Category: Sports

The time has been set for the Clemson vs. Virginia Tech football game to be played on Saturday, October 20 at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, SC. The game, which will be Military Appreciation Day, is set to kick off at 12:00 PM and will be broadcast on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2. The network selection will be made following the games […]

On Sunday, the Washington Nationals beat the defending World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 in St. Louis to take the first game of their best-of-five National League Division Series. Game 2 will be played Monday in St. Louis. The Cardinals made it to the NLDS by beating the Atlanta Braves 6-3 on Friday in a one-game wild card playoff […]

Daytona 500 winner Matt Kenseth won at the Talladega Superspeedway Sunday after a huge crash on the last lap took out 10 of the 12 Chase for the Sprint Cup title contenders. Defending NASCAR champion Tony Stewart triggered the 25-car pileup as he tried to protect his lead and mistakenly chopped across the front of Michael Waltrip’s car, which sent […]

In NFL Week Seven action on Sunday, the  Atlanta Falcons defeated the Washington Redskins 24-17.  A hit in the third quarter knocked rookie Redskins quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III out of the game with a mild concussion. The win gave the Falcons their first 5-0 start in franchise history.  Elsewhere, the Seattle Seahawks downed the Carolina Panthers […]

South Carolina, Florida and West Virginia move into the top five of The Associated Press college football poll after a Saturday during which nine Top 25 teams lost.  No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Oregon hold their spots at the top of the rankings. Alabama is a unanimous No. 1 again. The rest of the Top 25 got a makeover. […]

Sixth-ranked South Carolina put together one of its most complete efforts of the season on Saturday night against No. 5 Georgia en route to a 35-7 victory in front of a record crowd of 85,199 at Williams-Brice Stadium.  The Gamecocks rolled up 392 yards of offense and held Georgia to a season-low 224 yards of offense. The Bulldogs entered the […]

Tajh Boyd threw for a career high 397 yards, but both he and his coach agreed he could have played better in No. 15 Clemson’s 47-31 win over Georgia Tech on Saturday.  Boyd and the Tigers offense ran 93 plays and gained 601 yards. It is the fourth time the Tigers (5-1, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) have gained more than […]

Brian Kass’ 52-yard touchdown strike to Jeff Ashley midway through the third quarter lifted FCS fifth-ranked Wofford to a 20-17 victory over Furman in Southern Conference football action Saturday afternoon at Gibbs Stadium. With the win Wofford improves to 5-0 on the season and 3-0 in SoCon play. Furman falls to 2-4 overall and 1-2 in the SoCon. The game marked […]

SATURDAY (10/6) #2 Oregon 52 #23 Washington 21 Oregon’s redshirt freshman Marcus Mariota threw for 198 yards and four touchdowns.) California 43 #25 UCLA 17 (Zach Maynard matched his career high with four touchdown passes and added a fifth on the ground and California took advantage of six turnovers.) #12 Ohio State 63 #21 Nebraska 38 (Braxton Miller rushed for […]

The St. Louis Cardinals won baseball’s first wild-card playoff, taking advantage of a disputed infield fly call that led to a protest and fans littering the field with debris to beat the Atlanta Braves 6-3 Friday. Matt Holliday homered and the defending World Series champion Cardinals benefited from three Braves errors. St. Louis advanced to play Washington in the division […]