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A newspaper in South Carolina has apologized for an insensitive headline that was published over the weekend, but University of South Carolina officials feel it will take much more than an apology to make things right. Freshman quarterback Ryan Hilinski started for South Carolina in Saturday’s 34-14 loss to Missouri, and the Sunday morning headline in Columbia newspaper The State read “Hilinski Hope Sinks.” The publication was immediately admonished for the phrasing, as “Hilinski’s Hope” is the name of a nonprofit organization the Hilinski family started. Tyler Hilinski, Ryan’s older brother, was a quarterback at Washington State who committed suicide after the 2017 season. The State eventually issued an apology and said the wording of the headline was an unfortunate coincidence. The State later followed up by explaining how their online headlines come to be, noting that they are written by either the reporter or copy editors, who are based in Charlotte. In this instance, they say using the word “hope” was n
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