Jireh Brown bunts his way on (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Tuesday’s Laurens-Clinton baseball game was about the same speed as Monday’s. The Raiders’ center fielder, Jireh Brown, was the speediest in a 7-1 victory, one day after a 5-0 triumph in Laurens. Brown singled four times, one on a bunt, in as many at-bats. …
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Paladins target a Mean shade of Green in NIT
Garrett Hien, Nick Anderson (7) work in tandem (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. Furman men's basketball earned an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament and will travel to face the No. 2-seeded North Texas Mean Green on Wednesday in Denton.Tip-off is slated for 8 p.m. EDT at UNT Coliseum and the first-round matchup will …
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There must be Ninety Six ways to win a ballgame
Luke Young (file photo) Click here. Clinton continues to heat up with the weather, winning its third baseball game in a row on Wednesday night, 11-4, at Ninety Six.Catcher Luke Young singled in the third and sixth innings and homered to left in the fourth,The Red Devils got on the board in the second on …
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Furmanology: Close call at Bob Jones’ gym
Nick Anderson (Furman photo) Click here. The Furman Paladins are 10-2 at home and the same in games decided by one possession. They are 2-0 in overtime and 6-4 in games decided by less than 10 points. Once 14-1, they are now 18-6.Anything can happen.On Wednesday night at, of all places, Bob Jones University, the …
Furmanology: Smith returns with a vengeance
(Furman photo) Click here. One of the best aspects of being a sportswriter is learning to appreciate a good game even when one doesn’t have a rooting interest.It is also one of the worst aspects.Dimes are important in football. Receivers stop on one and catch one from the quarterback.A lot of teams enjoy boat racing. …
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Furmanology: Sometimes a fellow can go too far
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. A nice man working the Columbia College-Presbyterian men’s basketball game – noon on Education Day at Clinton’s Templeton Center on Wednesday – befriended me. We had a chat in the parking lot, where he was guarding the staff lot near the back door.I usually like the men and …
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Furmanology: Bowser, Paladins cash in
By MONTE DUTTON Cooper Bowser (Furman photo) Click here. In Las Vegas, Nev., late, late on Tuesday night, led by 6-11 Cooper Bowser, Furman won its seventh consecutive men’s basketball game, 61-56, over Seattle University in the Terry’s Chocolate Vegas Showdown at T-Mobile Arena.A sophomore from Woodbridge, Va., Bowser scored a career-high 17 points and …
Furmanology: What a tangled web they weave
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. I don’t understand why so many FCS teams want to move up to FBS, though it wouldn’t break my heart if some of those state schools from the sparsely populated northern mountains and prairies would take the ski jump.Oh, wait. It could have something to do with money, …
Furmanology: An old tragedy resurfaces
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. On Wednesday morning, I had some time on my hands because a plumber was at the house, so while waiting to see how much the damage was – answer: a lot – I watched part of the Susan Smith parole hearing on TV.I have an offbeat memory from that time.The …
Furmanology: A late win means a lot
By MONTE DUTTON Freshman Trey Hedden stepped back into the starting lineup and led the Paladins to victory (Furman photo). Click here. I spent the first half of Sunday catching up on this site, that and watching an old film noir titled “The Big Combo,” with Cornel Wilde and Richard Conte.As a measure of how …
Nightrider's Lament 