Category: Sports

Teoscar Hernandez is your 2024 MLB All-Star Home Run Derby champion!  The Los Angeles Dodgers slugger takes home his first Derby title in his first appearance after outlasting Kansas City Royals star Bobby Witt Jr. in a dramatic final round.  It was an upset-filled night in Arlington as New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso, Baltimore Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson […]

For the first time ever, SEC Football Media Days were in Dallas, Texas, this year. The conference is welcoming two new members, Oklahoma and Texas, to its conference for the 2024 football season.  South Carolina was one of the first teams to speak at the annual kickoff event. The Gamecocks are entering their fourth year under head coach Shane Beamer, […]

The 2024 ACC Football Championship Game will kick off in primetime at 8 p.m. ET on ABC on Saturday, Dec. 7, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. This fall will be the first featuring 17 ACC football teams, and for the second consecutive season, the league’s football championship game will showcase the top two teams based on […]

Travis d’Arnaud had two home runs and four RBI, Chris Sale pitched five solid innings for his major league-leading 13th win and the Atlanta Braves beat the San Diego Padres 6-3 on Sunday in the final game before the All-Star break.  The Braves finished the first half 53-42 and in second place in the NL East, nine games behind the […]

The 2024 Major League Baseball draft is live from Fort Worth, Texas.  The Cleveland Guardians held the first overall pick, selecting Travis Bazzana, a second baseman out of Oregon State.  Georgia standout and the 2024 Golden Spikes Award winner, Charlie Condon, came off the board with the third overall pick by the Colorado Rockies.  The 2024 South Carolina Gatorade Player […]

Ryan Blaney led the final 44 laps and won Sunday at Pocono, the site of his first career NASCAR Cup Series win and his second victory in the last five races this season. 

 Brandon Pfaadt outpitched Max Fried in six strong innings, Jake McCarthy made a leaping grab at the wall in the ninth inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Atlanta Braves 1-0 on Thursday night.  UP NEXT for the Braves: RHP Spencer Schwellenbach (2-4, 5.02 ERA) pitches the opener of a three-games series at San Diego on Friday.

At the ESPYs Awards Thursday night, South Carolina Women’s Basketball Head Coach Dawn Staley received the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance, former Gamecock A‘ja Wilson won two awards and this year’s 38-0 national champion Gamecocks won the ESPY for Best Team. Coach Staley won the award in honor of another national champion, the late NC State Men’s Basketball Head Coach […]

DUI charges against Georgia running back Trevor Etienne were dismissed Wednesday when he pleaded no contest to reckless driving, underage possession of alcohol and two other driving offenses.  Etienne made his plea during a hearing in Athens-Clarke County (Georgia) Municipal Court.  Etienne, the younger brother of Jacksonville Jaguars and former Clemson Tiger running back Travis Etienne, has been projected as […]

Eugenio Suárez had a homer, double and three RBI, Geraldo Perdomo added three hits and a stellar defensive play in the ninth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks outlasted the Atlanta Braves 7-5 on Wednesday night.  The Diamondbacks beat the Braves for the first time this season after Atlanta won the first five meetings.  UP NEXT for The Braves will start […]