jones to tag and score the first season....one nothing gamecocks. third inning...albany's kevin donati lines one to right...hopkins makes the catch....then throws to first to double ip the base runner. first baseman alex destino is shaken up on the play...but he shakes it off and stays in the game. bottom of the third....bases loaded for jones...he finds the gap in right center....that clears the bases...gamecocks go up four nothing. fourth inning...the gamecocks break it open...dom thompson williams jacks a two run shot to make it six to one. usc would add two more runs to make it eighht take vo: the gamecocks need to bounce back from a disappointing loss earlier this week to the sec's last place team....missouri. south carolina is still in good receive a bid to the ncaa tournament.....but they need to put together a strong finish. ifthey stub their toes down the stretch...they could miss out on the big dance. >>> tonight, new beyonce outrage, cops calling for a boycott. with her anti-police message. >> get in formation. >> her music video super bo

john jones puts carolina on the board in the bottom of the first....he sends one to deep left....the solo shot stakes carolina to a one-nothing lead. second inning....chris cullen bangs a double off the left field wall ....l.t. tolbert will race home to make it two nothing. next man up...marcus mooney lays down a bunt.....he beats it out for a basehit. the throw gets away....cullen scores all the way from second base...three- nothing gamecocks. bottom of the 6th....dom thompson- williams rips this one down the right field line... that drives in a run to make it five- nothing. up steps mister jones. he singles to shallow right field....he drives in two runs...john jones goes four for four with four rbi's. the gamecocks win it seven to one......game two of the series is saturday at clem son is hosting james madison this weekend. the tigers take game one today six to one. clemson improves to three and one. game two is saturday at two o'clock at doug kingsmore stadium. the usc men's basketball team is hoping to receive their first invitation to the big dance in more than a decade. the ga

this will help.....second inning....john jones...one of usc's newcomers....plants a bases loaded double in the gap in right center...three runs score to make it four- nothing carolina. here's another one of the gamecocks new guys. dom thompson williams goes three for four.....including a two run homer in his usc debut..... south carolina wins it ten to one. the gamecocks now have an opening day record od 85 wins and 39 losses. chad:i was pleased with all of our guys..this was a good team win. i'll have a few new faces in there tomorrow...i'lll have to settle in on a lineup in a few weeks. clark: definitely getttng a win is the best thing out of this. i wanted to keep my team in a columbia uber driver is facing charges after police say he used a gun to threaten a taxi driver from another company. wayne barini is accused of pointing a handgun at the cabbie after he was asked to move from a designated checker yellow taxi parking space in five points last weekend. the victim reported barini cocked his gun before pointing at him. police say he wasn't hurt in the incident. barini was booked a

. >> reporter: we met john jones here. he grew up in this neighborhood where he said there was little home and lots of drugs and violence. >> the further removed you are from downtown, the further east you go, the deeper east, you'll see the transition of these neighborhoods. >> reporter: this according to more than a dozen people we talked to is ground zero for the problem of gun violence in america. on streets like this one where guns are a way of life. >> reporter: i'm not talking about one set of gun fire. we're talking about three, four, five. >> we walked past the spot where last september two people were gunned down. >> reporter: every night, more guns. >> it gets to the point where you can identify them. oh, that's, a.k., that's an tech 9. >> reporter: police may 37 inch did arrests on gun charges, another 946 assault charges. you. >> start hearing about so and so got killed last night. >> reporter: this is the reality for john jones and his neighbors. jones himself got caught up in the gun violence cycle. he serve

aly: for 10 years, john jones has been on and off the streets. agencies like place of hope have helped him, and many others. >> they helped us a lot, and nick even got a lot of people from tent city, the old tent city, off the streets and into places. aly: like jones, these are just a few of the folks who are being asked, where did you sleep the night of january 27th? it's a yearly nationwide count the department of housing and urban development asks each state to do. >> this helps the homeless. this goes back to hud, shows whats needed in the county. aly: according to data, the homeless count went up in the upstate between 2014 and 2015, but place of hope's manager, nick bush, doesn't think the amount of homeless people went up. >> i always think the homeless numbers are way undercounted. it really is. what that shows is, we as the community, and the counties, are getting better relationships with the homeless, so they're more willing to come and talk to us about their issues. aly: the count volunteers will ask the homeless for their first initi

jones.. delivering again.. a two run single to left cetner brings the gamecocks to 5-1-- he finishes the weekend 6 for 10 and nine rbiand the gamecocks win it 8-1 3 all in all a good weekend. we battled and competed at the but we had some darn good at bats.. thats baseball sometimes its hard to score when oure hitting right at people. all in all i couldnt be more pleased with my team and how we played.. put in a number of different guys, think we got a team with some depth. 3 up the road at the doug.... cleson in a rubber match with maine looking for their first series win of the monte lee era..and talk about a different showing.. the team that struggled on friday against the black bears held nothing back today..every tiger starter had at least one hit today to post a 19-2 win over maine to take the series. 3 as the weekend progressed, we relaxed a little bit, and stayed within ourselves a litle bit more.. we played better in game two than game one.. and beter in game thre the weekend went on

