Category: Sports

Furman overcame a 12-point second half deficit to down UNCG, 69-61, and score its first road victory of the season in Southern Conference men’s basketball action on Sunday afternoon at the Greensboro Coliseum. The win improved the Paladins to 5-12 overall and 2-4 in the conference while ending an 11-game road skid. UNCG slipped to 4-13 overall and 2-4 in […]

Clemson fell behind 10-0 only to tie it twice in the second half in an upset bid against No. 14 NC State at PNC Arena, but the Wolfpack escaped with a 66-62 win to improve to 11-0 at home this season. NC State moved to 15-3 overall, 4-1 in the ACC. Clemson fell to 10-7 on the season, 2-3 in […]

A member of the Mountain Rest Rescue Squad, Lynn Wilbanks, was named Oconee County Emergency Services “Rescue Squad Member of the Year” for 2012. The award was presented during a banquet at Seneca’s Gignilliat Gym. Wilbanks has been a member of his community’s volunteer fire department since 1998, the rescue squad since 1991, and rescue squad chief for 16 years. […]

The sports world was stunned Wednesday by news that Notre Dame star linebacker and Heisman Trophy finalist Manti Te’o’s girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, who had supposedly died of leukemia in September, apparently never existed, with Deadspin.com being unable to find any record of her and discovering that online photos of her really were of another woman. Te’o is claiming he was the […]

Behind double-doubles from freshman forward Michael Carrera and senior forward Lakeem Jackson, South Carolina (11-5, 1-2 SEC) defeated LSU (9-5, 0-3 SEC) 82-73 in conference play on Wednesday night. The win was the first SEC win of the Frank Martin era and is the first road win in league play since a 64-56 victory at LSU on Feb. 2, 2011. […]

Clemson held its second straight ACC opponent to 44 points in a 60-44 victory over Wake Forest on Tuesday at Littlejohn Coliseum. The Tigers held the Demon Deacons to 24.6 percent shooting, the second lowest field goal percentage by an ACC opponent against Clemson. Ironically enough, the lowest percentage against the Tigers by a league opponent was also by Wake […]

Clemson Head Baseball Coach Jack Leggett will be inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame on January 3, 2014 in Dallas, TX. Leggett will join six other inductees during ABCA’s annual convention. The announcement of the seven-member class of 2014 will be made by ABCA later this year. “It’s a great honor to be recognized in this […]

West-Oak High School has hired a former Newberry College standout to be its next head football coach.  Athletic Director Tim Sheriff says Josh Pierce will take over the Warrior program from Jay Brannon, who resigned following the 2012 campaign.  Pierce played running back at Newberry, where he garnered two-time all-conference recogition and MVP honors.  Pierce has nine years coaching experience, […]

Lance Armstrong admitted in an interview with Oprah Winfrey taped Monday to doping during his cycling career, the Associated Press reports, citing a person familiar with the situation. The interview will air on Winfrey’s OWN network on Thursday. Oprah tweeted afterward, “Just wrapped with @lancearmstrong More than 2 1/2 hours. He came READY!” The admission interview came hours after Armstrong gave […]

Four student-athletes have joined the Clemson football roster, as they have enrolled for the spring semester. They will participate with the team in off season conditioning and spring practice. Joining Dabo Swinney’s squad are Jadar Johnson, a 6-1 defensive back from Orangeburg, SC; Jordan Leggett, a 6-6 tight end from Navarre, FL; Ebenezer Ogundeko a 6-3 defensive lineman from Brooklyn, […]