Category: Sports

Belton-Honea Path turned three Pendleton turnovers into scores and the 5th-ranked Bears would go on to rout the Bulldogs 41-7 at Cunningham Stadium Friday night in WGOG’s Broadcast Game of the Week.  A Pendleton fumble at their own 20 yard line would lead to BHP’s first score, a 3 yard scoring run from Kory Thompson.  Thompson would score in the […]

Defending U.S. Open champion Novak Djokovic and David Ferrer have advanced to the semifinals after winning their quarterfinal matches on Thursday. Second-seeded Djokovic of Serbia beat Argentina’s seventh-ranked Juan Martin del Potro 6-2, 7-6 (3), 6-4, and fourth-seeded Ferrer of Spain downed eighth-ranked Serb Janko Tipsarevic 6-3, 6-7 (5), 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Art Modell, one of the most influential owners in the history of the NFL, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 87. Modell was the owner of the Cleveland Browns, which became the Baltimore Ravens after he moved the franchise in 1996, forever earning the ire of Cleveland fans. Modell sold the Ravens in 2004, keeping a one percent share […]

Led by seven scoreless innings from Tim Hudson, the NL Wild Card leading Atlanta Braves posted their second straight 1-0 win over the Colorodo Rockies on Thursday, winning both times with an unearned run. It’s the first time in more than 28 seasons that a team won in that fashion in back-to-back games. The Braves hit the road for a […]

Ben Jordan, a junior offensive lineman for the Belton-Honea Path Bears football team, has died at the age of 16.  Jordan died Thursday night at Greenville Memorial Hospital of a massive blod clot, according to Bears coach Russell Blackston.  Jordan has been dealing with illness since his diagnosis of a blood disorder a little over a year ago.  Jordan was […]

American Andy Roddick’s professional tennis career came to and end at the U.S. Open Wednesday with a fourth-round 6-7 (1), 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-4 loss to Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina.  During an on-court address after the loss, the 2003 U.S. Open champion got choked up as he spoke, telling the crowd, “Since I was a kid, I’ve been […]

A study of former NFL players finds they were unusually prone to dying from degenerative brain disease, the latest indication that repeated blows to the head may cause serious trouble later on. The death rate from Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Lou Gehrig’s disease combined was about three times what one would predict from the general population, researchers reported. Prior research had […]

South Carolina quarterback Connor Shaw returned to practice on Wednesday, the first time he’s seen work since injuring his right throwing shoulder in the Gamecocks win over Vanderbilt last Thursday. Carolina is set to open the home season Saturday with a noon-hour kick-off against the East Carolina Pirates.

They may be the defending Super Bowl champions, but they didn’t show it last night (September 5th), as the New York Giants were defeated 24-17 by the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL season opener at the Giants’ home MetLife Stadium. Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo threw for 307 yards, including three touchdown passes, while Giants QB Eli Manning had 213 yards […]

The Furman Paladins will look to even their season record this Saturday when they play host to the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers in Furman’s 2012 home season opener. Kickoff at Paladin Stadium is set for 5:00 p.m. You can hear the game  on 96.3 WGOG beginning with the tailgate and pre-game show at 3:30 PM. Furman (0-1) yielded a last minute […]