Category: Sports

Five Furman Paladins have been named first team All-Southern Conference by vote of league head coaches, who today announced conference honors that included 10 Paladins.  Named All-SoCon first team were running back Jerodis Williams, tight end Colin Anderson, offensive tackle Dakota Dozier, and defensive end Josh Lynn. Williams was also the league’s top choice for return specialist.  In addition, five […]

David Beckham announced Monday that next month’s MLS Cup will be his final game with the Los Angeles Galaxy. The 37-year-old British soccer superstar isn’t retiring, but didn’t give any indication what his next move will be. However, he did say that owning a Major League Soccer team is likely in his future, stating, “I don’t see this as the […]

The San Francisco 49ers hammered the Chicago Bears 32-7 in Monday Night Football Monday night in San Francisco. With 49ers quarterback Alex Smith sitting out the game with a concussion, backup Colin Kaepernick led the team in his first career start, going 16 of 23 for 243 yards with two touchdowns. The Bears’ regular quarterback, Jay Cutler, also missed the […]

Senior Colin Reddick scored a career-high 17 points and added eight rebounds and four assists to lead Furman past NCAA Division II Brevard College, 76-53, in non-conference men’s basketball action Monday evening on YP.com Court at Timmons Arena.  Reddick connected on 7-of-9 shots from the floor and 3-of-4 trips to the charity strip to pace three Paladins in double figures […]

South Carolina (3-0) defeated Rider (2-2) 88-76 at Colonial Life Arena on Monday night as a part of the Hoops for Hope Classic. Junior guard Brenton Williams led the way for the Gamecocks with the best stat line of his career. In his 38 minutes of play, Williams scored 22 points, hit 5-8 from behind the arc, pulled down four […]

The South Carolina football team slipped in the national polls released on Sunday.  The Gamecocks (9-2, 6-2 SEC) fell from ninth to 12th in the BCS Standings, from 12th to 13th in the Associated Press poll and from 11th to 12th in the USA TODAY/ESPN Coaches polls, all released Sunday. The Gamecocks are coming off a 24-7 win over Wofford […]

Seneca High School senior Kianna Holland is set to sign a National Letter of Intent to play basketball at Duke University. The signing will take place Friday night at Gignilliate Gym Conference Room. Holland is regarded by ESPN Hoopgurlz as one of the top 30 overall players in the country and is the 8th ranked guard in the nation.

Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers won the American League Most Valuable Player award Thursday and the San Francisco Giants’ Butch Posey was named the winner in the National League, both getting the honor by wide margins. Cabrera, the first Triple Crown winner in 45 years, got 22 of 28 first place votes and 362 points in […]

An appeal by the Goose Creek High School football team to overturn a disqualification ruling was denied on Wednesday in a meeting with the Executive Committee of the South Carolina High School League.  The meeting was held behind closed doors in Columbia.  As a result of the appeal, the Gators’ season comes to an end.  They were slated originally to […]