Category: Sports

*Fans in Baton Rouge, LA and Columbia, SC are mourning the passing of former LSU and South Carolina football coach Paul Dietzel, who died early Tuesday at age 89. Dietzel coached LSU from 1955-1961. His 1958 team won the National Championship after beating Clemson in the 1959 Sugar Bowl. After leaving Baton Rouge, Dietzel spent time at Army before becoming […]

The South Carolina Gamecocks and Kentucky Wildcats will have a 7:30 p.m. ET kick on Saturday, October 5, it was announced Monday. The game will be televised on FSN. The No. 12 Gamecocks (2-1, 1-1 SEC) will travel to Orlando to face the UCF Knights (3-0, 0-0 AAC) in a non-conference tilt this weekend *Class of 2014 WR Wesley Green […]

*Clemson’s Thursday night victory at NC State helped the Tigers hold on to their #3 ranking in the AP Poll this week. South Carolina was off over the weekend and remained #12. There were no changes in the AP top ten after the weekend’s games. *Clemson sophomore defensive tackle Carlos Watkins was involved in an auto accident near his home in Forest […]

In 96.3 WGOG’s High School Game of the Week on Friday, the Walhalla Razorbacks opened play in Western AAA by hosting the Seneca Bobcats. The home-crowd saw Seneca’s offense rack up 49 points, and its defense hold Walhalla scoreless. All of the scoring occurred in the first half, as Seneca coach Wayne Green sat his starters for the final two […]

*It wasn’t always pretty, but the third ranked Clemson Tigers went on the road and opened ACC play with a hard fought 26-14 win over NC State. The high powered Clemson offense came out of the gate slow and didn’t score its first touchdown until the final 3:00 minutes of the first half. It was a 13-6 game at halftime. […]

*It’s gameday for the Clemson Tigers. The 3rd-ranked Tigers are in Raleigh to take on North Carolina State on ESPN Thursday night at 7:30. Clemson is favored by 13.5 points. The Tigers won this matchup in Death Valley last season, 62-48. The last time on the road, the Wolfpack collected a 37-13 win, on a Thursday night in 2011. *The Braves magic […]

*Washington Nationals baseball returned Tuesday, one day after the team’s game against the Atlanta Braves was postponed because of the nearby Washington Navy Yard shooting. The vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff greeted players in the Nationals clubhouse before the game, and handed out Navy caps that manager Davey Johnson and his players held over their hearts during […]

*The time has been set for the Clemson vs. Wake Forest football game to be played on Saturday, September 28 at Memorial Stadium in Clemson. The game, which is Homecoming for the Tigers, is set to kick off at 3:30 PM. *South Carolina and Central Florida will meet at noon ET on Saturday, September 28. The contest will mark the Gamecocks’ first […]

Police are searching for an active shooter on the grounds of the Washington Navy Yard after several people were shot Monday morning. The U.S. Navy says three shots were fired at 8:20 a.m. at building #197 at the Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters. Several people have been shot, News4’s Jackie Benson reported. Benson says the suspect is inside a military […]

*Clemson had the weekend off, and the Tigers ranking in the latest AP poll held at number three. South Carolina’s 35-25 win over Vanderbilt Saturday night moved them up one spot to 12th in this week’s ranking. The Tigers (2-0) will open ACC play Thursday night on the road against N.C. State. The Gamecocks (2-1, 1-1) are off this week. […]