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The New York Yankees downed the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 Wednesday night in New York to take a 2-1 lead in their best-of-five American League Division Series. The game’s hero for the Yankees was Raul Ibanez, who pinch-hit for slumping star Alex Rodriguez in the bottom of the 9th inning and hit a home run to tie the game at 2-2, […]
Read moreWater plays a vital role in economic development and the stakes are high when it comes to who sets the rules regarding quantity and quality. State officials with sizable roles spoke yesterday at the Water Resources Conference in Columbia. Bobby Hitt, state commerce secretary, said 37 of the 46 counties have inadequate water and sewer resources to attract high-paying businesses. […]
Read moreThe 2012-13 Furman men’s basketball team will begin preseason practice with a 5 p.m. workout at Timmons Arena on Friday. Seventh-year head coach Jeff Jackson returns five players who started 10 or more games a year ago and nine total letterwinners from a 2011-12 squad that fashioned a 15-16 overall record and an 8-10 league mark.
Read moreDL Kelsey Griffin (6-2 290) of Hoschton, GA Wednesday announced a commitment to play football at South Carolina. Griffin is considered to be one of the top defensive line prospects in the country. Last season Griffin had 98 tackles with 24 tackles for loss. He is the 21st commitment for the Gamecocks’ 2013 class.
Read moreThe U.S. Anti-Doping Agency Wednesday released a report on its case against cyclist Lance Armstrong, which revealed that 11 former teammates testified against him. It also details the way those 11 and other others say performance-enhancing drugs were delivered and administered to Armstrong’s teams, as well as his continuing relationship and payments to an Italian doctor tied to doping, years […]
Read moreAlex Karras, the rugged lineman who anchored the Detroit Lions’ defense in the 1960s, then went on to an acting career in which he starred in the sitcom Webster and famously punched a horse in the 1974 comedy Blazing Saddles, died Wednesday. He was 77. Karras, who had recently suffered kidney failure, died at home in Los Angeles surrounded by […]
Read moreFormer Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison Tuesday for abusing 10 boys he met over 15 years through his charity for troubled children. Sandusky, who was defensive coordinator and for many years the presumed heir-apparent to legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, could have faced as long as […]
Read moreThe defending World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Washington Nationals 12-4 in St. Louis Monday night to tie their best-of-five National League Division Series at 1-1. Game 3 will be played Wednesday in Washington. Elsewhere, the Baltimore Orioles topped the New York Yankees 3-2 in Baltimore Monday night to tie their best-of-five American League Championship Series at 1-1. Orioles […]
Read moreFurman punter/placekicker Ray Early has been named Southern Conference Special Teams Player of the Week and College Football Performance Awards National Punter Of The Week for his outstanding work in the Paladins’ 20-17 loss to Wofford on Saturday in Spartanburg. Early, a 6-foot, 184-pound junior, averaged a career best 57.3 yards on three punts, all of which were downed inside […]
Read moreThe son of a Gamecock legend is following in his father’s footsteps. The 6-4 shooting guard Justin McKie of Irmo, the son of USC’s all time leading scorer BJ McKie, announced a commitment to the Gamecocks Monday morning. McKie made an official visit to USC over the weekend and contacted head coach Frank Martin Sunday night with the news.
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