skepticism. In four years at the helm in Gainesville, Florida, Muschamp underachieved greatly in three of them, including a 4-8 campaign in 2013 that included a loss to Division I-AA's Georgia Southern. Florida had a great deal of NFL-caliber talent, particularly on the defensive end, but Muschamp could never seem to get the right offensive schemes together to be competitive. Even in the team's 11-2 2012 season, where the Gators were humiliated by Louisville in the Sugar Bowl, the offense was relatively stagnant, relying on phenomenal defense to eek out victories.
"Obviously, we're disappointed that we don't get to continue our season."
Coach Will Muschamp has been able to cut his list of five first-team quarterbacks to three in the first two weeks of spring practice, though it hasn't happened the way he envisioned. After seeing sophomore Lorenzo Nunez go down with a knee injury, senior Perry Orth broke his collarbone in Saturday's scrimmage, knocking out the team's two leading passers from last season. While Nunez could return before the team wraps up for the spring — contrary to initial reports — Orth will not be back in pads until at least the summer, as he underwent surgery on Saturday.
The first major development in the race for the next South Carolina quarterback took place Saturday as rising sophomore quarterback Lorenzo Nunez suffered a knee injury that could sideline him for the entire spring. Despite strong pushes from the coaching staff, Nunez was not an early enrollee last spring, which gave him little time to prepare. While many wanted Nunez to be the main man under center last fall, he started just two games, playing in eight games total, while throwing just 52 passes. He was second on the the team with 375 rushing yards, but the Gamecocks were tied with Vanderbilt for the 11th-best rushing offense in the SEC.