Category: Sports

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 […]

Aaron Rodgers said “the Panthers are in good hands” as he spoke of rookie quarterback Bryce Young following Wednesday’s joint practice for Carolina and the Jets at Wofford College, the first of two scheduled combined workouts.  Rodgers, who says he shares and agent with Young, met the Panthers rookie and chatted briefly before the practice and offered him words of […]

Orlando Arcia’s two-run double with two outs in the top of the ninth capped a three-run inning and rallied the MLB-best Atlanta Braves to an 8-6 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night after star right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. left the game.  Acuña was hit on the left elbow by a pitch from reliever Colin Holderman in the […]

Tuesday morning on the practice fields at Wofford College, the Carolina Panthers welcomed the Daniel Lions to workout with them.  Panthers defensive lineman DeShawn Williams is a Daniel alum and saw many familiar faces that helped him achieve his dreams, while also taking him down memory lane.  The Panthers continue training camp at Wofford and will have a joint practice […]