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Monday, April 29, 2013  Washington Wizards center Jason Collins has come out as gay, prompting two of the NBA's biggest stars to voice their support for his trailblazing announcement.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  More than 100 top student athletes from across the country spent the day at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium in Myrtle Beach today for the start of the three-day Shamrock Invitational Track Meet.

Monday, March 04, 2013  The annual McLeod Sports Medicine Challenge Run/Walk will be held Saturday, March 16, 2013.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  Charlotte business leaders are backing plans to improve the Carolina Panthers stadium.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  A man who escaped from the Berkeley County jail last year and hid in a Myrtle Beach hospital will have to serve three-and-a-half years in prison.

Sunday, February 24, 2013  Sunday afternoon more than a thousand people packed into the gym at Kingstree High School for the funeral of Sonya Burgess. The former head coach for the Kingstree High School girls basketball team was killed in a car crash on highway 52 last Monday night.

Sunday, February 24, 2013  Jimmie Johnson has won his second Daytona 500, racing past defending NASCAR champion Brad Keselowski on the final restart, while Danica Patrick finished eighth.

Saturday, February 23, 2013  At least 11 NASCAR fans were injured Saturday when large chunks of debris, including a tire, sailed into the grandstands when a car flew into the fence on a frightening last-lap accident in the second-tier Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013  The Kingstree girls basketball team won a playoff game the night after their coach was killed in a car accident in Williamsburg County.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013  Sonya Burgess, the head coach for the Kingstree High School girls basketball team, was killed in a car crash Monday night according to Williamsburg County Coroner Harrison McKnight.

Monday, February 18, 2013  At this weekend's Daytona 500, Danica Patrick will be at the front of the pack when the green flag drops. Patrick made NASCAR Sprint Cup history Sunday by being the first woman to win a pole position.

Sunday, February 17, 2013  Danica Patrick has won the Daytona 500 pole. She's the first woman to secure the top spot for any Sprint Cup race.

Sunday, February 03, 2013  The Baltimore Ravens have won their second Super Bowl in 12 years by holding off the favored San Francisco 49ers 34-31 in Super Bowl 47 at the New Orleans Superdome.

Sunday, February 03, 2013  Power went out at the Superdome early in the third quarter of the Super Bowl on Sunday with the Baltimore Ravens leading the San Francisco 49ers 28-6.

Saturday, February 02, 2013  Saturday afternoon, it was time to find Horry County's sharpest shooter.