Category: Sports

MacKenzie Gore kept waiting for this day to arrive. So, too, did the Washington Nationals — and their fans.  Gore arrived as a key part of the Juan Soto trade in August, while he was injured. But the 24-year-old lefty’s debut for his new club showed why Washington wanted him.  Gore struck out six and limited the big-swinging Braves to […]

Graduate transfers Ally Miklesh and Reedy Davenport led the charge for the No. 5/5 Clemson Tigers to secure the ACC sweep of Boston College on Sunday afternoon. The two combined for four hits and six RBIs, two hits and three RBIs each, to lead Clemson past Boston College, 8-0, in five innings to improve to 36-1 overall (12-0 ACC), while […]

Kyle Larson spent the week watching videos of his 10-win, 2021 championship season, he said, “to remind myself that I used to be good.”  He still is. Larson pulled away on a restart with 14 laps to go and easily won the NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway on Sunday.

The Atlanta Braves overcame the early exit of NL Cy Young Award runner-up Max Fried because of a bad leg Thursday with four hits by Travis d’Arnaud and three errors by Washington shortstop CJ Abrams during a 7-2 victory over the Nationals on a sunny, chilly opening day.  The series resumes Saturday with Braves RHP Spencer Strider facing Nationals RHP […]

Rhett Lowder pitched 7.0 productive innings to lead No. 2 Wake Forest to an 8-3 win over Clemson at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Thursday night. The Demon Deacons, who took a 1-0 lead in the series, improved to 24-3 overall and 8-2 in the ACC. The Tigers dropped to 16-11 overall and 2-5 in ACC play.  The series continues Friday […]

 Defenseman Jake Walman scored with 3.2 seconds left to give the Detroit Red Wings a 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night.

Before the Final Four, the South Carolina Gamecocks had some individual hardware to win Wednesday evening in Dallas.  For the second year in a row, and the third time in the last four seasons, head coach Dawn Staley was named the Naismith Women’s College Coach of the Year.  Though she did not repeat as Naismith Player of the Year, South […]

No. 85 is now No. 5 once again.  Former Clemson standout Tee Higgins is switching back to his old college jersey number No. 5 this upcoming season with the Cincinnati Bengals.  It’s a number that carries a lot of memories and success for Higgins, who recorded 135 receptions for 2,448 yards and 27 touchdowns during his three seasons at Clemson.  […]

Opening day for MLB is today and the full slate includes games at Dodger Stadium, Fenway Park, Wrigley Field and Yankee Stadium. And good news for fans — there’s no snow in the forecast at any of them.  Atlanta Braves will kick off opening day playing at the Washington Nationals at 1:05pm this afternoon.

Freshman lefthander Ethan Darden pitched 5.0 effective innings with a career-high seven strikeouts to lead Clemson to a 10-3 victory over College of Charleston at Segra Park on Tuesday night. The Tigers, who won both games of the season series, improved to 16-10, while the Cougars dropped to 16-8.  The Tigers host No. 2 Wake Forest at Doug Kingsmore Stadium […]