Category: Sports

Clemson scored a run in the second inning and never relinquished the lead in its 8-4 victory over No. 7 Coastal Carolina at Springs Brooks Stadium on Tuesday night. The Tigers improved to 29-20, while the Chanticleers dropped to 33-15. The two teams split the home-and-home season series.  The Tigers host No. 12 Florida State in a three-game series, beginning […]

The South Carolina softball team (30-27) fell in the opening round of the SEC Tournament Tuesday night (May 5) to Ole Miss (33-23) 2-0.  Four different players had a hit for the Gamecocks. Jori Heard (11-11) took the loss after allowing two runs on six hits and striking out two in six innings. Emma Friedel came on for the final […]

J.P. Crawford hit a go-ahead homer to cap a five-run sixth inning and the Seattle Mariners rallied from four down to defeat the Atlanta Braves 5-4 on Monday night.  Braves slugger Matt Olson hit his 300th home run. Olson’s 428-foot solo shot to left-center made him the 166th player to reach the milestone. The native of Atlanta has 158 with […]

 Taylor Hall slipped the puck past Dan Vladar at 18:54 of overtime to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Monday night, taking a 2-0 lead in their second-round series in the NHL playoffs.  Hall took a short feed from Sean Walker and carried the puck in on the left side before being knocked to his knees […]

 Chase Elliott went low, got a push from his Hendrick Motorsports teammate and held on to become only the second NASCAR Cup driver with multiple wins this season.  Elliott stayed ahead of Denny Hamlin for the closing four laps after a final restart at Texas on Sunday for his second victory this year. He finished just ahead of Hamlin in both of those […]

Jarren Purify’s two-out single in the eighth inning scored the go-ahead run to lift Clemson to a 4-3 victory over No. 13 Boston College at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers, who won the series 2-1, improved to 28-20 overall and 8-16 in the ACC.  The Tigers travel to Conway, S.C. to play Coastal Carolina on Tuesday at […]

It was quietly rumbling beneath the surface, the New York Knicks heading toward a dominant performance.  That rumble turned into an uncontrollable explosion as the Knicks set records in Game 6, disposing of the Hawks in a 140-89 rout as they advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals.  The Knicks await the winner of the Boston Celtics–Philadelphia 76ers series, which will […]

 Gleyber Torres had three hits and drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning as the Detroit Tigers rallied to beat the Atlanta Braves 5-2 on Thursday to avoid a three-game sweep.  The Braves clinched the series on Wednesday night when Matt Olson‘s two-run homer off Kenley Jansen in the ninth provided a 4-3 win.  […]

Clemson baseball is chasing history. And not the best kind.  Following Sunday’s loss to Louisville, a 7-5 defeat on a walk-off two-run homer in the bottom of the tenth, the Tigers sit at 26-19 overall and 6-15 in ACC play. The ACC winning percentage is .286.  Of course, we all know the program hasn’t been back to Omaha since 2010, […]

 Matt Olson hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning off Kenley Jansen, ruining a dominant performance by Tarik Skubal and rallying the Atlanta Braves to a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night.  Jansen, who blew his third save in nine chances, walked Ozzie Albies to lead off the ninth. Olson followed with his ninth homer, a […]