NEWBERRY (Newberry) – Newberry head men’s basketball coach Dave Davis has signed 6-foot, 8-inch post player Max Miller, from Rockton, Illinois. Miller led Honegah High to the 2017 Regional Championship, was a two time ALL-NIC First Team Selection, and was twice named to the Beloit Daily News All-Area Team. He shot 59 percent from the field and averaged 12 points and seven rebounds…
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — Davis Love III can still get some solid work done in a PGA Tour event. Heading into the World Golf Hall of Fame in September, the 53-year-old Love shot a 7-under 63 on Thursday in The Greenbrier Classic, leaving him two strokes behind first-round leader Sebastian Munoz. Love is looking for his first win…
CARY, N.C. (USA Baseball) – Andrew Vaughn and Tyler Frank each drove in a run as the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team fell to Cuba, 7-2, on Thursday in the fourth game of the sixth USA vs. Cuba International Friendship Series from Bill Coleman Field. This marks the first loss for the United States in international play this summer but…
AUGUSTA, GA (Fireflies) – Brandon Brosher broke a 1-1 tie with a solo homer in extras, which proved to be the difference Thursday night at Lake Olmstead Stadium. The Fireflies outlasted the GreenJackets 2-1 in 10 innings. Brosher finished with his first three-hit game of the season. This was not the first time Brosher did something like this. The 22-year-old cracked a 7-7…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – Recent South Carolina women’s golf addition Lois Kaye Go qualified for the 2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur Thursday after sharing medalist honors at Bermuda Run Country Club. Go posted a 1-under 71 at the club’s East Course in Advance, N.C., one of 23 qualifying sites for this year’s national amateur championship. The Gamecock rising sophomore, who joined Carolina in…
CHARLOTTE – Charlotte Hornets General Manager Rich Cho announced today that the team has signed 2017 second-round draft pick Dwayne Bacon. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Hornets originally acquired Bacon’s draft rights along with cash considerations in exchange for Frank Jackson’s draft rights on draft night. A 6-7 forward, Bacon was named to the 2016-17…
CHARLOTTE – Charlotte Hornets General Manager Rich Cho announced today that the team has named Buzz Peterson Assistant General Manager. “Throughout his tenure with our organization, Buzz has been an integral part of all aspects of our basketball operations department, with a focus on scouting and player evaluation,” Cho said. “He brings a wide breadth of basketball knowledge to the position,…
The University of South Carolina won the Certified SC Grown Palmetto Series for the second year in a row. The Palmetto Series is an annual points competition between the state’s flagship universities in head-to-head athletic events. Points were also awarded for highest team GPA and for a food drive tackling hunger in their communities. Presented by the South Carolina Department…
Clemson, S.C. (CAC) —Former Clemson All-American Carson Young will make his professional debut this week at the Web.com Tour’s Lecom Health Challenge in Findley Lake, New York. The tournament will run July 6-9. Young qualified for the tournament on Tuesday by shooting a 65 at Shorewood Country Club in Dunkirk, NY. He finished tied for sixth in the competitive field….
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Skylar Diggins-Smith scored 21 points and had seven assists, Allisha Gray added 20 points, and the Dallas Wings beat the Atlanta Dream 94-84 on Wednesday night. Atlanta trailed by 10 points early in the fourth quarter but pulled to 86-82 with 1:28 left on Brittney Sykes’ 3-pointer. Gray answered with Dallas’ first 4-point play of the…
