Category: Sports

Japan won the Little League World Series Sunday in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, with a lopsided 12-2 victory over the team from Goodlettsville, Tennessee. Twelve-year-old Noriatsu Osaka was the offensive star for Japan, hitting three home runs and getting a triple in his 4-for-4 afternoon. The game ended in the fifth inning after Osaka’s third homer made it a 10-run game. […]

Tim Hudson pitched seven strong innings for his seventh consecutive victory and Paul Janish tripled home two runs to help the Atlanta Braves beat the San Francisco Giants 7-1 on Sunday. Jason Heyward, Freddie Freeman and Juan Francisco homered for the Braves, who won their second straight after losing six of seven. The Braves stay on the West Coast to […]

Walhalla’s Israel Williamson threw for 336 yards and two touchdowns, and rushed for 216 yards and five touchdowns Friday night as the Razorbacks defeated West-Oak 58-27.  The sophomore Razorback signal-caller shredded the West-Oak defense for a total of 552 yards of offense in Jeremy Grogan’s debut as Walhalla head coach.  Walhalla jumped out to a 16-0 first quarter lead before […]

WGOG will open the 2012 High School Football radio broadcast season Friday night in Westminster, as West-Oak plays host to Walhalla, in the first of two meetings this season between the rivals. Airtime on WGOG is 7:00 PM, with kick off at 7:30 PM. Elsewhere, Seneca opens the season at Greer. Daniel will take on Easley.

The 2012-13 Clemson men’s basketball conference game schedule was announced Wednesday by the Atlantic Coast Conference. For the first time in history, Clemson will play an 18-game ACC schedule. All 18 games will be carried on television, including seven on the ESPN family of networks. Each game will also be streamed live on WatchESPN.com.  The ACC schedule will pit Clemson […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars will play one home game in London beginning in 2013, the NFL and team officials announced yesterday. The team hopes to broaden its fan base with the appearances at Wembley Stadium, which has hosted one NFL game annually since 2007. “The key point is to sell Jacksonville to the world,” said team owner Shad Khan. “We are […]

Bartolo Colon of the Oakland Athletics has been suspended for 50 games after testing positive for testosterone. It’s the second suspension for use of illegal performance enhancers levied by Major League Baseball in a week. Colon, who is 39, won the Cy Young Award in 2005, but has since struggled with elbow and shoulder injuries. San Francisco Giants outfielder Melky […]

Kris Medlen pitched seven shutout innings in his latest winning performance and Martin Prado’s two-run double proved decisive to help the Braves end a four-game losing streak with a 5-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night. The Braves head to the West Coast now to face San Francisco Thursday night at 10:00 PM Eastern time.

Clemson picked up a commitment this week from LHP John Peake of Greenville High according to TheDiamondProspects.com. Peake is the 12th commitment for the Tigers’ 2013 class.