Category: Sports

Joyce Edwards scored 21 points and No. 3 South Carolina won its eight straight over Mississippi State with a 88-45 victory on Thursday night.  Edwards surpassed 1,000 points in her career, just third sophomore to accomplish that in program history behind Shelia Foster and career-points leader A’ja Wilson — both who’ve have their jerseys haning in the rafters at Colonial […]

Rookie Kon Knueppel had 24 points and LaMelo Ball added 20 to help the Charlotte Hornets roll to a 109-99 victory over the Houston Rockets on Thursday night and extend their winning streak to eight games. Charlotte’s streak is the franchise’s longest since winning nine in row in the 1998-99 season. Hornets: Visit Atlanta on Saturday night. Meanwhile, Nickeil Alexander-Walker […]

Rookie Brandon Bussi made 16 saves for his second shutout, Andrei Svechnikov gave Carolina an early lead in the first period and the Hurricanes topped the New York Rangers 2-0 on Thursday night to extend their points streak to 10 games.  Jordan Staal scored into an empty net with 54 seconds left to seal it for the Hurricanes in the […]

Good things come to those who wait.  After falling short in his first year on the ballot, Panthers legend linebacker Luke Kuechly finally earned the call to join the Pro Football Hall of Fame.  Kuechly will be the second-youngest player to ever earn entry into the Hall when he puts on his gold jacket this summer. Chicago Bears running back […]

Nick Davidson made a pair of free throws with 24.9 seconds left to put his team ahead and had a team-high 16 points to go with seven rebounds as No. 20 Clemson held off Stanford 66-64 on Wednesday night.  Clemson (19-4, 9-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) won its 13th straight conference road game dating to 2024-25 — the fourth-longest streak in […]

 Clemson football signed three new players to its 2026 recruiting class on national signing day Feb. 4.  The Tigers added junior college defensive lineman Andy Burburija, three-star wide receiver Cam Blivens and no-star wideout Keil McGriff.  It was the first time since 2022 when the Tigers landed eight recruits that Dabo Swinney‘s team signed a player in February.  Swinney’s class […]

Ryan Preece has won the first race of 2026, winning the Cook Out Clash exhibition race on Wednesday night.  He becomes the third driver all-time to win the Clash before earning his first career Cup win, joining Jeff Gordon and Denny Hamlin.  The race served as the unofficial start of the 2026 NASCAR season as Cup Series drivers took the […]

 Dailyn Swain scored 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Texas pulled ahead midway through the second half to beat South Carolina 84-75 on Tuesday night. Meechie Johnson scored a career-best 35 points on 12-of-21 shooting to lead South Carolina. He also made 10 of 14 free throws. Elijah Strong added 12 points for the Gamecocks (11-12, 2-8), who have […]

 All-Star Jalen Johnson had 29 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, CJ McCollum added 26 points off the bench and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Miami Heat 127-115 on Tuesday night to snap a two-game slide.  Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 19 for the Hawks, who led most of the way and spoiled Miami’s celebration of the 20th anniversary of its 2006 […]

 Jordan Staal scored the go-ahead goal with roughly five minutes left to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Ottawa Senators 4-3 on Tuesday night.  Seth Jarvis scored twice in the second period for the Hurricanes, while Sebastian Aho struck for Carolina’s first goal late in the first. Brandon Bussi had 22 saves for the Hurricanes.  Hurricanes: Carolina visits the New […]