Category: Sports

 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 […]

Dejounte Murray and the Atlanta Hawks have agreed in principal on a four-year contract extension worth up to $120 million, agent Rich Paul told ESPN.  The deal can’t be formally signed until Friday but once completed will see Murray bypass free agency next summer and instead lock in with the Hawks for five years and $138 million total, including this […]

The City of Seneca is hosting the Dixie Youth Baseball State Tournament for 9- and 10-year-olds at the Shaver Recreation Complex this weekend. At 2:00pm Friday afternoon, the city is advising residents they will close the walking track on the west side of the facility, which is the side closest to Seneca Middle School. Administrator Scott Moulder said it is […]

 The Braves don’t let losses linger. They quickly do something about them.  All-Stars Sean Murphy and Matt Olson homered and Austin Riley also connected as Atlanta bounced back from one of its rare losses over the past month by smashing the Cleveland Guardians 8-1 on Wednesday night.  UP NEXT for the Atlanta Braves: Following an off day, begin a three-game […]

Pete Alonso is going to get his Home Run Derby grudge match against Julio Rodriguez. And this time it will be in front of a partisan crowd.  The first-round matchup between the New York Mets‘ first baseman, a two-time champion, and the Mariners‘ center fielder highlights the slate for the 38th Derby, which will air Monday on ESPN at 8 […]

Various construction projects in and around Clemson’s Memorial Stadium area nearing completion as part of Phase II of stadium renovations.  Most noticeable are the construction of a tunnel in the lower section of the west end zone where players can now enter and exit the field.  A walk way that will serve as the path for the pregame Tiger Walk […]