Names & Faces: Jason Hammel, Nikki Haley

The Chicago Cubs’ right-hander has turned to a potato chips to help him with recent cramping issues.

Hammel left his July 7 start against Atlanta in the sixth inning when his right thumb cramped; he has had cramping issues in the past.

On Wednesday, Hammel was greeted at his Wrigley Field locker by a 6-foot high stack of cardboard boxes filled with Utz potato chips.

The South Carolina State Ethics Commission decided that the state’s governor can watch South Carolina football games from a free luxury suite only if she is conducting state business.

The commission’s advisory opinion is a revision from September, when the board said the university can continue its longstanding practice of providing free tickets to the box to whoever occupies the governor’s mansion, calling it a gift to the office rather than Haley herself.