COLUMBIA, SC (Fireflies) – The Fireflies have won seven games in a row after sweeping a doubleheader on Saturday night. Columbia bested the Charleston RiverDogs, 5-3, in game one and toppled the visitors again in the second battle, 4-2,at Spirit Communications Park. There were 7,861 fans in attendance and it was the fourth sell-out crowd of the season. Jordan Humphreys…
Tim Tebow is 50 games in to his pro baseball career. While playing with the Columbia Fireflies, he’s experienced highs and lows at the plate and in the field, but has done his best to keep emotions out of his performance. Speaking on Friday before his team opened a five game series with Charleston, the former Heisman trophy winner discussed…
CLEVELAND (AP) — Golden State’s perfect postseason is over. Cleveland’s coming back again. Just like last year, the NBA Finals are at 3-1 after four games. LeBron James recorded a triple-double, Kyrie Irving scored 40 points and the Cavs broke scoring records while outperforming the NBA’s most electrifying offense in a testy Game 4 filled with technical fouls on Friday…
EUGENE, Ore. (USC SID) — Two members of the University of South Carolina track & field team earned first-team All-America honors Friday at the 2017 NCAA Division I Track & Field Championships. Juniors Isaiah Moore (110mH) and Tye Williams (high jump) each finished in the top-eight of their events to collect All-America laurels for the first time as Gamecocks. Williams tied for fourth place in…
COLUMBIA, SC (Fireflies) – For the third time this season, the Fireflies have won five games in a row. Columbia accomplished that on Friday with a 3-1 victory over Charleston at Spirit Communications Park. It’s also the club’s seventh straight home win – a new franchise record. Harol Gonzalez (W, 3-4) was the next Columbia (33-25) pitcher to shine on…
CLEVELAND (AP) — Game 3 of the NBA Finals drew 20.5 million viewers on ABC, an increase of 22 percent from last season. Golden State’s 118-113 victory over Cleveland was the closest game of the series and the most-watched Game 3 ever on ABC, according to Nielsen numbers announced Thursday. The overall ratings for the series, the first time the…
EUGENE, Ore. (USC SID) – Sophomore Rougui Sow paced the University of South Carolina track & field team as the Gamecocks competed on day two of the 2017 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships Thursday at Hayward Field. Sow earned first-team All-America honors in the long jump, while the women’s 4x100m relay finished the day as second-team All-Americans. Sow finished the…
COLUMBIA, SC (Fireflies) – The Fireflies’ offense erupted with 12 hits for the second straight game and blanked Lexington, 8-0, on Thursday night at Spirit Communications Park. Columbia won its sixth consecutive contest at home and is seven games above .500 for the first time in franchise history. It’s also the ninth shut-out win for the club this season. Dash…
SAVANNAH, GA. (Blowfish) — It had been over ten months since the Blowfish tasted victory. The team had suffered a nine game losing streak that began at the end of the 2016 season and spilled over into the 2017 season. 2017 started with an eight game losing streak for the Fish that was snapped Thursday night at Grayson Stadium in…
Columbia, SC- Cardinal Newman is proud to announce the addition of Charles Assey as the new head baseball coach and assistant athletic director. Coach Assey just completed his 4th season as the head baseball coach at White Knoll High School. While at White Knoll, Assey led the Timberwolves to 65 total wins, a #21 National Ranking in USA Today in…