. >> reporter: we met john jones here. he grew up in this neighborhood where he said there is little hope and lots of drugs and violence. >> the further from downtown, the further east, the deeper east you'll see the transition in the neighborhoods. >> reporter: right. this according to more than a dozen people we talked to is ground zero for the problem of gun violence in america. on streets like this one, where guns are a way of life. >> i'm not talking about one set of gunfire. it could be three or four or five different sets of shootings. >> reporter: we walked past the spot last september two people were gunned down. >> every night all kind of guns. >> reporter: and in a six-block radius around where we walked, another half dozen people have been murdered since october with guns. >> you get to a point you can identify them. that's a .12 or an ak or tech nine. >> reporter: in the same time period in this thneighborhood oakland police made 37 arrests. >> you start hearing such and such got killed last night. >> reporter

john jones is getting it done and a double play. that'll be a 6-4-3. chris cullen goes deep. back, back and off the wall and the gamecocks will score again. 4-0 gamecocks. he blasts one up the middle and the gamecocks score and they continue to have the lead. then this one pops up. nice play right there for penn state. one of the bright spots of a double play for them and then right here. look at this play. the gamecocks say if you can do it, we can do it as well. then the gamecocks back at work on offense and another deep ball again and they win this ball game. penn state hits one late in the game. a little too late. >> obviously it was a good win for us and i thought the kid from penn state had a really good arm and maybe a little bit more than what we thought on the scouting report. he's running up there pretty good. a big tall lefty throwing 90 to 92, that's pretty tough. our guys battled him pretty well and jones got us off to a good start in the 1st inning and we put three more across there in the 2 sxn we felt good about the game at that point. clarke smith was outstan

john jones up with the bags full... nittany lions in trouble... jones is on fire at the dish... base hit thru the right side... two score... as jones dives in safely to second. 3-1 gamecocks. === same score... chris cullen lifts a ball deep wheels his way home to give carolina a three run lead. === top nine... josh reagan in to close the door... tying run at the plate... reagan gets the batter swinging to end the game. gamecocks win 4-2... as they improve to 8-0 on the season. like usc... clemson bringing out the brooms today... as they completed a three game set against james madison at home. === bottom 2...tigers down 1- 0...... seth beer changes that with one swing. blasts a 2 run homerun. clemson out in front. === later in the frame... tigers leading 4-1... when reed rohlman drives the offering into the gap in left center. that plates one.... 5-1 clemson. === bottom 4... eli white follows suit... by taking the pitch into the as they improve to 5-1 on the season. antonio: today on "fix it & finish it"... if you give us the go, we're gonna go. >> ok. antonio: we go? yeah, you

the lights were bright as espn college gameday took over john paul jones arena.1. malcolm brogdon three point play - 17- 14 uva 2. joel berry ii three one of five on the one point uva lead 3. with time expiring in the first half london perrantes lobs it up to isaiah wilkins at the buzzer 38-35 uva lead at intermission 4. unc never led monster slam from isaiah hicks ties it up at 455. brogdon for three finished with a game high 26...57-49 uva 6. marial shayok leave th pass for anthony gill who had the cavaliers get the win today 79-74. malcolm brogdon led uva with 26 points. our very own kevaney martin is on the scene for the game and has all the reaction for the hoos and heels. :26-:30:44-:49:56-1:00in front of a packed john pa jones arena, the number 3 ranked virginia cavaliers pulled off the 79-74 win over the 7th ranked north carolina tar heels. with 4 separate cavaliers scoring in double figures. but the story was malcolm brogdon's 26 points. he has been terrificc as conference play. and really most of all in his career. but i thought about malcolm alot. as i w

bottom of the 2nd, clark with a sac fly scores john jones hustleing in from third n.the bottom of the 3rd when it's 1- 0, jones back up to the plate, bases loaded and he would unload a three run double to center field. that makes it 4-0 gamecocks. they'r'roff and running and a big day -- again alot of newcomers and new faces. here is one you'll hear a lot about. dom thompson william, home run carolina wins it 10-1. here is chad holbrook after tonight's win. i'm pleased with the way we played. we played great defense behind our guys. the guys were full of energy today, anxious for this day. they couldn't wait for it to get here and i think they performed well. >> and up the road, the elgin grad in his first game has baseball coach, hosting maine. double out toe right and that brings in eli white. pitcher charlie barnes out of sumter will go to work. he strikes out two in the 1st ining. maine wins it 4-3, game two tomorrow at 2:00. where the super bowl of nascar is sunday. richard petty went there multiple times. trent is entering his third season as a crew chief on the sprint cup level

bottom of the 2nd, clark with a sac fly and that scores john jones with the first run of 2016. game cox go up 1-0. bottom of the 3rd ining, jones is back at the plate with the bases loaded. he's going to drop a 3 run double into center field. that will clear the bases and that gives the gamecocks a 4-0 lead. they've been rolling and bats are hot. there is another one, dom thompson williams. it's 9-1, gamecocks in the 6th ining. alyssa caught up with fan ons the property for the first time as gamecock basketball -- baseball is back. >> fans talked to me about how special it is to be here on opening day. you never know what the weather is going to be like. it's such a beautiful day. you want to see what the guys can do and see what kind of team we may have. i love watching hockey. opening day mean as new beginning. we missed the playoffs last year and that's our goal, the make the playoffs. really the goal is to make omaha. that takes a special goal and season. a sweep over all -- >>> grammy award wining singer and actress, jennifer holiday, is in the midlands. tomorrow she's tak

