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The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association revealed their All-America first, second and third teams on Wednesday night, with two Clemson Tigers and two South Carolina Gamecocks making the cut. Clemson’s Caden Grice, who was named the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year on Tuesday after a year in which he led the Tigers in both home runs as a […]
Read moreThe Southeastern Conference on Wednesday revealed the opponents plus home and away designations for games on its 2024 football schedule, the first season in which the University of Oklahoma and the University of Texas will participate in SEC competition. Among the features of the matchups announced Wednesday is that each of the 14 existing Conference members will play either Oklahoma […]
Read moreSouthern Californians Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele sit atop the leaderboard after shooting 62s at Los Angeles Country Club to break the U.S. Open record and share the major championship mark with Branden Grace, who had a 62 in the third round at Royal Birkdale in the 2017 British Open.
Read moreEddie Rosario hit a tiebreaking home run in the sixth inning and Atlanta held on to beat the Detroit Tigers 6-5 Wednesday night and sweep a doubleheader. Ozzie Albies and Ronald Acuna Jr. had solo homers for the NL-East leading Braves, who scored in five of the first six innings in the second game. In Atlanta’s 10-7 win earlier in […]
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The announcement of a collegiate athletic commitment yesterday strikes a sweet chord here at 101.7/WGOG. Aidan Butts, a rising standout senior lineman for the Stephens County, Georgia Indians, and son of WGOG’s Gary Butts, has ended the suspense. These were Aidan’s own words: “I am proud to announce my commitment to MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY.” Earlier in the recruiting process […]
Read moreWhen the Vegas Golden Knights entered the NHL in 2017 as an expansion team, their owner Bill Foley said his plan was to win the Stanley Cup in six years. That prophecy was emphatically fulfilled Tuesday night in Las Vegas, as the Golden Knights blew out the Florida Panthers 9-3 in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final to win […]
Read moreThe Detroit Tigers and Atlanta Braves were rained out on Tuesday night after a 2-hour, 25-minute wait. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader Wednesday starting at 1:10 p.m., which originally had been a single day game. Tigers rookie right-hander Reese Olson (0-1, 2.70) and Braves ace right-hander Spencer Strider (6-2, 3.79) are expected to start […]
Read moreJunior lefthander and first baseman Caden Grice was named the winner of the John Olerud Two-Way Player-of-the-Year Award on Tuesday, presented by the College Baseball Foundation. Grice is Clemson’s first winner of the award that was first presented in 2010.
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Walhalla’s Toby Lowe is a star middle school baseball catcher, and he made the cut for a spot on Easley’s Senior League World Series baseball team. He’s a son of Holli and Matt Lowe. And tomorrow, the Easley community is invited to meet Toby and his summer teammates during player introductions and a caravan at 5:45 pm to transport the […]
Read moreConfetti flying in Denver. The Nuggets sharing hugs while passing around the NBA championship trophy. Those scenes that, for almost a half-century, seemed impossible, then more recently started feeling inevitable, finally turned into reality Monday night. The Nuggets outlasted the Miami Heat 94-89 in an ugly, frantic Game 5 that did nothing to derail Nikola Jokic, who bailed out his […]
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