U.S.Open Golf

Wyndham Clark, who was ranked 293rd in the Official World Golf Ranking a year ago and had never finished better than a tie for 75th in a major championship, held off Rory McIlroy, world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler and Rickie Fowler in the final round to win the 123rd U.S. Open at the Los Angeles Country Club.  Clark, from […]

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Carolina Panthers Training Camp

The Carolina Panthers announced the schedule Thursday for their 2023 training camp at Wofford College in Spartanburg.  Panthers rookies, including No. 1 pick Bryce Young, will report to camp on July 22 while veterans report on July 25.  There will be 12 total practices open to the public as part of the training camp at Wofford College.  Fans will be […]

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College Baseball

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 […]

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SEC Football

The 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 […]

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U.S. Open Golf

Southern 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.

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Atlanta Braves

Eddie 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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Toccoan to be a Tennessee footballer

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 […]

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Stanley Cup Finals

When 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 […]

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Atlanta Braves

 The 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 […]

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