john jones puts carolina on the board in the bottom of the first....he sends one to deep to left....the solo shot stakes carolina to a one-nothing lead. second inning....chris cullen bangs a double off the left field wall ....l.t. tolbert will race home to make it two nothing. next man up...marcus mooney lays down a bunt.....he beats it out for a basehit. the throw gets away....cullen scores all the way from second base...three- nothing gamecocks. still in the 2nd inning....jones drives in another run. the hot shot up the middle....mooney scores to make it four nothing. they're in the inning.....carolina leads it to. seven. clem son is hosting james madison this weekend. the tigers are leading game one....three to one in the sixth inning. the usc men's basketball team continues the march to the big dance. the gamecocks right now are projected to be a sixth or seventh seed in the ncaa tournament. they have three regular season games left...starting tomorrow at mississippi state...and at least one game in the sec tournament. unless they suffer a complete meltdown and lose all four...they

jones to tag and score the first run of the season....one nothing gamecocks. third inning...albany's kevin donati lines one to right...hopkins makes the catch....then throws to first to double ip the base runner. first baseman alex destino is shaken up on the play...but he shakes it off and stays in the game. for jones...he finds the gap in right center....that clears the bases...gamecocks go up four nothing. after innings...the score....gamecocks , albany the gamecocks are on a mission this season. they failed to make the ncaa tournament last year for the first time since 1999. the coaches and players know they'll be under a lot of scrutiny every time they take the field. chad:it's always pressure to perform well here. i'm not looking at this year any different than i did last year, my second year, my third year. it's not any different to me. we want to perform at a high level. we want to be one of the best teams in the country. i know the expectations of south perform at a high level..that's why we coach here, that's why our players come here. alex:we came u

it hasn't taken long for john jones to make an impact with the usc baseball team. his carolina career is just eight games old....but he's already been named national player of the week by collegiate baseball. jones..number 22... had one of the best weekends in school history. he reached base in all 14 plate appearances....he batted one thousand...going eight for eight...with two homeruns...including a grand slam. he also walked six times. jones helped the gamecocks sweep the three game series to improve their record to eight and oh. jones...is playing his first year at carolina after spending last season in the junior college ranks. it definitely helped a lot...it was awesome..i think i got almost 200 at bats. you see great pitching at florida junior college...so you got one year under your belt for some two. it definitely helps coming into this because it's a night and junior college. the gamecocks play at the citadel tomorrow at seven....then they'll host clemson friday at seven.....the rivals will play saturday in greenville at two-30. the tigers will entertain

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. >> reporter: we met john jones here. he grew up in this neighborhood where he said there was little hope and lots of drugs and violence. >> the further removed you are from downtown, the further east you go, the deeper east, you'll see the transition in these neighborhoods. >> right. >> reporter: this, according to more than a dozen people we talked to, is ground zero for the problem of gun violence in america. on streets like this one where guns are a way of life. >> i'm not talking about just one set of guns there could be two or three or four or five different shootings. every night all kind of guns. >> reporter: and in a six-block radius around where we walked, another half dozen people had been murdered since october. all with guns. >> you get to the point you can begin to identify them. well, that's a 9 millimeter, that's a .12 gauge, that's an ak. that's a tech 9. >> reporter: oakland also made 37 different arrests on gun charges, another 946 assault charges. >> and then you start hearing about someone just got ki

john jones, the clutch two-out single to center ties things up at 1 . same score in the gene cone sixth. pinch hitting, rolls it over. could've been an inning-ending double play. instead, dropped at 2nd. 2-1, usc on top. same frame, now 3-1. bases rbis in his first three games as a gamecock. south carolina finishes off a sweep of albany with an 8-1 win, >> all in all, i couldn't be more pleased with my team and how they played. but in a number of different guys, and i think you can see, we have a team with some depth. >> great weekend, great start to the season. marc: bonus between presbyterian and furman. the paladins pick up the win thanks to a single from the freshman crawford. they will play again tuesday afternoon. wofford sweeps the opening they are out t mike: rain for the next couple days? chris: keep the umbrellas handy. off and on rain for the next you days, the heaviest will be tomorrow night into tuesday. wednesday with a cold front. high tomorrow, 60 two. we tumble down, a cold rain on tuesday. 46. that one will hurt. that is wednesday, we

what a weekend for the junior college transfer john jones down at south carolina. the switch-hitting catcher reached base in all 14 plate appearances against penn state. he went 8 for 8, with 6 walks. a couple of those were home runs, including a grand slam. arguably the best weekend at the plate in school history. the clemson tigers swept james madison over the weekend, and we continue to see the tigers hang runs on the scoreboard. if you -- they have beat teams 55-10 over the last five games since carol: thanks fo >>> tonight the klan controversy exploding around donald trump after refusing to condemn the kkk's former leader. what he's saying now and what we found him saying years ago. >>> plus, tensions boil over at trump's rally, and tonight some republican leaders are scrambling to stop him. >>> school shooting emergency. all-out chaos as police say a 14-year-old suddenly opened fire in the cafeteria. >>> taking the stand, an emotional erin andrews tells the jury about her hotel nightmare as a stalker secretly taped her and posted the video for the world to se

