Marcus Lattimore

NFL Team Report - San Francisco 49ers - INSIDE SLANT The severe injury suffered by 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree occurred during a 7-on-7 drill Tuesday on the first day of OTAs and he had surgery Wednesday morning. "He was coming in motion,...

Two South Carolina running backs tore an ACL against Mississippi State on Oct. 15, 2011. Two Gamecocks walked out of Davis Wade Stadium on crutches and with their knees wrapped up that day in Starkville, Miss. The recovery and rehab of one of those...

While interviewing Wilmington Hammerheads defender Gareth Evans last week, I posed the question: What is the worst injury you have suffered? It happened in his native country Wales. Going up for a header, in midair, he took an elbow from an opposing...

A look at five things we can take away from South Carolina's recruiting loss of quarterback Drew Barker of Hebron, Ky., who chose Kentucky over the Gamecocks last week. 1. No place like home There are few tools in recruiting as powerful as geography....

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - San Francisco 49ers - INSIDE SLANT Forget the fact that Lawrence Okoye has never played a down of football in his life. When the 49ers rookies gathered for the first time over the weekend, he certainly did not look...

The Sports Xchange NFL Roundup: Trask quits Raiders; NFL greats Butler, Sauer die Amy Trask, long-time chief executive officer of the Oakland Raiders who had a strong commitment to former owner Al Davis, but not necessarily his son and heir, Mark,...

The Sports Xchange 49ers RB Lattimore OK sitting out season San Francisco 49ers rookie running back Marcus Lattimore told the Sacramento Bee on Friday that he would be OK with sitting out the 2013 season. The former South Carolina star is still...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - San Francisco 49ers - INSIDE SLANT As the 49ers began their rookie minicamp Friday, most of the attention was on two people -- one who probably won't be able to play this year and another who has never played...

The Sports Xchange Lattimore, Okoye get attention at 49ers rookie minicamp As the 49ers began their rookie minicamp Friday, most of the attention was on two people -- one who probably won't be able to play this year and another who has never played...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - San Francisco 49ers - INSIDE SLANT Levi Strauss & Co. is reportedly offering $220 million over 20 years for naming rights for the San Francisco 49ers new, 68,500-seat stadium set to open in 2014 in Santa Clara....

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Cincinnati Bengals - INSIDE SLANT With the Bengals drafting seven of their 10 players on offense, including the change-of-pace running back they have been searching for and another big target in the red zone, that...

Yolanda Smith shared her dramatic personal story Wednesday morning at the YMCA of Columbia's annual prayer breakfast and then her third child shared how that story has affected his at times uneven path. "Everything she has been through, I feel like...