MIAMI (AP) — Adam Conley walked off the mound for the final time in the eighth inning Wednesday with a string of zeroes behind him. When he saw manager Don Mattingly applauding his performance from the dugout, Conley began to clap too. Both had reason to cheer following the left-hander’s longest outing yet. Conley pitched eight innings and the Miami…
FORMBY, England (USC SID) — University of South Carolina Men’s Golf graduated senior Matt NeSmith was awarded a position on the 2016 All-Nicklaus Team presented by Barbasol, the Golf Coaches Association of America announced today. NeSmith received the honor by earning a spot on the Nicklaus Award finalist list that was announced in May. The postseason award is another notch on NeSmith’s 2015-16…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Fireflies) — Seven-time Major League Baseball All-Star and South Carolina native Bobby Richardson will speak at Faith and Family Night at Spirit Communications Park on Sunday, June 26, before the Fireflies host the Augusta GreenJackets (San Francisco Giants). First pitch is scheduled for 5:05 p.m. and Richardson will deliver a faith-based speech shortly after gates open to the…
Tim Tebow ORLANDO, FL. (AP) – Former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow visited his former high school football teammate who was wounded in the gay nightclub shooting in Orlando. The Orlando Sentinel reports Rodney Sumter was a bartender at Pulse nightclub and was shot three times on June 12. Tebow and Sumter played football at Ponte Vedra Beach Nease High School…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — TCU freshman star Luken Baker continued his hot hitting, going 3 for 3 with a home run, and the Horned Frogs took control of their College World Series bracket with a 6-1 victory over Coastal Carolina on Tuesday night. The Frogs (49-16) have won their first two CWS games for the first time in four appearances…
Former Gamecock 2nd baseman Max Schrock went 2-3 with 2 RBI and earned MVP honors at the South Atlantic League All-Star game in Lexington, Kentucky Tuesday night. Schrock’s North team knocked off the South division team 2-1. The Hagerstown Suns slugger got a first inning RBI double off Columbia Fireflies pitcher P.J. Conlon. Conlon ended up the losing pitcher, giving…
MIAMI (AP) — Jace Peterson has not hit a lot of home runs in his brief career. However, he has hit some memorable ones at Marlins Park. Peterson hit a game-tying two-run home run in the eighth inning and a go-ahead RBI single in the 10th to lift the Atlanta Braves to a 3-2 victory over Miami on Tuesday night….
HOUSTON (AP) — Lionel Messi was too much for the United States to contain, as Argentina beat Jurgen Klinsmann’s team 4-0 to reach the Copa America final. The five-time world player of the year set up Ezequiel Lavezzi’s opening goal in the third minute, then scored on a free kick to break Argentina’s career scoring record and assisted on the…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Eric Gutierrez hit a two-run homer, Texas Tech picked up a huge insurance run by way of two errors on the same play in the ninth, and the Red Raiders eliminated Florida 3-2 at the College World Series on Tuesday. It was a stunning early exit for the No. 1 national seed, which made things interesting…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) — Stephen Behr has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year. He is one of four Clemson golfers who were named to the All-ACC Academic Men’s Golf team on Tuesday. The Scholar-Athlete of the Year award is named after Rod Myers, Duke’s men’s golf coach from 1973-2007. A graduate student studying financial…
