Author: Gary Butts

The South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame got much bigger on Monday night.  Holding its first induction ceremony and banquet since 2019, the Hall enshrined a supersized class, combining the 2020 and 2022 inductees into one ceremony.  Some of the inductee’s included Gaylord Perry, the two-time Cy Young winning pitcher who founded the Limestone University baseball program, C.J. Spiller, a […]

Sandy Alcantara pitched a six-hitter and the Miami Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3 on Sunday.  Freshman righthander Billy Barlow pitched 6.0 innings of one-hit ball to lead Clemson to a 5-0 victory over Boston College at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Saturday to complete the three-game sweep.  Clemson (35-21, 13-16 ACC) is the No. 12 seed in the ACC Tournament, […]

 Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist, Igor Shesterkin stopped 43 shots, and the Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 Sunday in Game 3 of their second-round playoff series.  Other NHL playoff scores: Tampa Bay beat Florida 5-1, Tampa leads series 3-0.  Edmonton a winner over Calgary 4-1, Edmonton leads series 2-1.

Stephen Curry scored 31 points, Andrew Wiggins’ playoff career high 27 points included the dunk that was originally called an offensive foul and Golden State beat the Dallas Mavericks 109-100 Sunday night for a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.

Ryan Blaney won the Nascar All Star race at Texas Motor Speedway last night and in golf Justin Thomas won the PGA Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma yesterday afternoon.

Mack Anglin tossed 7.0 strong innings to lead Clemson to a 15-1 victory over Boston College in the series opener at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Thursday night.  The series continues Friday at 3 p.m.  The University of South Carolina baseball team fell, 14-5, to Florida Friday night (May 19) at Condron Family Ballpark.  Carolina and Florida continue the series Friday […]

Ross Colton scored with 3.8 seconds remaining, giving the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions a 2-1 victory over the Florida Panthers in Game 2 of their best-of-seven series on Thursday night.  Tampa bay leads the series 2-0.  David Perron scored twice as St. Louis juggled its offensive pairings, Binnington made 30 saves and the Blues beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-1 […]

Jayson Tatum scored 27 points, Marcus Smart and Jaylen Brown each had 24 and the Celtics went on a massive first-half run to roll past the Miami Heat 127-102 on Thursday night in Game 2 of the series.  

Rory McIlroy won’t have to worry about back-dooring a top-5 finish at a major championship after he grabbed the first-round lead at the 104th PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club on Friday.  Dustin Johnson finished 3 over par tied for 78th place, former Clemson Tiger Lucas Glover was 5 over par in 114th place and Tiger Woods finished at […]

Heston Hiura hit a two-run homer off Jesse Chavez in the bottom of the 11th inning as the Brewers rallied from a four-run deficit to beat the Atlanta Braves 7-6 on Wednesday.