Category: Sports

Seven-time Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson and his former crew chief of the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Chad Knaus headline a list of 15 nominees for the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2024.  There are 10 nominees on the modern era ballot and five on the pioneer ballot, which is designed to honor those whose careers began more […]

Former Clemson quarterback DJ Uiagalelei, now at Oregon State following his transfer following last season, was taken late in the 20th round as a pitcher by the Dodgers on the final of the MLB Draft Tuesday.  Uiagalelei, who was a high school baseball standout in California, has not played the game collegiately. In high school, his fastball topped out at […]

Believe your eyes: The National League has won an All-Star Game!  After nine straight losses to the American League, the Senior Circuit’s skid ended, thanks in part to Colorado Rockies catcher Elias Diaz. Diaz’s go-ahead two-run home run in the eighth inning helped seal a 3-2 victory at T-Mobile Park in Seattle.  The AL still holds an overall head-to-head record […]

Four years after he set a single-round Home Run Derby record only to not win the title, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. bestowed the same fate on someone else — and added to his family’s rich legacy in the process.  The son of Hall of Famer Vladimir Guerrero, participating in the Derby at his family’s urging, ousted hometown favorite Julio Rodriguez after […]

Clemson junior left-hander and first baseman Caden Grice was selected in the competitive balance round B (pick no. 64 overall) of the Major League Baseball Draft on Sunday night.  Two Clemson commits were also drafted Sunday. Outfielder Dillon Head was selected in the first round by the San Diego Padres with the 25th overall pick. Shortstop Sammy Stafura was drafted […]

 Isaac Paredes and Yandy Díaz homered as the Tampa Bay Rays snapped a season-high, seven-game skid with a 10-4 win over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday in a matchup of teams with the best records in baseball.

Paul Skenes and Dylan Crews, star teammates on the LSU team that won the Men’s College World Series, were selected with the first two picks of Major League Baseball’s amateur draft on Sunday, becoming the first pair of teammates to go 1-2 in draft history.  With the 24th overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft, the Atlanta Braves selected Right-Handed […]

William Byron overcame a spin early in the second stage that knocked him back a lap, and then was in the right position when weather took control at Atlanta Motor Speedway.  Byron won the rain-shortened NASCAR race at Atlanta on Sunday night for his series-leading fourth victory of the season. It was the second win in Atlanta in the last […]

Former North Carolina State and Furman coach Dick Sheridan, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, died Thursday. He was 81. Sheridan died at Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, his son, Jon, told Furman athletic department spokesman Hunter Reid. No cause of death was given. Sheridan, who was from Augusta, Georgia, began his college coaching tenure […]