Category: Sports

Clemson learned Monday morning that it’s the fourth overall seed in the 2023 NCAA Baseball Tournament on the strength of its 26-3 run following a 17-14 start to the season.  The Tigers face Lipscomb of the Atlantic Sun Conference Friday at 1pm in the double-elimination regional opener at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. Charlotte faces Tennessee in the other contest at 6pm.  […]

Ryan Noda hit a three-run homer that spoiled Michael Soroka‘s long-awaited return to the majors from two separate tears of his right Achilles tendon, and the A’s beat the NL East-leading Braves 7-2 Monday night to snap an 11-game losing streak with just their 11th win of the season.

Miami joined the 1999 New York Knicks as the second No. 8 seed to make the NBA Finals after a dominant 103-84 victory over Boston in Game 7 of the conference finals on Monday night.  The NBA Finals begin Thursday night against the Denver Nuggets.

William Karlsson scored two goals and had an assist while William Carrier and  also scored for the Knights in a 6-0 rout Monday night over the Stars, who had extended the West final to six games after losing the first three.  The Stanley Cup Finals start Saturday with Florida Panthers at the Vegas Golden Knights at 8pm.

Ryan Blaney held off William Byron to win the rescheduled Coca-Cola 600 on Monday at Charlotte Speedway, giving team owner Roger Penske a sweep of the Memorial Day weekend’s top races in the United States.

Austin Riley’s two long homers and Travis d’Arnaud’s pinch-hit, two-run single in the eighth inning carried the Atlanta Braves to an 8-5 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday night.  

The University of South Carolina baseball team was eliminated from the SEC Tournament after a 5-0 loss to Texas A&M Thursday morning (May 25) at the Hoover Met.  Carolina will now await the announcement of the host sites for the NCAA Regionals and the full 64-team field. The host sites will be announced on NCAA.com and NCAA Baseball social Sunday […]

Derrick White had 24 points, including six 3-pointers, and the Celtics dominated the Miami Heat 110-97 on Thursday night in Game 5 to extend the Eastern Conference finals.  

38-year-old Joe Pavelski scored on a power play at 3:18 of overtime — a one-timer from the middle of the left circle to the far post — and the Stars avoided a sweep in the Western Conference Final with a 3-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday night.

 Bryce Elder‘s clutch pitching kept Atlanta in the game. Strong situational at-bats in the ninth produced a much-needed win.  Ozzie Albies‘ sacrifice fly drove in Austin Riley in the bottom of the ninth and the Braves beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 on Wednesday night to avoid a three-game sweep.