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Mar 25, 2024 | 
sportsbusinessjournal.com | Kody Timmers
By Ray Evernham and Joe GarnerOctane Press, March 5The NASCAR Hall of Famer goes deep on his life and decorated motorsports career, walking readers through the pain of an unrealized dream as a driver that fueled his rise as the architect of championship-caliber racing teams, his turn as a TV personality and more.
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Dec 18, 2023 | 
sportsbusinessjournal.com | Kody Timmers |Erik Bacharach
On this episode of the Marchand & Ourand Sports Media podcast, hosts Andrew Marchand and John Ourand offer their best projections about who will wind up with NBA rights. Marchand & Ourand also give a behind-the-scenes account of what actually transpired when the NFL decided to flex a game into “Monday Night Football.”Marchand gives all the information surrounding his scoop that NBC will use Ian Eagle – and not Al Michaels – in the booth for one of its NFL playoff games.
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Sep 11, 2023 | 
sportsbusinessjournal.com | Kody Timmers |John Eisenberg |Gary Myers |Littlefield Publishers
Sports and Society Are you ready for some football? Here’s some reading — and viewing — material to look for as a new season kicks off Rocket Men: The Black Quarterbacks Who Revolutionized Pro FootballBy John EisenbergBasic Books, Sept. 5Eisenberg offers a detailed accounting of the trailblazers — early pioneers and modern stars — who charted paths through not just football, but also broader society by dismantling prejudiced notions of what Black QBs can do and changing the game.
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Jun 15, 2023 | 
garnetandblackattack.com | Kody Timmers
Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images Ahead of its 2024 expansion with the addition of new members Texas and Oklahoma, the Southeastern Conference released each team’s conference foes on Wednesday night to show a preview into what life in the new SEC will be like — including the lack of divisions.
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Jun 12, 2023 | 
sportsbusinessjournal.com | Kody Timmers |Bruce Schoenfeld |Arthur Smith |Russell A. Carleton
Sports dynasties, pioneers and disrupters top the list of summer reading suggestions Game of Edges The Analytics Revolution and the Future of Professional SportsBy Bruce SchoenfeldW. W. Norton & Company; June 6SBJ contributor Schoenfeld walks readers through the evolution and increasing importance of data in sports, and how franchises are leveraging it to find an edge across all levels of business — from on-field performance to marketing and ticketing.
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May 1, 2023 | 
garnetandblackattack.com | Kody Timmers
Jeff Blake-USA TODAY Sports The South Carolina Gamecocks didn’t have a particularly busy NFL Draft, but still saw five players selected to begin their professional careers throughout the multiday event: Defensive back Cam Smith, defensive lineman Zacch Pickens, cornerback Darius Rush, offensive lineman Jovaughn Gwyn and receiver Jalen Brooks came off the board.
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Apr 11, 2023 | 
garnetandblackattack.com | Kody Timmers
Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports South Carolina showed out at the WNBA Draft on Monday night, as Aliyah Boston’s No. 1 overall selection highlighted the drafting of five Gamecocks and the program joined Notre Dame (2019) and Tennessee (2008, 1999) as the only schools to boast at least that many first-round picks. As expected, the Indiana Fever made Boston South Carolina’s second No. 1 pick — the first, of course, being A’ja Wilson.
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Mar 31, 2023 | 
garnetandblackattack.com | Kody Timmers
Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports Chasing perfection and another national title, the South Carolina Gamecocks are set for their biggest game of the season yet, taking on the Iowa Hawkeyes in the Final Four tonight (9 p.m. ESPN) in a highly-anticipated matchup that has the women’s basketball world buzzing.
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Mar 29, 2023 | 
garnetandblackattack.com | Kody Timmers
MCKENZIE LANGE/ Staff / USA TODAY NETWORK As the NCAA Tournament shifts to Dallas for the Final Four — and a star-studded matchup against Iowa and Caitlin Clark awaits — let’s take a look at how South Carolina’s so-far perfect season could continue, and what stands in the way of the Gamecocks’ quest to become repeat national champions. Why they’ll winDefense wins championships.
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Mar 27, 2023 | 
garnetandblackattack.com | Kody Timmers
Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports The South Carolina Gamecock women resume NCAA Tournament play tonight at 7 p.m., when the top-seeded squad battles the No. 2 Maryland Terrapins for a place in what would be the program’s fifth Final Four. South Carolina (35-0), chasing a perfect season and consecutive national titles, is back in the Elite Eight for the third straight year after defensively dismantling 4-seed UCLA, 59-43.
