Category: Sports

Clemson debuted at No. 9 in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 on Monday. The full Top 10 is Georgia (60 first-place votes), then Michigan (2), Ohio State (1), Alabama, LSU, USC, Penn State, Florida State, Clemson and Washington. The Tigers host two preseason AP-ranked teams in November, with No. 13 Notre Dame and No. 21 North Carolina.  Former Clemson […]

 South Carolina football announced they plan to retire Alshon Jeffery’s jersey during a ceremony this season.  Jeffery spent three seasons with the Gamecocks from 2009 to 2011, where he racked up 183 catches for 3,042 yards and 23 touchdowns. According to officials, he finished third in Gamecock history in receptions, second in receiving yards and tied for first in receiving […]

Rafael Ortega had two hits during a six-run fifth inning Sunday night, leading New York to a 7-6 win over the major league-best Atlanta Braves and preventing the Mets from falling into last place in the NL East.  UP NEXT for the Atlanta Braves: LHP Max Fried (3-1, 2.50 ERA) takes the mound as Atlanta returns home Monday from a […]

Michael McDowell knelt down at Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s yard of bricks and delivered the sweetest kisses of his racing career Sunday.  The 38-year-old Arizona driver became a Brickyard champ — and a member of an elite club.  McDowell inherited the lead on Lap 53 and never trailed again as he drove the most dominant race of his career, beating Chase […]

 Former Clemson All-American Lucas Glover won the FedEx St. Jude Classic Sunday evening.  It’s the second consecutive week that Glover has won on the PGA tour – that’s a first for any former Clemson golfer.  Glover won the Classic in a one-hole playoff with Patrick Cantlay.  Glover moved from 49th to fourth in the FedEx Cup standings.  He now moves […]

Coming off a pair of draining, tight losses and facing an early deficit against perhaps the best team in baseball, the Pittsburgh Pirates could have bailed.  It’s August. They’re essentially out of the playoff mix following a scorching start. Their focus over the final third of the season is essentially trying to see how far along the young core they’ve […]

Former Tiger infielder Weston Wilson (High Point, N.C.) made his major league debut with the Philadelphia Phillies as a starter in left field against the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night. He went 1-for-1 with a homer, three runs, two walks and a steal in the Phillies’ 7-0 win, as Michael Lorenzen tossed a no-hitter.  Wilson belted a homer to lead […]

The Carolina Panthers have canceled their final practice of training camp, which was a scheduled joint session with the New York Jets, due to inclement weather.  The team announced the cancellation just after 7:30 Thursday morning, about an hour and a half before the scheduled start time.  Thursday’s practice was slated to be the final one of training camp, with […]

Ronald Acuña Jr. slugged three hits and Michael Harris II tagged on a popup to right field and scored on a close call in the eighth inning, lifting the MLB-leading Atlanta Braves to a 6-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night.  The Braves, with a majors best record of 72-40, won their second straight against the Pirates after […]

A former NFL football player was arrested this week in Charlotte on several charges, according to Mecklenburg County jail records.  Bashaud Naheem Breeland was arrested and booked into Mecklenburg County Jail at 2:12 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, and released several hours later at 4:40 a.m. Tuesday.  A Clemson alum and native of Allendale, South Carolina, Breeland was drafted by the […]