john jones is your national player of the week after going 14-14. a 1,000 on base percentage. we are here outside usc alumni center talking gamecocks hoops. more tonight on news 19 at 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. reggie anderson, news 19 wltx. >> thank you. >>> all right. information on deals for you >>> a look at what is coming up on wltx tonight. 8:00 p.m. super girl. followed by scorpion at 9:00 p.m. at 10:00 p.m. ncis los angeles and then keep sports for news 19 at >>> drug cartels in the midland? dea agents sat down with- sonia gutierrez ta-- with news 19's sonia gutierrez. they say the landscape is changing with people coming in and out of state to make a business out of it. >> seeing more of it coming in is alarming in a sense we are not supplying any other areas. it is consumed here. >> they want people to be aware of what is going on. we will have more details for news 19 at 7:00 p.m. >>> happy leap day. many restaurants are offering offers. pizza hut: each customer with a leap day birthday gets a free one topping personal pizza for carry-out at participating locations.,

two more on the board with this john jones rbi single. what a series for this kid. 8-8 in the series with two bombs. four runs scored and 10 rbi. since rutgers going back to 1987 with a perfect on base percentage in three weekend starts versus an opponent. usc goes to 8-0. >> it's a match up issue with the opponents because we had to switch up the hitter. loves to hit and he's got great knowledge and a great approach up there. so i'm not, i'm not saying anything about that kid. just let him keep on playing and put him in a three hole and see if he can keep bringing in runs for us. >> tigers looking to bring out the brooms as well. seth beer epic name with a shot to left. puts clemson in front for good. beer second of the season. reed roleman at the dish and he lines one up to center that will plate another run. tigers sweep the series by 27- improve to 5-1 on the year. >> and in atlanta, sheer domination by jimmy johnson and the 48 crew down the stretch. after pitting with three to go. johnson's four tires much stronger than kevin harvick

columbia this john jones is off to >>> national player of the week for what they term as one of the greatest weekends. >> [no audio] >> 1.75 e.r.a. with some amazing numbers this afternoon. the gamecock up right now in the national ranks. >>> good evening, everybody. spring drills for the first time they started in february. with that run to the championship just behind them in their rear-view mirror there was a little bit of a different intensity. tigers were at the springfield today. the head coach observed the program that's feeling a little bit different. >> certain things you dream about and your work towards there's nothing like being out there. i've seen a great improvement. >> mike williams cleared to play. he will go through spring practice but will not be tackled with any contact. dion cain was suspended. he will not practice but he's going to meetings and that kind of thing. at this point he said he's welcome to return to full duty in the fall. >>> speaking of wide receivers, form erer quarterback the bears placing a franchise tag on him. first overtime of the season under its new

jones will deliver as he's done al weekend... thatll score two and get jones to secondchris cullen up next... flies out to left and penn state gets the out but jonah bride iwll tag home..not as flashy as the double digit wins from friday and staruday but usc gets it done today to take the series sweep over penn state by a final of 4-2 3 three good days for us.. you ahve to win when you dont have your best ball to have a special season.. penn state will have a good season.. competed at the plate, tough to striekout.. they certainly to playing this 3 week and citadel on tuesday. 3 game three up in clemson between the tigers and te dukes of jmu..clemson looking for the sweep as well and they would deliver.. reed rohlman and seth beer both totaled three hits and three rbis in clemson 11-2 win over james madison at the doug todaythe tigers swept the series by a combined 27-4.. improving to 5-1 on the season next up... they host wofford on tuesday at 4pm3 3 leonardo decaprio has been nominated for an academy award six times... but neve

. >>> in columbia john jones off to a good start for usc. another homerun for him this afternoon against penn state as south carolina jumped up early and is rolling right now. it's 7-0. it's not 7-7. if it were 7-7 i don't know how the math would be. the gamecock are up. >>> the weekend is look ing good. all day sunshine. mid 50 s on saturday, mid 60s on sunday. pollen count moderate so everything is waking up. >>> we'll see you at 7:00 for the latest news. >> and at 11:00. wspa >> pelley: the campaign deteriorates. >> donald trump is a con artist. >> pelley: and the front-runner get an endorsement no one saw coming. also tonight, zika virus is confirmed in nine pregnant women in the u.s. one child has a birth defect. what might have triggered the rampage and the hero cop who stopped him. and steve hartman with the special bond between child and duck. >> i'm hismom. >> reporter: you're not really his mom. >> yup, i'm his mom. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this may go down as the week

turning to baseball....usc's john jones leads an offensive attack that produced 14 hits today...as the gamecocks dominate penn state in the opener of their weekend series. clarke schmidt is the pitching star...he throws seven scoreless innings...allowing just one hit while striking out eight. jones takes care of business at the plate...first inning..he belts a solo homerun to left for a one- nothing lead..... second inning....jones delivers a run scoring single to make it four nothing..... jones caps off his big day in drives in two runs....jones goes four for four with four r-b- i's the gamecocks win it seven to one......game two of the series is saturday at two o'clock. holbrook: "love the presence he has in the middle of our lineup. strong kid. great plate approach. he knows what he is trying to accomplish." jones: "try to get to the field everday and do the same thing. have the same routine. go up to the plate and just compete." clem son is hosting james madison this weekend. the tigers are leading game one....three to one in the sixth [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: from studio

