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Ray Tanner Q and A Preview, Part 2: Facilities, Frank Martin and his favorite book

  • May 24, 2013
USC Athletic Director and former head baseball coach Ray Tannerthrows the opening pitch before the Gamecocks take on Liberty at Carolina Stadium.

Gene Sapakoff’s Q and A with South Carolina Athletic Director Ray Tanner will run in Sunday’s Post and Courier print edition with a longer version at www.postandcourier.com

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Former College of Charleston baseball player Jasha Balcom is ‘42’ stunt double

Jasha Balcom, a former College of Charleston baseball player, is a stunt double for lead actor Chadwick Boseman in the hit Jackie Robinson movie

Jasha Balcom takes part in baseball activity almost every day as owner of the Hitters Box youth training facility in Duluth, Ga. But he didn’t expect a career awakening.

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Scouts vote to allow openly gay boys

Terri Hall, left, of San Antonio, Texas, stands with her son Nathaniel Hall, 8, as they hold signs near where the Boy Scouts of America are holding their annual meeting Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Grapevine, Texas. Delegates to the meeting approved a proposal to allow gay scouts into the organization.

In a decision that appears to please no one, the Boy Scout national leadership on Thursday voted to allow openly gay youths in Scouting but kept the door shut to homosexual adult leaders.

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HICKS COLUMN: Town of James Island's mistakes costly to everyone else

For a while, it looked like the town of James Island had settled down.

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Low turnout at foreclosure-assistance event in N. Charleston 'a good sign,' Bank of America says

Bank of America kicked off its mortgage outreach program in 2009 to help struggling borrowers avoid losing their homes to foreclosure. The Charlotte-based financial giant reported low turnout at the Charleston Area Convention Center over three days this week, mirroring trends the bank is seeing in other markets.

Bank of America kicked off its mortgage outreach program in 2009 to help struggling borrowers avoid losing their homes to foreclosure. Past events drew fairly high attendance numbers in Charleston.

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Spoleto Festival USA returns to Charleston, and so does our comprehensive coverage

  • May 24, 2013
  • Staff report
The opera

The Post and Courier today kicks off its daily, comprehensive coverage of Spoleto Festival USA and Piccolo Spoleto Festival.

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New I-26 interchange to connect to port access; road ramps to Spruill Avenue to come down

Nightime traffic streams along Interstate 26, viewed from the Spruill Avenue overpass in this time exposure photograph, near Union Heights on Wednesday November 17, 2004. The DOT plans to close the ramps from I-26's Exit 218, which connect to Spruill Avenue, and build a new interchange that will directly connect to an access road to the new port terminal on the former Navy base in North Charleston.

Benjamin Holmes laughs at the irony when he talks about his memory of a ramp being built that connects Interstate 26 to Spruill Avenue.

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Big moon for summer’s first holiday weekend

A “supermoon” rose over the Ravenel Bridge in 2011.

Good news for the Memorial Day weekend, the official kick-start to summer: You’ll have more beach to lie out on. And a huge moon to gaze upon at night.

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Citadel needs just 2 wins for SoCon title after 12-11 thriller over WCU

Citadel second baseman Mason Davis and the Bulldogs are now two wins away from winning the Southern Conference baseball tournament after beating Western Carolina, 12-11, on Thursday afternoon.

This has been a season of change in the Southern Conference. On Thursday alone, Elon announced its intention to leave for the Colonial Athletic Association, and College of Charleston played — and lost — its last two games as a SoCon member.

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Former Summerville star Matt White continues success at Spartanburg Methodist

Matt White is batting .331. for Spartanburg Methodist.

It’s a whole new ballgame for Summerville’s Matt White.

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Prevention begins now for heat-related deaths during summer football practice

Twelve high school and college athletes will die of football-related injuries and illnesses next season.

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Charleston RiverDogs roll past Greenville Drive

  • May 24, 2013

  • Staff report

Eight of the nine Charleston starters scored at least one run for the RiverDogs in a 12-5 win over the Greenville Drive in South Atlantic League play Thursday night at Riley Park in front of 5,067 fans.

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Higgins is Carolinas Women’s Am winner again

Higgins

Katie Higgins of Charleston rallied to beat College of Charleston golfer Kathryn Miranda and win her second straight Carolinas Women’s Amateur golf championship Thursday at Treyburn Country Club in Durham, N.C.

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Elon ends College of Charleston season with 18-8 win

This was not the way the College of Charleston wanted to leave the Southern Conference.

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S.C. Senate approves money for roads

  • May 24, 2013

  • Associated Press

COLUMBIA — The state Senate approved a budget amendment late Thursday that allows for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of road and bridge construction.

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