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Former Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd has been arrested after authorities say he pushed a bouncer who told him he couldn't enter a crowded bar in Greenville. Greenville Police said in a news release that Boyd turned himself in Tuesday to face an assault and battery charge. Continue to Article

September 06, 2016 12:39:pm EST

Audits have been ordered for South Carolina's three research universities after revelations that their trustees spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on luxury hotels, expensive dinners and travel to football games. The South Carolina's Commission on Higher Education's director, Gary Glenn, said the state inspector general was being asked Friday to review ''alleged excessive spending'' by the boards overseeing Clemson, the University of South Carolina and the Medical University of South Carolina. The commission voted unanimously Thursday to request the audits after a report by The Post and Courier of Charleston that MUSC board members were reimbursed $560,000 over five years for spending on luxury hotels, dining and alcohol while in Charleston for meetings. Continue to Article

September 02, 2016 3:00:pm EST

Tennessee and Appalachian State open the season Thursday attempting to build on the momentum each team established late last year. Defending national champion Alabama and San Diego State are the only Football Bowl Subdivision teams with longer active winning streaks. Appalachian State is coming off an 11-2 season in which it won it last four games. Continue to Article

August 31, 2016 2:22:pm EST

Planning, spending and even some construction projects are already underway at Atlantic Coast Conference schools in preparation for the launch of the league's dedicated television channel in three years. Not to mention the heated debate about whether future football schedules will include eight or nine conference games. With coaches and players set to kick off the 2016 season, some ACC schools have begun drawing up construction projects to either build or retrofit existing facilities with the space and equipment needed to produce programming for the ESPN-affiliated cable network when it starts in 2019. Continue to Article

August 31, 2016 12:20:pm EST