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The Atlanta Braves displayed a resilient spirit during a five-run ninth inning that provided a dramatic 8-7 win over the Phillies on Sunday night at Turner Field. Chipper Jones delivered the final blow with the towering three-run home run off All-Star closer Jonathan Papelbon. Jones’ walk-off blast over the right-center field wall provided the Braves with just their fifth win […]
Read moreThe Wal Mart in Toccoa Georiga was shut down Sunday morning, when authorities were notified of a bomb threat. WGOG’s sister station, WNEG is reporting that the store notified authorities of the threat just after 11 am Sunday morning. Toccoa Police Department Interim Chief Tim Jarrell says the Toccoa Police Department responded along with Stephens County Sheriff’s Office and the […]
Read moreSouth Carolina coach Steve Spurrier said starting quarterback Connor Shaw can barely lift his right arm and will miss the next few days of practice. “It’s wait and see right now,” Spurrier said Sunday. Shaw was injured when he took a helmet to his right shoulder in the ninth-ranked Gamecocks’ season-opening 17-13 victory at Vanderbilt last Thursday night. Shaw was […]
Read moreDeAndre Hopkins set a school record with 13 receptions, filling the void left by star receiver Sammy Watkins, and Andre Ellington rushed for 231 yards to lead No. 14 Clemson to a 26-19 victory over Auburn in the season opener Saturday night. Playing before a 50-50 crowd at the Georgia Dome — basically halfway between the two campuses — Clemson […]
Read moreCameron Yaw kicked a 27-yard field goal with 37 seconds remaining in the game to lift Samford to a 24-21 Southern Conference victory over Furman in the 2012 season opener for both teams Saturday afternoon at Seibert Stadium. Yaw’s game winning kick came after the Bulldogs took advantage of pass interference penalty on Furman at the Paladin 27. Using the […]
Read more(MONDAY) #16 Virginia Tech 20 Georgia Tech 17 (Cody Journell kicked a 41-yard field goal as time expired to force overtime, then made a 17-yard field goal in the extra period.) (SUNDAY) #25 Louisville 32 Kentucky 14 (Louisville out-gained Kentucky 466-373) (SATURDAY) #5 Oregon 57 Arkansas State 34 (Redshirt freshman quarterback Marcus Mariota made his first start in a real […]
Read moreInvestigators say a 20-year-old Tennessee man had been drinking before he died in a fall at the Georgia Dome Friday night. Police Lt. Chad Hurston said Saturday that authorities need to review results from the medical examiner’s office to determine how much of a role alcohol played in the accident. Isaac Grubb fell about 45 feet inside the Dome while […]
Read moreThe West-Oak Warrior football team fell to 0-3 on the young season following a 60-0 loss to the surging Pendleton Bulldog team Friday night. Pendleton scored early and often, getting on the board on each of its seven first half possessions. The Bulldog defense played equally as well in the first two quarters, forcing 3-and-out on West-Oak’s defense on all […]
Read moreThe Clemson Tigers begin the 2012 football season Saturday night before a national TV audience in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome as they face the Auburn Tigers. Clemson defeated the defending National Champion Auburn team in Death Valley last season, a win that broke Auburn’s winning streak, at the time the longest in the nation. It was the first win for Clemson […]
Read moreOn the day after Kim Clijsters lost in the U.S. Open in her last professional singles tennis match as she heads into retirement, American Andy Roddick announced Thursday on his 30th birthday that he’ll be retiring after his final match at the tournament. Roddick, whose only Grand Slam title was a U.S. Open championship in 2003, the last time an […]
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