Category: Sports

Senior Bobby Austin’s three-pointer with 17 seconds left closed the door on a Wofford comeback as Furman topped the Terriers, 69-65, in Southern Conference men’s basketball action Monday night on YP.com Court at Timmons Arena. The win snapped a six-game losing streak for the Paladins and improved Furman to 4-11 overall and 1-3 in SoCon play. Wofford dropped to 7-10 […]

In an interview with Oprah Winfrey to be taped Monday and aired Thursday on her OWN network, Lance Armstrong is expected to come clean about doping throughout his cycling career, something he has until now vehemently denied, and apologize. Armstrong told AP on Sunday ahead of the interview, “I’m calm, I’m at ease and ready to speak candidly.” Armstrong, who was stripped […]

Clemson All-America receiver DeAndre “Nuk” Hopkins, who caught at least one touchdown pass against all 12 FBS opponents the Tigers played in 2012, has decided to forego his senior year and will enter the 2013 NFL draft. Hopkins told his teammates at a team meeting late Thursday afternoon. “It is tough to leave because this is my home, this is […]

No one was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame this year for just the second time in four decades and the first time since 1996, as baseball writers denied former superstars Barry Bonds, Rogers Clemens and Sammy Sosa admission in their first year of eligibility because of the suspicions they used performance-enhancing drugs. Other former players who also failed to […]

South Carolina (10-4, 0-1 SEC) dropped their conference opener on the road to Mississippi State (6-7, 1-0 SEC) 56-54. Junior guard Brian Richardson netted 20 points on seven made shots and five made 3s, all career highs. Richardson also led the Gamecocks in rebounding, coming down with a game-high eight. Junior guard Bruce Ellington also reached double figures for South […]

Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd announced Wednesday that he will return to program for his senior year. Boyd has quarterbacked the Tigers to consecutive seasons of at least 10 wins, a first for the program since the 1987-90 era when Clemson had four straight 10 win seasons. Clemson had an 11-2 record this year, the program’s highest win total since 1981. […]

ESPN apologized for Brent Musburger’s commentary on Katherine Webb, Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron’s girlfriend and 2012 Miss Alabama. “We always try to capture interesting storylines and the relationship between an Auburn grad who is Miss Alabama and the current Alabama quarterback certainly met that test,” ESPN spokesman Mike Soltys tweeted. “However, we apologize that the commentary in this instance went […]

In high school basketball on Tuesday, Seneca’s girls defeated BHP 63-50 in a game that saw Kianna Holland score 23 points and break Seneca’s all-time scoring record. Hollands’s 1,851 points are 14 better than former Bobcat and Clemson Lady Tiger Julie Talley’s career total, set back in 2002. Elsewhere, Wren’s girls defeated Walhalla 59-55 in overtime. West-Oak’s girl fell to […]

Clemson scored just 10 points in the first half, its lowest output in 12 years, as No. 1 Duke ran away to a 68-40 victory over the Tigers on Tuesday at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Duke improved to 15-0 with the win, 2-0 in the ACC. Clemson fell to 8-6 overall, 0-2 to start league play. The 28-point margin was Clemson’s […]

Students are back! The spring semester starts today at Clemson University.