PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (ESPN) — Tim Tebow said Tuesday he realizes he still has “a long way to go” to be a successful professional baseball player, but he is focused on improving and not his statistics, which he said don’t tell the whole story. Called up to the New York Mets’ advanced Class A affiliate in the Florida State…
LEXINGTON, KY (Fireflies) – Columbia’s late surge came up just short at Whitaker Bank Ballpark on Tuesday night. The Fireflies scored three runs in the ninth inning, but fell 6-5 to the Legends. Both clubs combined to scored five runs in the final frame. The last inning was a roller coaster of emotion for each team. Columbia (2-4, 42-32) trailed…
FLORENCE, S.C. (Blowfish) — The Blowfish and the Florence RedWolves were two teams that were in two different directions coming into Tuesday night’s matchup in Florence. The Blowfish were looking to send the Wolves into a seven game losing skid and take 6 of their last 7 ballgames. It took every last out in the game but Lexington County knocked…
COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina head women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley and the Gamecocks left for Tokyo, Japan today to play three exhibition games in the next week. The trip, which spans June 27 to July 5, includes three exhibition games against the Japan National Team. It will be the Gamecocks’ first international trip under Staley. “We’ve been looking for…
CHICAGO (AP) — Not much has come easy for the New York Yankees over the past two weeks. Not even the wins. Jordan Montgomery matched his season high with seven solid innings and closer Aroldis Chapman shut down a ninth-inning rally just in time, lifting the Yankees over the Chicago White Sox 6-5 on Monday night. New York led 6-1…
LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (Blowfish) — Lexington County came back home Monday night in search of their second straight win after a comeback win on the road Sunday afternoon. The Blowfish set their sights on the Savannah Bananas, a team they fell to on the road this past Saturday 11-4. Tonight they reversed their fortunes on the Bananas in a way…
LEXINGTON, KY (Fireflies) – Thomas McIlraith returned to Columbia in style on Monday. The right-hander tossed six scoreless innings and led the Fireflies to a 4-0 victory over the Legends. It was Columbia’s 10th shut-out win of the season. McIlraith pitched in seven games a year ago for the Fireflies – his most notable outing coming on April 9, 2016,…
NORFOLK, VA (SCSU) — The South Carolina State football team will make two weeknight television appearances during the 2017 season as part of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference’s weeknight television lineup on ESPN networks, the league announced. Not a part of the weeknight schedule, SC State will open the 2017 campaign on Sunday, Sept. 3 against Southern University in the annual…
COLUMBIA, SC (Fireflies) – Fireflies starting pitcher Thomas Szapucki was named South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week for the week of June 19-25, the league announced. The 21-year-old struck out a season-high 10 batters in his start on June 25 against the Kannapolis Intimidators Szapucki issued just two hits over six innings on Sunday. The 10 punch-out performance is…
Columbia,SC- The Brooklyn Nets own a 2017-18 team option on guard K.J McDaniels that’s worth $3.47 million. According to reports the Nets won’t pick up the option. Since the Nets are declining the option, they likely won’t tender him a qualifying offer by June, and as a result he will become an unrestricted free-agent on July 1. The Nets acquired McDaniel’s last…