john jones coming through with an r.b.i. single. that makes it a tie game. then bet only of the sixth,,ene cone with an r.b.i. single to second. that scores the go ahead run from third. carolina goes up 2 to 1. the gamecocks don't look back. jones with three r.b.i.'s today. carolina takes game 3 and the series 8 to 1. chad holbrook pretty pleased with the weekend. >> i told my team after the game, as pleased as i am with the way they played, i think we can play a lot better. but i think we played all three phases of the game pretty well all weekend long. we battled at the plate, had really good at-bats, made great defensive plays. our pitchers threw strikes for the most part, and it was good to see. >> in the upstate, clemson hosting main in the rubber match of the series up there. with runners on the corners for clemson. chris williams singles. 2-1 lead clemson. bottom of the fourth, two on for clemson. one to left center. 5 to 1, tigers win game 3, 19 to 2. clemson 17 r.b.i.'s today. but head coach monte lee really doesn't mind running up the score too muc

gamecocks still trailing 1-0 when john jones delivers. smokes the offering back up the middle... to drive in mooney. usc ties it up at 1-1. gene cone in as a pinch hitter... nearly hits into an ending inning double play. instead... the go ahead run scores. === then leading 3-1... jones creates breathing room with one swing of the bat. loops a single to left... two gamecocks race home. as usc beats albany 8-1 to sweep the series. three phases of the game well all weekend long. i think we battled at the plate. we had some really good at bats... made some great defensive plays. our pitchers threw strikes for the most part. had some power arms and some power stuff out there. it was good to see. over in tiger town... a rubber match between clemson and maine.....winner takes rubber match between clemson and maine.....winner takes the weekend series. === lead....tigers take it away in the bottom of the first....chris williams drives in eli white to give clemson a 2-1 lead.... ==== same score into the bottom of the 4th....2 on for chase pinder.....he rips the first home run of the year f

john jones, what a weekend for series. 8-10, two home runs, adds two rbi on this play to give him 10 rbi in the series. usc completes the sweep of penn state, 4-2. gamecocks 8-0 on the year. geoff: from baseball to football here seven weeks after playing , for the national championship, the clemson football team goes back to work today. the tigers' first spring practice is this afternoon. the gamecocks are still two weeks away from the start of theirs. both programs will play their spring game april 9. baseball season's just getting started, but basketball season the south carolina women have closed out the regular season as just the second team in sec history to go through league play a perfect 16-0. the team did it against lsu on senior day in columbia. the winningest class in school history with 115 victories wins celebrated this weekend. the gamemecks with no trouble beating lsu 75-39. meanwhile, clemson wrapped up the regular season with a 71-57 loss to nc state. this is men's basketball. that is women's, excuse me. the tigers will face wake forest in the acc tournament at 2:30

bottom 3rd, another new starter for the gamecocks, they that's john jones transfer. gamecocks get 7 runs, combined in the 3rd and 4th, they cruise 10-1 in the opening day win. >> it was a great opening day for us, you know, i -- i'm pleased with the way we played. >> it was good to face another team and pitch and pull out a win, especially a win like that. it's big on the first opening day. >> when you come out here and see all of this, it's heartwarming, you know, and gets your spirit up a little bit and makes you want to play the game the right way. >> quite the carolina debut. game two tomorrow. montee lee last year knocked them off. now lee an assistant. the new head coach at clemson, just the third baseball coach since 1958. game number one today against maine. jack leggett's alma mater. reed rohlman rolls it down. eli white comes around to score. clemson takes the lead. charlie barnes, clemson pitching staff combines 14 strikeouts, one wk. but black bears don't scare easily. maine claws its way back. pulls off the upset, 4-3 spoiling the tiger debut. >> in tigh

john jones up with the bags full... nittany lions in trouble... jones is on fire at the dish... base hit thru the right side... two score... as jones dives in safely to second. 3-1 gamecocks. === same score... chris cullen lifts a ball deep to left... it's caught... jonah bride tags from third... wheels his way home to give carolina a three run lead. === top nine... josh reagan in to close the door... tying run at the plate... reagan gets the batter swinging to end the game. gamecocks win 4-2... they sweep penn state as they improve to 8-0 on the season. like usc... clemson bringing out the brooms today... as they completed a three game home. === bottom 2...tigers down 1- 0...... seth beer changes that with one swing. tigers leading 4-1... when reed rohlman drives the offering into the gap in left center. that plates one.... 5-1 clemson. === bottom 4... eli white follows suit... by taking the pitch into the same gap... another run comes home. clemson wins 11-2... to sweep jmu... as they improve to 5-1 on the season. we'll be right back with a final hey, guys! if weekly grocery s

catcher john jones smacking this one to right center field. the transfer clears the bases. it's a three-run double and the gamecocks go on to get seven runs combined in the third and fourth innings. schmidt dealing on the mound. at last check, u.s.c. up 9-1 in the bottom of sixth inning. we'll have more tonight at 11:00. former assistant coach monty lee making his debut for the arch rival. lee is the third clemson baseball coach since 1958. game number one today against maine, ironically, lee's predecessor jack leggett's alma mater. third tiger batter of the season. rolling down the right field line. clemson takes a 2-0 lead. but not going anywhere. after bouncing back from a slow start, they come back to tie things bouncing their way. clemson unable to make the plays on defense. and then the bears take the lead in the sixth inning at last check, maine up 3-2. clemson looking to come back late. we will have the conclusion for you tonight at 11:00. and quite the opening day down in charleston. chris singleton nationally known for speaking out the night after his mother was t

