Category: Sports

Will Tippett’s three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh lifted the University of South Carolina baseball team to an 8-7 win over Auburn Sunday afternoon (April 30) at Founders Park, taking the final game of the three-game set vs. the Tigers.  Carolina will visit Winthrop Ballpark in Rock Hill, S.C., on Wednesday, May 3 when the Gamecock face […]

 The New York Mets and Atlanta Braves were rained out for the second straight day on Sunday.  The game was postponed about 3 1/2 hours before the scheduled first pitch at 1:40 p.m. It will be made up as part of a single-admission doubleheader Monday starting at 1:10 p.m., originally scheduled as one game.  Saturday’s rainout was rescheduled as part […]

Rain has postponed the NASCAR Cup Series race scheduled for Sunday at Dover Motor Speedway until Monday.  The race will start at noon ET at the Monster Mile.  his is the second straight year Dover’s only Cup race was postponed because of rain and third time since 2019. Dover will hold a Monday race for the fifth time in 105 […]

After two months of waiting, the Carolina Panthers made it official Thursday night, drafting Alabama’s Bryce Young with the first overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.  It took most of the first round, but the Tigers finally had cause to celebrate when Myles Murphy and Bryan Bresee were selected with back-to-back picks.  Murphy will be changing his stripes, going […]

Garrett Cooper came through with a two-out, two-run double that capped a stunning five-run ninth inning by the Miami Marlins, who avoided a sweep with a 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves in a game delayed more than three hours Thursday by inclement weather.

  The 36-year-old Al Horford hit a huge 3-pointer in a late run that carried the Celtics past the Hawks 128-120 Thursday night for a 4-2 triumph in the opening-round playoff series.  The second-seeded Celtics advanced to face the third-seeded Philadelphia 76ers, who’ve been resting since completing their four-game sweep of Brooklyn last Saturday.  Game 1 is Monday night in […]

Vaughn Grissom didn’t have the chance to open the season in Atlanta as he hoped.  Now that he’s back in the majors, the shortstop is proving he can fit in the Braves’ productive lineup.  Grissom had two hits, including a single to drive in the go-ahead run in Atlanta’s four-run eighth inning, and the Braves rallied to overcome a strong […]

Sophomore Maddie Moore and redshirt junior Alia Logoleo each brought home two runners, but the No. 6/6 Clemson Tigers fell to Liberty, 5-4, on Wednesday evening at Kamphuis Field at Liberty Softball Stadium. Following the loss, Clemson falls to 44-6 on the year.  The Tigers conclude the regular season with a three-game series at Virginia Tech this weekend. Action in […]

Carolina Panthers coach Frank Reich says he and general manager Scott Fitterer have agreed on which quarterback the team will select with the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft. But Reich says the team won’t announce who that is until Thursday night, when the draft begins.  The Panthers are choosing between Alabama’s Bryce Young, Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud, Kentucky’s […]

Charlie Morton pitched seven strong innings, Albies homered twice and the Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 7-4 on Tuesday night.