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Braves Fire Manager Fredi Gonzalez

ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves have fired manager Fredi Gonzalez, who couldn’t survive the worst record in the majors. Braves general manager John Coppolella confirmed the firing of Gonzalez, in his sixth season. The numbers for the Braves are dismal: they have lost two straight and eight of 10, have baseball’s worst record at 9-28 and already are 13…

SC Hall of Fame Inducts 2016 Honorees

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–USC Basketball’s best is now part of the State of South Carolina’s best. B-J McKie headlines this year’s new class of South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame inductees. The ceremony taking place Monday. McKie sets the USC school scoring record and helped the Gaemcocks win their only SEC Championshop almost 20 years ago. The Irmo High School All…

Blowfish Baseball to be broadcast on Radio

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The Lexington County Blowfish will soon be heard on the airwaves of radio. The Blowfish announced that Z93.1 FM ‘The Lake’ will carry the live play-by-play broadcast for the team’s entire 56 game regular-season schedule. According to a release by the Lexington County Blowfish, in addition to the local play-by-play broadcast on Z93.1 FM, Blowfish Baseball enters…

USC Softball Heading Back to NCAA Tournament

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — For the third consecutive year, South Carolina will play in the Tallahassee Regional, facing American regular-season champ USF in the opening game of the weekend at 12 noon EDT on Friday at JoAnne Graf Field. South Carolina enters the tournament with a 36-21 record, two wins shy of matching last year’s 38 wins. The host…

(3) USC Avoids Sweep, Tops (2) Texas A&M, 10-7

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Junior outfielder Dom Thompson-Williams went 3-for-3 with a pair of homers, three RBI and four runs scored and junior left-hander Josh Reagan worked 4.1 innings of relief to earn a win as third ranked South Carolina defeated second ranked Texas A&M 10-7 on Sunday afternoon at Founders Park.  The Gamecocks are 38-13 and 17-9 in…

Fireflies Walk Off for First Time this Season

COLUMBIA, SC (Fireflies) — After erasing two separate deficits in the eighth and ninth innings, the Fireflies walked off against Asheville in the bottom of the tenth, winning the series finale, 5-4. It was the first walk-off win of the season for Columbia. Tourists reliever Alex Kenilvort (L, 0-1) took the mound for the start of the tenth and walked…