jones earning national honors from collegiate baseball after penn state literally couldn't get the guy out, jones, the first known gamecock to do this. jones, reaching base all 14 times, six walks, he also hit with the juco transfer doing anything but playing up his huge weekend. >> it feels good. i mean, succeeding feels good. but -- and it's over now, enjoy it, later, with my team, and move object, get ready for the next game. >> he is a big, physical guy, works hard in the weight room, loves to hit, and he has great knowledge and great approach up there. so i'm not saying anything that kid, just let him keep playing and put him in that three hole and keep driving in runs for us. >> and jones will have another chance to do that tomorrow, usc's first road game at the citadel, gamecocks up two spots to number 13 in the country according to d1 baseball, gamecock basketball not getting a single vote in today's associated press top 25 poll, the gamecocks losing by 10 at mississippi state over the weekend. usc still in very good shape to make the ncaa tournament, number 38 in the ncaa rbi

. >> reporter: we met john jones here. he grew up in this neighborhood where he said there was little hope and lots of drugs and violence. >> the further removed you are from downtown, the further east you go, the deeper east, you will see the transition in these neighborhoods. >> reporter: right. [ siren ] >> reporter: this according to more than a dozen people we talked to is ground zero for the problem of gun violence in america. on streets like this one, where guns are a way of life. >> i'm not talking about just one set of gun problems. there could be three or four or five different sets of students. >> reporter: we walked past the spot where last september two people were gunned down. >> every night, all kind of guns. >> reporter: in a six-block radius around where we walked, another half dozen people had been murdered since october, all with guns. >> you get to the point where you can begin to identify them. that's a 9 millimeter, that's a ak, that's a tech nine. >> reporter: in the same time period in this neighbor

later in the inning, john jones continues his hot start, rbi, all nine gamecocks get ta hit, seven players score. clark schmidt goes 7 innings on the mound. eight strikeouts. carolina kuzs with the 7-1 win. >>> clemson baseball at home. tikers back in action for the of three in their opening weekend against main. chris okey deep to center. a solo shot. tigers get a couple of more home runs from chase pinder. tigers are now 3-1. >>> the gamecocks play at mississippi state tomorrow, 2:30 on 2:30. >>> on the line for 7th wooded and hammond. woods left knee heavily wrapped. fourth quarter, three-point play here. hammond takes a 1-point lead. two mints to play. edmondson from northwood showing off the postgame and northwood takes the lead. 1 minute to go. laudin, this is a huge three for who else would the skyhawks go to? woods finds a way to tie it up there. northwood -- as i choke my way through -- on the other end, laudin doing anything but choking and defending state champion. northwood knocks off the skyhawks, 6-57. woods is off to play for the tar heels. >>> heathwood hall, the highlander

for now live at john paul jones arena in charlottesville, dave walls, abc 13 sports. back to you. >>> thank you, dave. the bs honor one if not the best all-around athlete to come through the school. brookville baseball will retire logan thomas's you jersey during halftime of the varsity boys game. miami dolphins was a basketball star at brookville as well. the second b's male player to top 1,000 career points. he did it on january 15, 2009. his stat line from that game, 18 points, 20 rebounds and 7 blockpoints, 20 rebounds and 7 blocked shots. thomas earned seminole player of the year honor in 2009. >>> carolina panthers quarterback cam newton says he is a sor e loser and defended his one and two-word answers walking out of the interview and talking to the >>> president obama released a $4.1 trillion budget proposal this morning. tonight at 7:00, we will hear how tourists in our nation's capitol say they will divvy up that money. >>> plus with the new hampshire results coming in shortlyresults coming in shortly, we

john jones reaches base, all 16 plate appearances on the weekend against penn state. 4-2 sunday's final score completing the sweep for the gamecocks. i'm tim hill. that's the abc columbia sports minute to win it. hope it gets your week off to a good start. >> thank you, tim. tinseltown was shining brightly last night with the help of a certain gold statue. >> wonder which one that could be. next live from main and gervais. >> it was a night full of glitz and glam at the oscars. >> indeed it was. abc's lauren lyster has a full wrap-up of who won, who lost and who surprised us. >> spotlight. >> a thoughtful film about a newspaper investigating sex abuse by boston's catholic priests took oscars' top prize last night winning best picture. >> they nominated host, i wouldn't even get this job! >> it was oscar host chris rock who really owned the night addressing the academy's diversity controversy out of the gate. >> i'm a danish girl. >> placing black actors in parodies of several nominated films. >> you should get me! >> don't worry, black astronaut. we will. >> even calling hollywood racis

one of the new face in columbia, john jones. the switch hitting catcher, jones drives in all 3 runs. that gives the gamecocks a 4-1 lead against albany. right now in the sixth inning, south carolina has extended that lead 9-1. michigan state beat pc this afternoon. furman and fordham are playing at fluor field in greenville. wofford is hosting kentucky right now. an exciting day in the world of college baseball. chase elliott will start on the pole for sundays daytona 500.dale earnhardt jr. and kyle busch one the tools last night, with the former champion would like nothing better to start 2016 by winning the great american race. ricardo lecompte has that story. ricardo: when you dive into the numbers, kevin harvick could have one of the best seasons in sprint cup history. he's been in second place 14 times. year in the number of situations we are in the position to win races. why did refinish second so many times? will, we put 2 motors here, 2 valves got knocked out of the wheels here. it rained during the race. you can add the

