1. Bob Costas Brouhaha Boiling After Remarks on Sunday Night Football

    And so it begins. Nothing gets the knives out, it seems, like a well-timed comment from a sports figure about gun control, that most hare-triggered of perennial American political issues...

    Paul Cook Written by Paul Cook about 7 months ago 209 reads 3 comments

  2. Clemson vs. South Carolina Bowl Rematch? Hey, Weirder Things Have Happened

    After taking it in the shorts Saturday night against the Gamecocks in Death Valley, some of the Clemson faithful are already warming up the homer-sphere with talk of a possible bowl rematch against their arch-rivals from the Capital City...

    Paul Cook Written by Paul Cook about 7 months ago 3,501 reads 33 comments

  3. Masters 2012: Augusta National Invites Controversy, but Not Women

    Watching the Masters on a 50-inch, 1080i flat screen is an immersive experience. Awash in the vibrancy of early spring in the South—the bright purples of the azaleas, the impossibly ...

    Paul Cook Written by Paul Cook about 1 year ago 539 reads 2 comments

  4. Grading the First Amendment: 'The State' vs. Steve Spurrier

    These days few things rock the sports world like the thrill of the "non-story." From ESPN's firing of confused conservative and one-time country music artist Hank Williams, Jr...

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  5. SEC Football: The South Carolina Gamecocks and the Shifting SEC East

    In the 1950s, the concept of "nutrition" was fairly one-sided—red meat, potatoes, eggs, coffee, alcohol and cigarettes were thought to be pretty much all one needed to survive...

    Paul Cook Written by Paul Cook about almost 2 years ago 818 reads 6 comments

  6. South Carolina vs. Georgia: Why the National Press Isn't Giving 'Cocks Any Love

    During the football season, one of my most cherished Friday afternoon rituals is cruising the major online sports sites during my lunch break...

    Paul Cook Written by Paul Cook about almost 2 years ago 730 reads 2 comments

  7. South Carolina vs. Georgia: Could a Loss on Saturday Be Curtains for Mark Richt?

    On a chilly night in early November 2008, South Carolina soundly defeated a struggling Tennessee team helmed by then-coach Phil Fulmer...

    Paul Cook Written by Paul Cook about almost 2 years ago 716 reads 7 comments

  8. South Carolina Football 2011: Why Starting Connor Shaw Was a Bad Idea

    On Friday, I wrote that starting Connor Shaw would be a " bad idea ." I was promptly raked over the coals by Gamecock fans and Bleacher Report regulars who said things like, "How ...

    Paul Cook Written by Paul Cook about almost 2 years ago 1,333 reads 7 comments

  9. South Carolina Football 2011: Why Starting Connor Shaw Is a Bad Idea

    In the Old Testament Book of Proverbs, t he wise King Solomon lays down some timeless wisdom concerning life, love, spirituality and coaching a team with dark horse BCS fantasies: ...

    Paul Cook Written by Paul Cook about almost 2 years ago 503 reads 5 comments

  10. 5 Games South Carolina Doesn't Have To Worry About in 2011

    It's weird. Players, coaches, staff, trainers, waterboys (and girls), mascots and pretty much anyone else associated with football all know that "looking ahead" (that is, speculating ...

    Paul Cook Written by Paul Cook about almost 2 years ago 109 reads 1 comments

  11. South Carolina Gamecocks Football 2011 Season Preview: Week 6

    I'm taking a big risk by saying what I'm about to say. There's a distinct possibility that I could be banned from the South Carolina Gamecocks page forever and be subsequently ...

    Paul Cook Written by Paul Cook about almost 2 years ago 1,409 reads 7 comments

  12. South Carolina Football: How Will G.A. Mangus' Arrest Affect Gamecocks' Season?

    We now know at least three things about South Carolina QB coach G.A. Mangus that we didn't know a week ago...

    Paul Cook Written by Paul Cook about almost 2 years ago 3,034 reads 3 comments

  13. South Carolina Football 2011 Season Preview: Week 5

    Vs. Auburn—Saturday, Oct. 1 (TBD) In what is shaping up to be a déjà vu moment for some college football fans, South Carolina will take on the reigning BCS champion Auburn Tigers Week 5 in Columbia, S...

    Paul Cook Written by Paul Cook about almost 2 years ago 432 reads 11 comments

  14. South Carolina Football 2011 Season Preview, Part 2: Weeks 3 and 4

    South Carolina vs Navy — Saturday, September 17 (6:00 pm ET) This is an interesting matchup for at least three reasons. First, Navy, East Carolina and South Carolina will each play one another in 2011...

    Paul Cook Written by Paul Cook about almost 2 years ago 1,560 reads 6 comments

  15. College Football 2011: 5 Exciting Opening Weekend Matchups

    Tell me if this sounds familiar. You wait all summer long for the start of college football. You suffer through the long, miserably hot days. You work, you love, you live. You go to the beach...

    Paul Cook Written by Paul Cook about almost 2 years ago 306 reads 1 comments

  16. South Carolina Football 2011 Season Preview: Weeks 1 and 2

    Vs. East Carolina—Saturday, Sept. 3 (7:00pm ET) Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, they were regular foes...

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  17. 5 Laziest Sports Clichés (Or, What to Say When You Have Nothing to Say)

    Like Shake Weights, the Ab Roller and “Sweatin’ to the Oldies,” sports clichés are for the lazy...

    Paul Cook Written by Paul Cook about almost 2 years ago 408 reads 0 comments