ESPN updates its SP+ Rankings. Where is Ohio State after offensive explosion vs. Toledo? Where is Ohio State in the last release of ESPN's SP+ Rankings? #GoBucks USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 21, 2022
Georgia Bulldogs living up to No. 1 ranking COLUMBIA, S.C. — Could the 2022 Georgia football team actually be better than the one that only nine months ago won the program’s first national championship in 41 years? Tribune News Service · Sep 19, 2022
Where is Ohio State in the latest ESPN Power Rankings Do you think Ohio State is getting enough respect nationally? Here is where the Buckeyes are with the latest ESPN Power rankings after Week 3. #GoBucks USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 18, 2022
Stetson Bennett, No. 1 Georgia look unstoppable in romp over South Carolina COLUMBIA, S.C. — Well, Georgia’s Stetson Bennett got his Heisman Trophy moment. Tribune News Service · Sep 17, 2022
Where is Ohio State football in this week’s USA TODAY re-rank? Did Ohio State gain any traction this week in Paul Myerberg's re-rank of all the FBS teams? Better yet, should it have? #GoBucks USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 16, 2022
Are the firing squad, electrocution constitutional? SC high court to hear issue in January COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court will take up an appeal in January from Gov. Henry McMaster and Corrections Director Bryan Stirling of a state judge’s ruling earlier this month that both the electric chair and the firing squad execution methods are unconstitutional. Tribune News Service · Sep 16, 2022
Mizzou football's Eli Drinkwitz wants Tigers to ignore 'toxicity,' move forward COLUMBIA, Mo. — In the wake of his team’s horrific loss at Kansas State, Missouri’s Eli Drinkwitz has more problems to solve this week than last but isn’t about to panic. On Tuesday, in his first public comments since Saturday’s 40-12 clunker, Drinkwitz was unwavering in his belief the Tigers… St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 14, 2022
6-week SC abortion ban bill with limited exceptions back in House hands as GOP split COLUMBIA, S.C. — A proposal that would ban abortions past around six weeks of pregnancy and only offer limited and more narrow exceptions is back in the hands of the South Carolina House. Tribune News Service · Sep 14, 2022
Gamecocks’ Shane Beamer credits Georgia’s Kirby Smart for showing him ropes ATHENS, Ga. — In December 2015, Kirby Smart was defensive coordinator at Alabama as well as Georgia’s newly appointed head coach when he hired Shane Beamer to join the Bulldogs’ staff as tight ends coach. Tribune News Service · Sep 13, 2022
New ESPN power rankings have Ohio State holding steady What kind of movement did ESPN have with Ohio State in its latest college football power rankings? #GoBucks USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 11, 2022
Unable to pass stricter abortion law, South Carolina Senate tweaks existing 6-week ban COLUMBIA, S.C. — Unable to get enough votes to support a near-total abortion ban, the South Carolina Senate on Thursday passed legislation that would build on the state’s six-week law but limit the procedure for sexual assault victims up to 12 weeks. Tribune News Service · Sep 9, 2022
Women in South Carolina Senate blast abortion bill’s lack of exceptions in male-dominated chamber COLUMBIA, S.C. — Four of five South Carolina female senators on Wednesday blasted legislation that would ban nearly all abortions in the state and only offer limited exceptions that include if the pregnancy compromises the mother’s life and health. Tribune News Service · Sep 8, 2022
Judge rules South Carolina’s firing squad and electrocution execution methods are unconstitutional COLUMBIA, S.C. — A state judge has ruled South Carolina’s execution methods of electrocution and the newly installed firing squad are cruel and unusual, therefore both violate the state Constitution. Tribune News Service · Sep 6, 2022
Ohio State drops in ESPN power rankings after Week 1 ESPN's updated college football power rankings have Ohio State with a modest drop from preseason expectations. #GoBucks USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 6, 2022
Tribune News Service · Sep 6, 2022 Feds, defense lawyers argue over Russell Laffitte’s money and role in Murdaugh’s schemes COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former Hampton banker Russell Laffitte, who faces some 30 years in prison in connection with Alex Murdaugh’s alleged fraud schemes, should not have his current bond conditions relaxed, federal prosecutors said Aug. 31 in a new filing they say shows the seriousness of his crimes.
Tribune News Service · Sep 3, 2022 South Carolina women’s basketball cancels series with BYU after racial slur incident COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina women’s basketball team has canceled a scheduled two-game series with BYU in the wake of an alleged racist incident involving a BYU fan, the school announced on Friday.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 2, 2022 Ben Frederickson: Mizzou football faithful want forward progress in Eli Drinkwitz's 3rd season COLUMBIA, Mo. — Beer pong was played in front of a thumping bass on College Avenue. Washers were tossed in the shaded grass along Sixth Street. Chicken wings were smoked and burgers were grilled in the prime tailgating spots around Memorial Stadium.
Tribune News Service · Aug 31, 2022 Former SC Gov. Nikki Haley to sue NY attorney general over leak of ‘dark money’ donors COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley plans to sue the New York Attorney General’s office over a leaked tax filing that revealed the names of donors to her policy advocacy group, Stand for America, Inc.
Tribune News Service · Aug 30, 2022 South Carolina House advances near-total abortion ban with rape, incest exceptions up to 12 weeks COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina House voted 67-38 to advance a near-total abortion ban with exceptions for rape and incest late Tuesday, sending the bill to the Senate after an hourslong debate.
Tribune News Service · Aug 30, 2022 Alex Murdaugh's attorneys, South Carolina prosecutors battle over leaks and evidence in double murder case COLUMBIA, S.C. — Attorneys on both sides of the Alex Murdaugh case got some of what they asked for from a South Carolina judge Monday after a few fiery courtroom clashes.
Tribune News Service · Aug 26, 2022 SC lawmakers who sponsored $1.5M earmark for Upstate Christian school claim misunderstanding COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two state lawmakers who sponsored a $1.5 million budget earmark for an Upstate Christian organization that has announced plans to build a residential school with the money claim the project has been misrepresented. They insist the nonprofit is not actually building a private educational institution, and one…
Tribune News Service · Aug 25, 2022 From God’s house to ... your house? Church transforms into unique apartments COLUMBIA, S.C. — Columbia’s old Rosewood Baptist Church may never not look like a church.
Tribune News Service · Aug 25, 2022 Paul Murdaugh’s cellphone video depicts ‘happy family’ before killings, source says COLUMBIA, S.C. — A short cellphone video of the Murdaugh family purportedly taken right before Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were fatally shot at their rural estate in June 2021 depicts a “happy family,” according to a source familiar with the video recording.
Tribune News Service · Aug 22, 2022 Prosecutors in Alex Murdaugh murder case leaked confidential information to media, his lawyers say COLUMBIA, S.C. — Prosecutors from the South Carolina attorney general’s office have leaked derogatory confidential information to news outlets calculated to hurt disbarred lawyer Alex Murdaugh in his upcoming trial for the 2021 killings of his wife and son, Murdaugh’s lawyers alleged in a court filing Monday.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 22, 2022 Ohio State falls in last preseason release of ESPN’s SP+ rankings Ohio State falls slightly in the latest ESPN college football FPI rankings. #GoBucks