Rising junior wide receiver D.J. Neal of Stone Mountain, Ga., committed to South Carolina on Thursday evening following his spring game, becoming the Gamecocks’ first commitment for their 2015 class.

The South Carolina men’s basketball team will travel to face Oklahoma State on Dec. 6 as part of the 2013 Big 12/SEC Challenge, it was announced Tuesday.

It was announced Monday that South Carolina assistant baseball coach Sammy Esposito and strength and conditioning coach Billy Anderson will serve one-game suspensions as a result of their ejections from the Gamecocks’ game against Georgia on Sunday.

On Friday, South Carolina missed on its top quarterback target for the 2014 class when Drew Barker of Hebron, Ky., picked Kentucky over the Gamecocks and Tennessee.

Since their inception in 1995, the Carolina Panthers have seen plenty of highs and lows as an NFL franchise.

For the second consecutive week, South Carolina freshman left-hander Jack Wynkoop has been named SEC Freshman of the Week.

The last weekend in June is the target date for the announcement of Bamberg-Ehrhardt High School tight end Kevin Crosby Jr., and South Carolina is in the lead for his services.

South Carolina sophomore catcher Grayson Greiner has been invited to the 2013 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team, it was announced Wednesday.

The South Carolina baseball team took a two-run lead into the top of the eighth inning Tuesday night, but Gardner-Webb rallied with two runs in the bottom of the frame and another in the ninth to down the Gamecocks by a final score of 7-6 at Keeter Stadium.

South Carolina freshman left-hander Jack Wynkoop has been named SEC Freshman of the Week, it was announced Monday by the conference office.