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SportsSPARTANBURG, S.C. — USC Upstate begins its men’s soccer postseason Wednesday afternoon with a trip up Interstate 26 for a Big South Conference tournament quarterfinal against host UNC Asheville. The match starts at 2 p.m. on Greenwood Field in Asheville. The Spartans come in at…
From the HERE City State DeskWASHINGTON — Kickoff is 7:30 p.m. Eastern on ESPNU as ranked South Carolina State brings its perfect conference start into Greene Stadium for a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference date with Howard. The Bulldogs sit at 7-2 and 2-0 under third-year coach Chennis Berry. They are coming…
From HERE SpartanburgCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Tyasha Harris, the point guard who helped South Carolina women’s basketball win its first national title, heads back to Columbia this week to enter the athletics Hall of Fame run by the university’s Association of Lettermen. The 2026 class is inducted Thursday,…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN ANTONIO, Texas — Victor Wembanyama turned in the biggest game of his career Wednesday night, piling up 52 points, 24 rebounds and eight blocked shots as the San Antonio Spurs survived a late Dallas rally and won 112-111 at Frost Bank Center. The deciding…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Golden State Valkyries fans turned out by the thousands along the city waterfront on Wednesday, cheering the newest champions of the WNBA during a two-hour victory parade down The Embarcadero. The route ran from the Ferry Building near Mission Street south…
From the HERE City National DeskCINCINNATI, Ohio — The Cincinnati Reds have a new pitching coach, and manager Terry Francona went back to his Cleveland roots to find him. The club announced Wednesday that it hired Joe Torres, who has been the No. 2 pitching coach for the Guardians since…
From the HERE City National DeskBALTIMORE, Md. — Down two quarterbacks, the Baltimore Ravens are closing in on a trade with the Arizona Cardinals for veteran passer Jacoby Brissett, with the deal expected to be wrapped up over the weekend. Neither club has announced the move, and the terms have…
From the HERE City National DeskSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Luka Doncic made sure arena security noticed a courtside spectator who hurled the ball at a referee Wednesday night, and the man was escorted out of Golden 1 Center as the Los Angeles Lakers went on to beat Sacramento 116-103. The incident…
From the HERE City National DeskCLEVELAND, Ohio — The hottest team in the Eastern Conference heads to Cleveland on Friday night. The Philadelphia 76ers, 8-1 and atop the East, take on the 4-4 Cavaliers in an NBA Cup group-stage game, with tipoff set for 7:30 p.m. Eastern. It is the…
From the HERE City National DeskSEATTLE, Wash. — With its new manager in place, the Seattle Mariners now have to build the staff around him. The club formally introduced Jason Kanzler on Wednesday at T-Mobile Park, and team leaders say roughly half of the major league coaching jobs are still…
From the HERE City National DeskCORAL GABLES, Fla. — Top-ranked Miami will head to Notre Dame this weekend without its most productive receiver. Malachi Toney hurt his ankle during practice Wednesday and is expected to have surgery for a high ankle sprain. There is hope inside the program that the…
From the HERE City National DeskSANTA CLARA, Calif. — Brandon Aiyuk, the San Francisco 49ers receiver who has spent months on the team's reserve/left squad list, has asked to be reinstated and intends to report to the club's training facility on Friday afternoon, a step that will force the club…
Business
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — NorthMark Compute and Cloud, known as NMC2, is steering a quarter-million dollars to Kids Upstate programs that keep elementary students busy after the school day in Spartanburg. Under the deal, NMC2 steps in as top sponsor for the Pine Street Kids Club plus the nonprofit's basketball and…
Business
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Spartanburg County Council pushed three data center development agreements one step from final approval Tuesday, voting yes on second reading at a special meeting that followed a long public hearing. The largest project is a 457-megawatt campus at 4000 South Pine Street backed by Numara LLC and…
From the HERE City National Desk
TRENTON, N.J. — A lone ticket bought in New Jersey matched every number in Wednesday night's Powerball drawing, landing a jackpot of $847 million, the ninth-biggest top prize the game has ever paid. The numbers drawn on Nov. 4 were 15, 34, 41, 53 and 56, and the red Powerball…
Politics
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Every state House member from Spartanburg County who asked voters for another term got one Tuesday, according to unofficial returns with all precincts counted. Republicans held on to nearly every House district that covers the county. The lone Democratic win came in District 31, where incumbent Rosalyn…
From the HERE City State Desk
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Local and national preservation groups are warning that a permitting overhaul now queued in Washington could shrink the say communities have when federally backed projects touch historic ground in South Carolina. Senate bill S. 5653 — known as the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act — lands…
From the HERE City State Desk
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — Rep. Joe Wilson eked out another term in South Carolina's 2nd Congressional District on Tuesday, surviving the closest general-election scare of his long House career. Unofficial returns with counties reporting put the Republican at 147,620 votes, about 49.8% of the total. Democrat Zyon Khalifa finished with…
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