Category: Sports

South Carolina senior quarterback Connor Shaw has been named one of 10 finalists for the 2013 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award. Shaw, a 6-1, 209-pound senior from Flowery Branch, Ga., has completed 62.9 percent (122-for-194) of his passes this season for 1,655 yards with 18 touchdowns and just one interception. ______________________________________________________________________________ A couple of big college football games on the […]

Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott says it appears earlier information they received about the shooting of former Gamecock running back Kenny Miles turned out to be false. The sheriff also said investigators no longer believe Miles was the victim of a robbery attempt, as they originally said on Monday. Miles was wounded in a shooting near an Irmo business park […]

Former South Carolina Gamecock running back Kenny Miles was shot Monday afternoon, the victim of a robbery in a suburban Columbia business park near Interstate 26 in Irmo. Police say Miles was shot in the upper body. The native of Lawrenceville, GA was in stable condition Monday night at a Richland County hospital. Miles was able to give a description […]

The Clemson Tigers’ win at Virginia Saturday moved Dabo Swinney’s team up to 7th in the latest ESPN/USA Today College Football Coaches Poll. South Carolina also moved up one spot to 15th. The Gamecocks are coming off a 34-16 home win against Mississippi State Saturday. Alabama and Oregon continue to hold the top two spots in the coaches’ ranking. Florida […]

Sammy Watkins had 129 receiving yards against Virginia on Saturday. And that was just his two touchdowns. The junior playmaker hauled in scoring passes of 33 and 96 yards on Clemson’s first possessions of both the first and second halves, respectively, as the Tigers rolled to a 59-10 win in their last trip to Scott Stadium until at least 2025. […]

WGOG wrapped up the 2013 high school football broadcast season Friday night from Warrior Field in Westminster as the West-Oak Warriors defeated their cross-county rivals from Walhalla, 35-0, on Senior Night. Warrior Lane Jones was the Blue Ridge Bank Player of the Game after totaling three sacks on defense and a touchdown on offense in the win. West-Oak also saw […]

WGOG’s 2013 high school football broadcast season wraps up Friday night with the conference rivalry game between West-Oak and Walhalla. Jimmy Watt and Kris Butts will begin coverage at 7:00 PM from Warrior Field in Westminster, with kick-off set for 7:30 PM. Elsewhere Friday, Seneca is at top-ranked Daniel. Pendleton is home against Landrum. ______________________________________________________________________________ The Clemson men’s basketball team will hold its only […]

The Boston Red Sox are the champions of baseball after beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 Wednesday night to win the World Series 4 games to 2 for their third title in 10 years. Making it all the sweeter for Boston, this was the first time they’d won the championship at home in Fenway Park since 1918, and they earned the title […]

Clemson Quarterback Tajh Boyd and defensive end Vic Beasley have been named semifinalists for major college football awards given by the Maxwell Football Club of Pennsylvania. Boyd is one of 16 semifinal candidates for the Maxwell Award, which is given to the top college football player in the nation, while Beasley is one of 16 semifinalists for the Bednarik Award, […]

The Boston Red Sox are now one game away from winning the World Series after beating the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 Monday night at Busch Stadium to take a 3 games to 2 lead. Boston starter Jon Lester allowed just one run and four hits in 7 2/3 innings, giving up a homer to Matt Holliday in the fourth inning, […]