
NV Homes is building 24 single-family homes on sites of 3 acres to 6 acres at Maple Woods in Highland, less than 10 minutes from Hampshire Green Golf Course and the shops and restaurants at Maple Lawn and River Hill Village, 15 minutes from the Mall in Columbia. Residents have direct access to horse trails and Schooley Mill Park.
Clemson quarterback Kyle Parker is back in good standings with his coaches and will start in the Meineke Bowl later this month.
Marvin Bass, a former head football coach at South Carolina who posted three wins against in-state rival Clemson in five seasons, has died. He was 91.
Auburn's Michael Dyer and South Carolina's Marcus Lattimore hoped to share Southeastern Conference success and the same backfield.

Steve Spurrier seemed to be a shell of himself his first few years at South Carolina, unable to rekindle the kind of success he had at Florida.
It is just common sense that if we want the economy to grow and we want new, lasting jobs to be created, we must not do things that create obstacles to those goals.
Dyami Starks and Brian Barbour scored 15 and 10 points in the second half, respectively, and Columbia defeated American University 64-62 on Sunday.
Missouri safety Jasper Simmons will not play this week against Kansas.

Akeem Auguste has been on too many South Carolina teams who started out strong and finished with a thud. And after clinching a spot in the Southeastern Conference title game, the Gamecocks defensive back doesn't want any stumbles down the stretch of the team's most special season in years.