Furmanology: Women to open tourney Thursday; Pegues, Foster earn men’s plaudits

Jada Session (Monte Dutton photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ It’s been an uphill climb all season for first-year head coach Pierre Curtis, but the Furman women’s basketball team advanced modestly toward the summit in the regular season. The Paladins tip off the Ingles Southern Conference Tournament as the seventh seed, meaning that their 1:15 p.m. quarterfinal pits them …

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Furman falls in Timmons finale, 82-75

By MONTE DUTTON J.P. Pegues seeks an opening. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman has a week to get its groove back after falling to Mercer, 82-75, in the final game of the regular season in front of 2,457 at Timmons Arena on Saturday afternoon. The Paladins don’t have a Southern Conference Tournament game until next …

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Girls become women … and win

Malayja Thompson (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges It was the fairer sex that was better at playing basketball on Wednesday night. At Clinton High School, the girls’ team was winning its first-round playoff game over Southside. A couple miles away and across the railroad tracks, Presbyterian was polishing off UNC Asheville. However, in far Asheville, northward …

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Blue Hose seek to keep late rallies alive

(PC photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants The blend point is underway between winter and spring sports at Presbyterian College. Basketball and wrestling wind down as tennis, lacrosse, softball, etc., begin their seasons. St. Peter’s University of Jersey City, N.J., visits Elton Pollock Field for a three-game, season-opening baseball series on Friday. The Blue Hose and Peacocks play on …

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It’s the Wild West out there

(Pixabay photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants What’s next in college athletics? Here’s a guess. Caleb Williams is skipping Southern California’s bowl game. Another NFL quarterback goes down. Williams signs with that team and starts next Sunday. That is against the rules. For now. Or … Williams transfers to Florida State. Undefeated? Quarterback out? Problem solved! Or … the …

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Various Absurdities of the Televised Sporting Life

Between episodes of an irreverent short story, I’ve decided today to write about sports in this space, rationalizing it on the basis that what will be written forthwith is fictitious and exaggerated. ORCHESTRAL INTRO “Live from Grand Canyon Arena in Teaneck, New Jersey, it’s the finals of the Rust Belt Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament, matching …

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