that is where we find our dave walls live at john paul jones arena and dave, the cavs have revenge on their minds tonight. >> reporter: yeah, they sure do. where the hokies pulled up the upset over the number 4 ranked uva cavs. , need zack laday to keep his hot hand. the junior scored 22 points and remains hot averaging 16 points and 8 rebounds a game. coach tony bennett has his cavs back on track winning six in a row and climbing up to number 7 in the latest ap poll. in the 64-50 drubbing of pittsburgh, scored 21 points. and the uva's defense stipeled their opponent holding them at 39% from the steal. we are a month away from the acc tournament and tonight's game could help both teams gain or continue the momentum that they have going on. we will break that down for you coming up later on abc 13 news at 6:00 in sports. for now live at john paul jones arena, dave walls, abc 13 sportsarena, dave walls, abc 13 sports. >> danner: thanks, dave.

gamecocks still trailing 1-0 when john jones delivers. smokes the offering back up the middle... to drive in === next frame... usc breaks this thing wide open. gene cone in as a pinch instead... the go ahead run scores. === then leading 3-1... jones creates breathing room with one swing of the bat. loops a single to left... two gamecocks race home. as usc c ats albany 8-1 to swswp the series. holbrook: "i think we played all three phases of the game well all weekend long. i think we battled at the plate. we had some really good at bats... made some great defensive plays. our pitchers threw strikes for the most part. had some power arms and some power stuff out there. it was good to see. we weren't trying to trick over in tiger town... a rubber match between clemson and maine.....winner takes the weekend series. === maine grabs the early lead....tigers take it away in the bottom of the first....chris williams drives in eli white to give clemson a ==== sasa score into the bottom of the 4th....2 on for chase pinder.....he rips the first home run of the year for the tigers.....5-1 cl

john jones with three r.b.i.s. the gamecocks back in action on tuesday night against appalachian state. finally in racing, denny hamlin was the 2016 daytona 500 by a matter of inches, he beats out his opponent. the closest race since nascar started electronic recording in 1993. minute to win it. >> hoverboard makers being told to get their act together or they may get hit with recalls soon. that's the warning from the consumer products safety commission issued to manufacturers, importers and retailers. some models of the self-balancing scooters are prone to catch fire, even explode. several airlines have already banned hoverboards. they're not permitted on public streets and sidewalks in london. new york city has banned them all together. turns out that cup of joe may be more than just a morning pick me up. researchers showing it could also cut your chance of developing a type of liver disease. researchers say two cups a day could cut your chance to develop alcohol-related cirrhosis by 44%. cirrhosis deteriorates t

john jones, what a weekend for the juco transfer. 8 for 10, 2 home runs, adds 2 10 rbi's in the series. usc completes the sweep of penn state, 4-2. gamecocks 8-0 on the year. >> we did enough to win, it wasn't our best game by any stretch but we did enough to win. three good days for us. you have to win to have a special season. that is what i told the guys. the gamecocks take on the citadel tuesday. ricardo: furman sweeps the series from dayton, winning the finale 5-2. wofford in action right now against unc asheville, usc upstate knocks off rider today, 10-3, and presbyterian college completes the sweep of towson, 11-5. the south carolina women close out the regular season today, and with a win over lsu, the gamecocks will become just the second team in sec history to go through league play a perfect 16-0. senior day at colonial life arena. the winningest class in school history, with 115 victories. first quarter, senior tiffany mitchell drops the dime to a'ja wilson. 14 points, 7 rebounds for wilson. mitchell with the corner three. game of her career. the gamecocks beat lsu, 75-39.

zac glover checks in next from john paul jones arena to preview the cavs and hokies. (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) court tonight in charlottesville. virginia tech beat uva earlier this year in blacksburg, and the hokies will try to have a repeat performance tonight on the road. zac glover joins us live from john paul jones arena to set the table for tonight's contest. travis, the hokies will do their best to make it two wins in a row against uva, but as we all know, it won't be easy. the cavaliers have won five games in a row, while tech just ended a five-game losing streak with a win over clemson this past weekend. momentum from saturday, and pour it into tonight, going up against virginia. jalen hudson, virginia tech guard: "it's obviously, a huge rivalry in virginia. i'm obviously from richmond so i know a little about it,

one of the new face in columbia, john jones, the switch hitting catcher, delivers with the bases loaded. jones drives in all 3 runs that gives the gamecocks a 4-1 lead they beat albany tonight in the season opener 10-1. chad holbrook says he was pleased with the way the guys played, and he said the most difficult part of the night might have been filling out the lineup card. >> i had to walk to mymyffice and look at my board, i saw 5-60 lineups with 13-14 different players. eventually i had to pick one. i picked up the good one. so i am 1 for 1. brad: the games -- the team plays again tomorrow. lots of college baseball being played in the upstate today, michigan state beat pc. furman lost to fordham. wofford beat kentucky in the season opener. and usc upstate came from behind to beat george mason. the daytona 500 is less than 48 hours away, and the lone sprint cup team that has called spartanburg home for the last few years decided to move to north carolina during the offseason. marc dopher has that story from daytona. marc: during nascar's infancy, spartanburg was considered stock-car

