Category: Sports

The Atlanta Braves placed ace left-hander Max Fried on the 7-day concussion injured list Thursday, days after he hit his head on the field during a game at Citi Field.  The Braves made the move retroactive to Monday. Fried was injured in the Braves’ 6-2 loss to the New York Mets on Saturday night, the second game of a doubleheader.  […]

The nation’s best teenage anglers have traveled to Lake Hartwell to compete in the 2022 Abu Garcia Bassmaster Highschool National Championship.  Featuring eight members of the Bassmaster High School All-American Fishing Team presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors and 23 All-State anglers, a field of 315 boats will compete for a chance to win the trophy, according to organizers.  The […]

Top Atlanta Braves prospect Vaughn Grissom homered onto Lansdowne Street in his major league debut, and Marcell Ozuna hit a three-run shot on Wednesday night to highlight an 8-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox.  Called up earlier in the day from Double-A, the 21-year-old Grissom hit the first pitch he saw in the seventh inning over the Green Monster […]

The Carolina Panthers wrapped up training camp Wednesday with their final practice of 2022 at Wofford College.  It could potentially be the final time the team holds camp at the site, with their destination for 2023 currently up in the air. A source familiar with the process told 7NEWS that the option for a return next year is available, but […]

 Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson is expected to start Friday’s preseason opener against the Jaguars.  The team made the announcement Wednesday just before boarding a flight to Jacksonville, Florida.  Watson and the Browns are waiting to see whether he will be suspended longer than the six-game suspension he was handed for violating the personal conduct policy by disciplinary officer Sue […]

The Atlanta Braves arrived at Fenway Park looking to put a disappointing series against the NL-East leading New York Mets as far in the rearview mirror as possible.  Austin Riley did his part to start that process.  Riley had a go-ahead, two-run single in the 11th inning and the Braves rallied for a 9-7 win over the Boston Red Sox […]

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday the league seeks a tougher penalty for Deshaun Watson because the quarterback’s actions were “egregious” and “predatory behavior.”  Last week, the NFL formally appealed Watson’s six-game suspension, which was handed down by the NFL’s disciplinary officer Sue. L Robinson earlier this month. At a league meeting called to formally approve the Denver Broncos‘ new […]

 Tennis great Serena Williams announced she plans to retire, saying in an essay that the “countdown” to her moving away from her tennis career has started.  In a Vogue magazine essay published Tuesday, the seven-time Wimbledon winner said she is “evolving” away from tennis toward “other things that are important to me.”  After tennis, Williams said she plans to focus […]

The Clemson Tigers are ranked No. 4 in the preseason USA Today Sports AFCA Coaches Poll, one of five ACC teams that begin the year in the Top 25. No. 1 Alabama earned 54 of 65 first-place votes, No. 2 Ohio State received five first-place votes, and the defending national champion Georgia Bulldogs (ranked No. 3) earned the remaining six […]

The Carolina Panthers opened their final week of Training Camp Monday at Wofford College.  Once again, all eyes were on the every move of the quarterbacks battle.  Sam Darnold and Baker Mayfield continue to split reps with the first-team offense Monday.  As for the standing on the current competition,Carolina Panthers Coach Matt Rhule acknowledged the competition remains back-and-forth.  The Panthers […]