Category: Sports

Walhalla, SC– Jack Gordon Campbell, 92, husband of the late Doris Bennett Campbell of 54 years, of Walhalla, passed away on Sunday, February 25, 2024, at Oconee Memorial Hospital.   A native of Walhalla, SC, Mr. Campbell was the son of the late James G. and Willie Williams Campbell. He was the owner and operator of J&J Auto Service and […]

Daniel Suarez edged Ryan Blaney and Kyle Busch in a three-wide finish to win a crashed-filled NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday.  Busch, who won Saturday’s Trucks race, moved to the middle between Blaney, the 2023 Cup champion, and Suarez to set up the dramatic finish. Suarez, 32, earned his second career Cup win in his […]

Bree Hall scored 18 points, MiLaysia Fulwiley added 17 off the bench and top-ranked South Carolina beat Kentucky 103-55 on Sunday to clinch its third consecutive outright Southeastern Conference regular-season championship and eighth in 11 years.  After celebrating Clemson women’s basketball seniors Amani Freeman, Dayshanette Harris, Danielle Rauch, and Amari Robinson on senior day in Littlejohn Coliseum, the Tigers fell […]

 Freshman righthander Aidan Knaak tossed 6.0 strong innings to lead No. 8 Clemson to a 7-2 victory over Kennesaw State at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers, who won the series 2-1, improved to 6-1, while the Owls dropped to 3-5.Knaak (1-0) earned his first career win by giving up just three hits, no runs and one walk […]

Ashlyn Watkins had 14 points and 10 rebounds and No. 1 South Carolina clinched a share of its third straight Southeastern Conference regular-season championship with a 72-44 win over Alabama on Thursday night, coach Dawn Staley’s 600th career win.  Meanwhile,  Ruby Whitehorn notched her first career double-double on Thursday as the Clemson women’s basketball team dropped its game against the […]

 Miles Bridges had 26 points and 14 rebounds, Grant Williams scored 24 points and the Charlotte Hornets shot past the Utah Jazz 115-107 on Thursday night for their fourth straight victory.

 Sebastian Aho scored with 18.9 seconds left, helping Pyotr Kochetkov and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Florida Panthers 1-0 on Thursday night.  Kochetkov stopped 44 shots in his third shutout of the season. Carolina has won four straight and six of its past seven games.

Georgia and Atlanta area natives Chase Hunter (Atlanta, Ga./Westlake) and Ian Schieffelin (Loganville, Ga./Grayson) combined for 37 points, nine rebounds, seven assists and finished 14-for-22 from the field and 7-of-10 from three in Clemson University men’s basketball’s 81-57 rout of Georgia Tech on Wednesday night.  The Tigers (18-8, 8-7 ACC) claimed their fifth road win in ACC play – tying […]

Both Arielle Oda and Maddie Moore hit two-run homers to propel the No. 9/9 Tigers to a 8-5 victory against the Charlotte 49ers. Clemson finished the midweek matchup with seven hits led by Moore going 2-for-4. Both Oda and Moore led the Tigers with three RBIs, while Alex Brown picked up the final two RBIs.  The Tigers will open the […]

The idea of a 14-team College Football Playoff starting in the 2026 season was discussed at CFP meetings in Dallas on Wednesday, just months before the start of the first season with a 12-team playoff is set to begin.  CFP executive director Bill Hancock acknowledged the idea was discussed but declined to provide specific details, saying, “There’s work still to […]