Category: Sports

Led by quarterback Peyton Manning, the Denver Broncos mounted a big comeback in Monday Night Football last night to beat the San Diego Chargers 35-24. The Broncos were down 24-0 at halftime in San Diego, but turned it all around in the second half, with Manning throwing three touchdown passes and Tony Carter and Chris Harris scoring on turnovers by […]

Clemson wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins has been named a mid-season first-team All-American by CBSSports.com. Hopkins was one of just two ACC players on the first team as he was joined by North Carolina offensive guard Jonathan Cooper. Hopkins was joined by Stedman Bailey of West Virginia and Marquise Lee at the wide receiver position.  Hopkins has 49 receptions for 777 […]

The South Carolina Gamecocks are ranked seventh in the initial BCS Standings, released Sunday night. Alabama is the No. 1 team, followed by Florida, Oregon, Kansas State and Notre Dame. LSU is just ahead of South Carolina and the top one-loss team. Oregon State, Oklahoma and Southern California round out the top 10.  The Gamecocks remained ranked in the Top […]

The Detroit Tigers shut out the New York Yankees 3-0 on Sunday, taking a 2-0 American League Championship Series lead out of New York as the series switches to their home turf in Detroit for Game 3 of the best-of-seven series on Tuesday. Detroit starter Anibal Sanchez shut down the listless Yankee offense, one day after the team lost captain […]

Third-ranked South Carolina was unable to overcome a late nine-point deficit at LSU on Saturday night, as the No. 9/8 Tigers held on to claim a 23-21 victory over the Gamecocks at Tiger Stadium.  The loss snaps a school-record 10-game winning streak for the Gamecocks, who fall to 6-1 overall and 4-1 in the SEC. LSU improves to 6-1 on […]

Jacob Huseman passed for 171 yards and two touchdowns to lead Chattanooga past Furman, 31-10, in Southern Conference football action Saturday afternoon at Paladin Stadium.  Huseman, a freshman from Chattanooga, completed 18-of-23 passes and added 59 yards rushing on 22 carries to finish with 230 yards total offense in helping the Mocs (3-3, 2-1 SoCon) record their second straight win […]

SATURDAY (10/13) #22 Texas A&M 59 #23 Louisiana Tech 57 (Johnny Manziel accounted for six touchdowns, including two to fend off a late rally.) #19 Mississippi State 41 Tennessee 31 (Junior quarterback Tyler Russell threw for a career-high 291 yards and two touchdowns, including a 9-yard pass to Malcolm Johnson to seal the victory with nine seconds remaining, and No. […]

In 96.3 WGOG’s high school football broadcast on Friday night Palmetto defeated West-Oak 41-14 in Williamston.  Our American Pest Control Player of the Game was Palmetto’s Alan Williams, who carried the ball 16 times for 134 yards and 2 touchdowns.  It was part of 424 yards of total offense for Jody LeCroy’s team.  For West-Oak, the star was Landon Owens […]

 A $1 million gift, praise from the administrator of NASA and a volley of model rockets were the order of the day Thursday,  as the South Carolina State Museum broke ground for “Windows to New Worlds,” its $23 million expansion and renovation project at its historic site in Columbia. The Boeing Company has approved a $1 million grant to fund an […]

The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award announced the 2012 candidates for its award Thursday and five ACC quarterbacks were among its group of 15 signal callers honored from around the nation, fully one-third of the eligible field.  Honored from the Atlantic Coast Conference were: Tajh Boyd, Clemson; EJ Manuel, Florida State; Bryn Renner, North Carolina; Mike Glennon, NC State and […]