later in the inning, john jones, having a home run earlier in the day. gamecocks go up 4-0. they win by a final score of 8-1. furman over dayton today. wofford over writer 12-4. evansville beats usc upstate 5-2. the upper state finals take over the bon secours wellness arena this weekend in downtown greenville, 3a games tonight, everyone else tomorrow. 3a boys upper state championship. number one ac flora facing seneca. 44-38. bobcats down 4. final half minute of the game. seneca trailing by 2. tristen hudson with the big 3-pointer, bobcats in front by 1. at the other end, ac flora with the score. they eliminate seneca by a score on the girls side, nicole franks knocks down the step back 3. dreher survives in this one, topping 51-49 the final score. both -- great final season for both dreher and wren. michael: feel better brad. how about late-night? hillary clinton: i do not believe we live in a single-issue country. the economy is rigged in favor of the top. americans haven't had a raise in 15 years. but i want to go further. hardworking immigrant families living in fear...

john jones, the clutch two-out single to center ties things up at 1 apiece. same score in the sixth. gene cone, pinch hitting, rolls it over. could've been an inning-ending double play. instead, dropped at 2nd. 2-1, usc on top. same frame, now 3-1. bases loaded for jones. he delivers. 9 rbi's in his first three games as a gamecock. what a weekend for jones. south carolina finishes off a sweep of albany with an 8-1 win. usc does have a mid week game this week. they host app state tuesday afternoon. flip it over to fluor field, presbyterian playing furman. tied at three in the top of the fourth. the infield hit is enough to push the blue hose in front, 4-3. furman gets it back. crawford with his first home run of his college career and the first home run of the season for the paladins. trading runs in the ninth, they are all square at eight at floor field. we will update you on the score at 11:00. a few more scores to pass along. wofford opens the season with a sweep of george mason. usc upstate opens the season with three straight wins. spartans beat george ma

john jones, the clutch two-out single to center ties things up at 1 apiece. same score in the sixth. gene cone pinch hitting, rolls it over. could've been an inning-ending double play. instead, dropped at 2nd. 2-1, usc on top. same frame, now 3-1, bases loaded for jones. he delivers. 9 -- what a big weekend for jones. 9 rbi's in his first three games as a gamecock. south carolina finishes off a sweep of albany with an 8-1 win. usc does have a midweek game this week. they host app state tuesday afternoon. flip it over to fluor field, a good one between presbyterian and furman. bonus baseball in greenville. here's the end of it. check it out. crawford delivers the walkoff these teams play again on tuesday afternoon. should be another good one. a few more scores to pass along. wofford opens the season with a sweep of george mason. usc upstate opens the season with three straight wins. they beat george mason dayton, , and stony brook this weekend. baseball season is underway. frank martin and the south carolina basketball team exorcized some demons on saturday. n

a john jones home run. the second of the season, he crushes that one. for the first run of the game, then an early lead for south carolina. run. then albany would step up. a two run homer of their own to tie this one you believe, double the amount that they scored yesterday in just that but the gamecocks have more up their sleeve. cullens second hit on the day will extend the lead to 3-2. the garnett and black will tag on a little more. they'll bring out the brook stills tomorrow to try to sweep the first series of the year. here's what chad homebrook had to say. >> we competed. i guess we scored 5 of our 8 innings, and had a chance to do a little bit more damage, but all in all, it's a 6-2 win in which pitched pretty well. we played great defensive no errors again, and found a way to win. >>> to the upstate. clemson needing a win to get back into their series with maine after the black bears took game one. they even the series 1-1, with a 5-4 win. this is the first win of the monty lee era. also in action today. that brought another career high game fr

john jones, what a weekend for series. he went 8-10, two home runs, adds two rbi on this play to give him 10 rbi in the series. usc sweeps penn state 4-2. gamecocks 8-0 on the year. geoff: baseball season's just getting started, but basketball season winding down. the south carolina women have closed out the regular season as just the second team in sec history to go through league that is saying something. senior day in columbia. the winningest class in school celebrated over the weekend. the gamecocks with no trouble taking out lsu 75-39. meanwhile, clemson wrapped up the regular season with a 71-57 loss to nc state. the lady tigers will face wake forest in the acc tournament at 2:30 wednesday in greensboro. in high school basketball, three upstate teams will play for state titles this upcoming weekend in columbia. on the boys side, the byrnes rebels will battle irmo for the 4a state title. abbeville will take on timberland at 4:00 p.m. saturday. on the girls side, christ church takes on timmonsville at 11:00 saturday mo

one of the amazing things, a player, john jones, was at bat, 14 times, got on base 14 time. first time that ever happened. >> that is incredible. >> new favorite player. >> there you go. there you go. it was great. this morning, cooler in the morning, still. it is february. got down to 43 degrees in columbia and sumter. 42 orangeburg. clear skies today. there is a front to the north trying to move in but it is weakening. clouds to the south. that is it. the front moves on by and we will have to wait for this front to come through tomorrow night before we see chance for rain. temperatures right now look like this. 74 degrees here in columbia. 73 augusta and orangeburg. 71 degrees in rock hill. it has been a breezy day this afternoon. seeing winds in the range of 10 to 15 miles per hour. these are the sustained wind. tonight it will be clear. tomorrow it will be partly cloudy. i don't think we will see any rain through the midlands. you could see a stray shower in the piedmont. late tomorrow night we may see a line of showers coming through. it is out of here before you wake u