Author: Gary Butts

 Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin was named the NFLPA Alan Page Community Award winner Wednesday for his work raising more than $9 million for his Chasing M’s Foundation in the days after he collapsed on the field during a Jan. 2 game against the Cincinnati Bengals.  Hamlin took the stage with his parents during a news conference at the Phoenix […]

Sources familiar with the process tell 7NEWS Sports that Mauldin offensive coordinator Chris Stone will be named head football coach at Walhalla High School in Oconee County.  His hiring is pending school board approval at its meeting Monday . Stone replaces Padgett Johnson, who recently stepped down and was later named offensive coordinator at Woodmont High School.  

Kobe Brown scored 19 points to lead four in double figures as Missouri rolled past South Carolina 83-74. Missouri (18-6, 6-5 SEC), which rebounded from a 63-52 loss at Mississippi State, has won four of its last five games while South Carolina (8-16, 1-10) has lost eight straight.  Gregory Jackson II scored 23 points on 8-of-12 shooting for South Carolina.  […]

 Brandon Ingram scored 30 points, CJ McCollum added 21 and the New Orleans Pelicans defeated the Atlanta Hawks 116-107 on Tuesday night for their third straight victory and LeBron James passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become NBA’s all time scoring leader.

Clemson’s three-week run in the Associated Press college basketball rankings took a hit after getting swept in ACC action last week.  The Tigers (18-6) had advanced to as high as No. 19, but Brad Brownell’s bunch dropped out entirely after falling 62-54 at Boston College last Tuesday and then 78-74 to No. 21/23 Miami at home on Saturday. Clemson received […]

 A few minutes after the Kansas City Chiefs and quarterback Patrick Mahomes landed in Phoenix, the pilot hung a “Chiefs Kingdom” flag out of the window as players, coaches and staff got off the plane and walked across the runway.  About an hour later, it was the Philadelphia Eagles who arrived in Arizona, with an “It’s a Philly Thing” flag […]

In a rematch of last season’s national championship game, South Carolina came out on top again over UConn thanks to a strong fourth quarter by Aliyah Boston.  Boston scored 23 of her 26 points in the second half, including 14 in the final period, to help the No. 1 Gamecocks beat the fifth-ranked Huskies 81-77 on Sunday in front of […]

 Paolo Banchero had 22 points and 10 rebounds, Wendell Carter Jr. added 20 points and 12 rebounds and the Orlando Magic took advantage of Charlotte’s poor foul shooting to beat the Hornets 119-113 Sunday.  

The Carolina Panthers have agreed to terms with Ejiro Evero to make him the team’s defensive coordinator on new head coach Frank Reich’s staff.  Evero, 42, was the Denver Broncos‘ defensive coordinator last season. The team and new coach Sean Payton agreed to let him out of his contract so he could pursue other jobs.  Evero had interviewed for the […]