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SportsRICHMOND, Va. — Greenville Triumph SC signed off on its USL League One season Saturday night with a 1-0 road victory over the Richmond Kickers at City Stadium. Rodrigo Robles provided the only goal, finding the net early in the second half to put the…
SportsGREENVILLE, S.C. — Furman got the ball inside the Samford 20 with a chance to tie in the closing minutes Saturday, but the Bulldogs knocked away two throws at the goal line and left Paladin Stadium in Greenville, S.C., with a 13-6 Southern Conference win.…
From the HERE City State DeskCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina gets back on the field Saturday after an off week, and the opponent is a big one: No. 11 Tennessee comes to Williams-Brice Stadium carrying a 6-1 record and a 3-1 mark in SEC play. The Gamecocks are 3-3 overall…
From the HERE City State DeskORANGEBURG, S.C. — South Carolina State begins its bid for a third MEAC championship in a row on Saturday, and it does so in front of a Homecoming crowd. The Bulldogs host Norfolk State at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium, with kickoff set for 1:30 p.m.…
From the HERE City National DeskMILWAUKEE, Wis. — The Milwaukee Brewers had to win the opener of the World Series twice on Friday night, holding off the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 at American Family Field after a replay review erased what everyone in the ballpark thought was the final out.…
From the HERE City National DeskMILWAUKEE, Wis. — It took Jacob Misiorowski exactly one throw to put his name in the World Series record book. The Brewers right-hander began Friday night’s opener against Tampa Bay with a four-seam fastball clocked at 103.5 mph by Statcast, the hardest pitch thrown in…
From the HERE City National DeskCHICAGO — The NFL has docked Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams $11,941 for the cleats he wore in Atlanta, ruling that the shoes broke league uniform and equipment rules because they carried a logo the league has not approved. The league notified Williams by letter…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — Dalton Knecht has a new NBA home. The New York Knicks finalized a two-way contract with the 25-year-old forward on Friday and put Kevin McCullar Jr. on waivers to clear the spot. Knecht became available when the Los Angeles Lakers let him…
From the HERE City National DeskTALLADEGA, Ala. — Sammy Smith picked the last trip through the tri-oval to make his move Friday, slipping past Ty Majeski in a two-lap overtime dash to win the Craftsman Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway, his first victory in the series. Smith drove the…
From the HERE City National DeskMORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Honor Huff, the sharpshooting guard who spent last season at West Virginia, intends to put his name in the NCAA transfer portal while he presses a court case to win one more year of college basketball. His representatives announced the plan Friday.…
From the HERE City National DeskCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Dawn Staley landed another of the top prospects in the 2027 class on Friday when Jordyn Palmer, a five-star wing from Westtown School in suburban Philadelphia, announced she will play for South Carolina. Palmer is rated among the top 10 players in…
From the HERE City National DeskWASHINGTON — Britt McHenry, the former sports television reporter who joined the State Department as a press adviser this fall, is out of the job after a confrontation in the stands at a Washington Wizards game went viral. McHenry resigned Friday, two days after the…
Events
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Downtown Greenville will host five days of live comedy next month when Alchemy Comedy Theater stages the 13th New South Comedy Festival from Nov. 11 through Nov. 15. Shows are set for Coffee Underground at 1 E. Coffee St. Organizers say no comedy festival in the region…
Business
GREENVILLE, S.C. — World Acceptance Corp., the consumer lender headquartered in Greenville, posted a profit of $8.8 million for its fiscal second quarter, the company reported Friday, turning around a loss from the same stretch a year ago. That works out to $1.92 a share. In the matching quarter of…
Business
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Champion Coach, the Greenville company whose buses carry pro and college sports teams around the country, has a new owner. HF Companies, a family-owned investment firm based in Naples, Fla., has bought the business. The price was not made public. Champion Coach started in 1998 with four…
Public Safety
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Six years after Sgt. Conley Jumper died in the line of duty on Interstate 85, his daughter carries his badge on her own Greenville County patrol shifts, often in parts of the county he covered. Jumper, who spent 28 years with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office, died…
Public Safety
GREENVILLE, S.C. — A North Carolina man who died on the job Friday on Greencove Drive in Greenville suffocated from traumatic pressure, and his death was an accident, the Greenville County Coroner's Office said Saturday after an autopsy. The coroner identified him as Kelsy Vance Justus, 28, of Forest City,…
Public Safety
GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. — A 28-year-old man from North Carolina died Friday after an industrial accident at an asphalt plant on Greencove Drive in Greenville County, the Greenville County Coroner's Office said. Coroner's staff were called to the Panagakos Asphalt plant at about 11:45 a.m. on Oct. 23. He died…
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