ROSEMONT, Ill. (ACC) – The Atlantic Coast and Big Ten Conferences on Monday announced the dates for the 19th annual Big Ten-ACC Challenge. The games were announced on June 8. The dates for the 2017 Challenge appear below. Tip times and specific network assignments will be announced at a later date. Monday, Nov. 27 Maryland at Syracuse Wisconsin at Virginia…
CHICAGO (AP) — Matt Olson hit his first two major league home runs, Jaycob Brugman and Franklin Barreto also launched their first career shots and the Oakland Athletics routed the Chicago White Sox 10-2 on Saturday. Barreto homered in his big league debut. He joined Olson and Brugman in becoming the second trio of teammates to hit their first homers…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) – Jaron Blossomgame was the 59th overall selection, the 29th pick of the second round, by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2017 NBA Draft at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Thursday night. Blossomgame is the 28th player drafted in Clemson history, and the first since K.J. McDaniels went 32nd overall to the Philadelphia 76ers…
Clemson, S.C (CAC) —The Clemson Football Program has been nominated for four ESPY Awards according to a network announcement on Wednesday. Clemson won the college football national championship last year with a 35-31 win over defending champion Alabama behind quarterback Deshaun Watson, who is nominated for two individual awards. The show will be held in Los Angeles, Calif., on Wednesday,…
BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. – The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles unveiled the license plate celebrating Clemson’s 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship, with the plate available for purchase through the DMV beginning Tuesday, June 20. “We’re thankful to the South Carolina legislature, Senators Thomas Alexander and Harvey Peeler, and Governor McMaster for this great acknowledgement of our football team’s achievement,”…
Clemson, S.C. (CAC) — Antonio Reynolds Dean, most recently an assistant coach with the University of Rhode Island’s 2017 Atlantic 10 Championship team, has been named an assistant coach with the Clemson basketball program. Head Coach Brad Brownell made the announcement on Monday. Reynolds Dean helped the Rams to a 25-10 record and the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Creighton…
CLEMSON, S.C. (WOLO) — Clemson coach Monte Lee, a former Gamecock assistant under longtime USC baseball coach Ray Tanner, made it clear where he stood on South Carolina’s baseball opening. “I’m happy at Clemson,” said Lee Friday afternoon in the upstate. “If Clemson’s going to have me as their head coach, this is where I want to be.” Lee’s close…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) – Seven current Tigers and three Clemson signees were chosen on the final day of the MLB draft on Wednesday. The seven draftees joined fourth-round pick Charlie Barnes (Twins) and seventh-round pick Chase Pinder (Cardinals) as the nine current Tigers drafted in 2017. Clemson’s nine draft picks tied for fourth most in the nation and tied for most in the…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) – Sophomore outfielder Seth Beer (Suwanee, Ga.) was named a second-team All-American by NCBWA on Wednesday. It was the second year in a row Beer earned All-America honors from NCBWA, as he was a first-team All-American as a freshman in 2016. As a Dick Howser Trophy semifinalist in 2017, Beer hit .298 with 51 runs, 17 doubles,…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) – Former Tiger righthander Daniel Gossett (Lyman, S.C.) made his major league debut with the Oakland Athletics in a start against the Marlins in Miami on Wednesday afternoon. Gossett became the 57th former Tiger to play in a major league game and fifth in 2017, joining Mike Freeman (Mariners), Dominic Leone (Blue Jays), Brad Miller (Rays) and Tony…
