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Tavien Feaster will play his final season of college ball at South Carolina. Feaster previously played at rival Clemson. A major transfer domino fell this week, when former Clemson tailback Tavien Feaster announced he had decided to transfer to South Carolina for his final season of college eligibility. Feaster will be able to play immediately since he is a graduate transfer, giving South Carolina coach Will Muschamp a needed shot in the arm for a run game that has struggled at times during his tenure. During his three years with Clemson, Feaster rushed for 1,330 yards and 15 touchdowns. His last two years he split carries with current Tigers starter Travis Etienne, who has amassed over 2,400 yards and 17 touchdowns, and is now a preseason Heisman award candidate. In that same time span South Carolina has been inconsistent in the running game. Top returner Rico Dowdle has rushed for 1,669 yards and 12 touchdowns, but the last two seasons has been hampered by injury. Fell...

There has been a booming business over the last decade or two in the sports world. I'm not saying anything new or prophetic that recruiting has become a major niche coverage for sports junkies. Truth be told, I dabbled in it during my time as a high school sports journalist, focusing mostly on athletes from the Anderson/Oconee/Pickens area of South Carolina.  Without question, the major eye-ball grabber was major college football recruiting. Not really surprising considering how college football focused the area, and the South in general, is.  For fans, it is a fun thing to keep up with and see which athletes your school is courting to help build for the future; which athletes are showing love on social media; how 'Player X' is the key cog to help take 'Team A' to the next level. Many online-only sites have made this their bread and butter. A smart move on their part. I don't want to criticize what these hard-working men and women do. From experie...

The 2019 Women's World Cup is in the books, and the United States is champions again for the fourth time in history after beating the Netherlands, 2-0, Sunday in Paris. Along with earning gold, building national pride and further expanding the game of soccer in the United States, this teams also broke multiple World Cup records both as a team and individually. Their triumph through this tournament is to be commended. It also needs to be a nice pay day for the work they put in and the results. According to a report from CNBC, the national team does stand to make a nice payday from its run through the World Cup, earning around $200,000. From the viewpoint of the average American, that is not too bad when the median income is roughly $60,000 per year, according to the most recent date from the U.S. Census Bureau in 2017. Compared to U.S. Men's National team though, the women are being treated as paupers. If the men's team had the same accomplishment in its W...