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From HERE ClemsonCLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson men's basketball starts the games that count on Monday, Nov. 2, when Stetson visits Littlejohn Coliseum for a 7 p.m. tip. Brad Brownell's Tigers head into the opener unbeaten in the preseason. They edged Georgia 82-80 on Oct. 23 and then…
From HERE ColumbiaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina freshman Amelia Harris has been named the Southeastern Conference women’s golf Freshman of the Week for the second time this fall, the league announced on Wednesday, Oct. 28. The Gamecocks, based in Columbia, have now collected three of the weekly…
From HERE ClemsonCLEMSON, S.C. — Dabo Swinney is not second-guessing the offseason call that shaped Clemson's quarterback room, even with the passing game near the bottom of college football. At his weekly news conference Tuesday, the Tigers coach said he had no regrets about passing on a…
From the HERE City National DeskRALEIGH, N.C. — NC State will put up the money, facilities and NIL backing its next football coach needs, according to a letter to fans released Wednesday under the names of Boo Corrigan, the athletics director, and Chancellor Kevin Howell, days after the school fired…
From the HERE City National DeskGREEN BAY, Wis. — Two teams coming off losses meet Thursday night at Lambeau Field, where the Carolina Panthers try to stay above .500 against a Green Bay Packers club that has its own list of injuries to manage. Carolina arrives on a short week…
From the HERE City National DeskIRVING, Texas — The Big 12 Conference on Wednesday hit UCF with a $100,000 fine after a group of Knights fans aimed chants at BYU and its sponsoring Latter-day Saints church before last Saturday’s football game in Orlando, which UCF won in overtime. The league…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley has given up his ownership stake in Polymarket, saying NFL rules no longer let players hold a piece of prediction-market companies. Barkley said the league briefs players ahead of every season on which endorsements and investments…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK, N.Y. — With the World Series decided, Major League Baseball moved into its offseason Thursday, and the calendar between now and December is packed because a labor shutdown could stop the hot stove cold. Players with at least six years of service became…
From the HERE City National DeskATLANTA, Ga. — Ernie Johnson, the host who has anchored Inside the NBA since 1990, said Wednesday that the 2026-27 season will be his last at the desk. Johnson, 70, shared the decision in a video on social media and stressed that it was his…
From the HERE City National DeskPHOENIX, Ariz. — Phoenix’s first turn hosting the NCAA Women’s Final Four pumped $71.5 million into the Arizona economy, researchers at Arizona State’s Seidman Research Institute concluded. The results were released Wednesday. Researchers surveyed out-of-state fans in person at the April 3 and April 5…
From the HERE City National DeskBOSTON, Mass. — Roughly three of every four retired NFL players who died from 2008 through 2023 had the brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to a population-wide estimate released Wednesday by a Boston University-led research team. The researchers put the figure at 74.5%. CTE,…
From the HERE City National DeskFLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets receiver Garrett Wilson said Wednesday that he wants to remain with the team, even as a 2-5 start and a shrinking role in the offense have left him openly frustrated. Wilson said he loves playing in New York…
Events
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Holiday shoppers in Augusta will get an early chance to buy from campus entrepreneurs when Augusta University stages its Holiday Maker's Market for a second year on Friday, Nov. 13. Doors open at 11 a.m., and the shopping lasts until 3:30 that afternoon. The setting is the…
From the HERE City State Desk
ATLANTA, Ga. — South Georgia timber growers still sitting on wood damaged by Hurricane Helene could gain new buyers for it under a federal disaster recovery award steered through Georgia Tech. The U.S. Economic Development Administration, part of the Commerce Department, plans to award $7,366,644 to a coalition called Resilient…
From the HERE City State Desk
PEACH COUNTY, Ga. — The planned Audi factory in middle Georgia has a federal sweetener attached, with the Trump administration promising the German luxury brand relief from the import tariffs it now pays, according to two people briefed on the talks. Audi, part of the Volkswagen group, wants the 15%…
From the HERE City State Desk
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Freight bound to and from the coast now has a rail shortcut into northeast Georgia, and Gov. Brian Kemp marked the formal launch of the $134 million Gainesville Inland Port on Thursday. The rail yard sits off White Sulphur Road near Ga. 365 in Hall County. It…
From the HERE City State Desk
ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgia voters have pushed in-person early turnout past the state record for a midterm election, and they still have one more day to add to it before Tuesday. Figures released Thursday by the Georgia secretary of state showed 2,294,275 people had cast early ballots in person as…
From the HERE City State Desk
ATLANTA, Ga. — Every Georgia voter gets a say Tuesday in who sets the price of electricity, and the two Public Service Commission contests on the ballot could hand Democrats a majority on the five-member board for the first time in decades. Commissioners represent districts but run statewide. Republicans hold…
From the HERE City State Desk
ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgians will pick a new lieutenant governor Tuesday, and the two state senators seeking the job are offering sharply different answers on taxes, health care and the cost of living. The office matters more than its title suggests. The lieutenant governor presides over the state Senate, sends…
Health
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Employees from Coca-Cola's Augusta operation put together care kits for people being treated for cancer and dropped them off Thursday afternoon at the Georgia Cancer Center, where the bags will be passed along to patients. The kits went to the cancer center's Breast Cancer Care Program, which…
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