Category: Sports

Matt Olson homered late and doubled in an early run and the Atlanta Braves won their fifth straight game, beating the Minnesota Twins 3-0 Wednesday for a series sweep.  Atlanta improved to 20-4 this month, best in the majors.  The Braves are off Thursday. The Braves have yet to announce a starter for Friday, when they open a three-game series […]

Ronald Acuña Jr. hit two of Atlanta’s five homers — all in the first two innings — and the power-hitting Braves beat Joe Ryan and the Minnesota Twins 6-2 on Tuesday night.  Acuña sparked the barrage of long balls by hitting Ryan’s first pitch into the Braves’ bullpen in right field. Thanks to a productive June, the Braves lead the […]

Former Clemson forward Hunter Tyson met with the Denver media Monday after he landed with the world champs on Draft night.  Tyson looks to stick with a team that returns its starting line-up from its championship run.  He’s the first Clemson player drafted by an NBA team (37th overall, second round pick of Oklahoma City then traded to Denver) since […]

Jimmie Johnson will not race this weekend in NASCAR’s Cup Series street race in Chicago following the deaths of his wife’s parents and a nephew in Oklahoma.  The bodies of Jack Janway, 69; his wife, Terry Janway, 68; and their grandson Dalton Janway, 11, were discovered Monday at a home in Muskogee, Oklahoma, located about 50 miles southeast of Tulsa, […]

 LSU went from its low point of the season to the ultimate high in a span of 24 hours. A day after it gave up the most runs ever in a Men’s College World Series game, LSU cranked up its offense and won its first national title since 2009 with an 18-4 victory over Florida on Monday night in the […]

Marcell Ozuna responded with a go-ahead homer off Gray in the seventh, Spencer Strider allowed three hits in seven innings while striking out 10 and the Atlanta Braves beat the Minnesota 4-1 in the Twins’ first visit to Atlanta in seven years.

League opponents for the 2023-24 college basketball season were announced by the SEC on Monday.  The Gamecocks will have home and homes with Georgia, Mississippi State, Missouri, Ole Miss and Tennessee. Carolina will host additional home games at Colonial Life Arena against Florida, Kentucky, LSU and Vanderbilt. The Gamecocks will travel to Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn and Texas A&M.  Conference play […]

Matt Olson hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the sixth inning and the Atlanta Braves held on for another wild 7-6 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday. The Braves, who snapped the Reds’ longest winning streak in 66 years at 12 games with a 7-6 win on Saturday, have won 17 of their last 20.