COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Former Gamecock outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. (2009-11) will play in the 2016 MLB All-Star Game with the American League, as announced by Major League Baseball on Tuesday night. Bradley Jr. was voted in as a starter in the outfield. He is hitting .294 with 13 HR and 53 RBI on the year for the Boston…
FOREST CITY, N.C. — Tonight the Lexington Blowfish visited the Forest City Owls in western division play. Hayden Deal got the start on the mound for the Blowfish. Early in the bottom of the first the Owls scored two runs and in the fourth gained four more. The Blowfish made a push at the Owls in the fifth, scoring three…
COLUMBIA, SC (Fireflies) — Kevin Canelon had just finished his eighth inning of work against Charleston when Dash Winningham stepped to the plate in the home half of the frame. Winningham’s run-scoring single snapped a 3-3 tie and gave Columbia the lead for good. The Fireflies downed the Charleston RiverDogs, 4-3, at Spirit Communications Park. Canelon (W, 5-6) secured his…
BOSTON (AP) — Shin-Soo Choo homered on David Price’s first pitch of the game, and Elvis Andrus scored to break a sixth-inning tie as the Texas Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 7-2 on Tuesday night to snap a three-game losing streak. Robinson Chirinos added a three-run homer in the ninth as the Rangers scored four runs off All-Star selection…
FILE – In this June 13, 2016, file photo, Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant fields a ball hit by Washington Nationals’ Ryan Zimmerman during a baseball game in Washington. The Cubs became the first team since the 1976 Cincinnati Reds’ Big Red Machine to have five players voted as All-Star Game starters when their entire infield earned the honor…
Clemson, S.C. (CAC) — Former All-ACC defensive lineman Tony Stephens passed away on Monday, July 4th after a long battle with a respiratory problem that recently led to pneumonia. He was 51. A native of Walterboro, S.C., Stephens was a starting middle guard on Clemson’s ACC Championship teams of 1986 and 1987 and was a first-team All-ACC selection as a…
SAN DIEGO (MLB.com) — The long holiday weekend might be over, but Major League Baseball’s All-Star fireworks haven’t gone off just yet. The starting position players for the 87th All-Star Game presented by MasterCard, set for July 12 at Petco Park in San Diego, will be revealed on the Esurance All-Star Selection Show at 7 ET tonight on ESPN, prior…
FILE – In this Nov. 20, 2015, file photo, Los Angeles Lakers center Roy Hibbert reaches for a rebound during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Toronto Raptors in Los Angeles. The Charlotte Hornets have added some depth in free agency. Center Roy Hibbert and point guard Ramon Sessions agreed to terms with the Hornets, a…
Clemson, S.C. (CAC) — Six Clemson football players were named to preseason “Watch Lists” for the Maxwell and Bednarik Awards on Tuesday. Clemson and Alabama have the most players on the two award lists combined with six selections each. Clemson was the only FBS school with at least three selections to each list. The Maxwell Award, named in honor of…
COLUMBIA, SC (Fireflies) — The largest crowd in Spirit Communications Park history watched the Fireflies on Independence Day. There were a remarkable 9,228 on hand for Monday’s game. In total, 155,232 fans have passed through the gates to watch the inaugural season of Fireflies baseball. On Tuesday night, Spirit Communications Park will host its 156,922nd fan, breaking the previous single-season…
