Straight Up Sports
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SoCon Commissioner Steps Down
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — The Southern Conference announced on Friday that Commissioner Michael “M.C.” Cross, Ph.D., has stepped down, concluding a tenure marked by meaningful growth for the league and its member institutions. Commissioner Cross led the conference through a period of significant growth during his tenure. Highlights included a six-year extension of the SoCon’s media rights…
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Clemson Plays Coastal in Fall Showdown
CLEMSON, S.C. – Clemson Baseball will play Coastal Carolina in the Myrtle Beach Fall Showdown at Pelicans Ballpark on Saturday, Oct. 10 and Sunday, Oct. 11, Peak Events announced Monday. The exhibition contests take place during Clemson football’s open weekend. The contests are scheduled to start at 4 p.m. (Oct. 10) and 1 p.m. (Oct. 11).…
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Clemson Athletes Named to ACC Honor Roll
CLEMSON, S.C. – The Atlantic Coast Conference named 383 Clemson student-athletes to the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the 2025-26 academic year, the third-highest total for Clemson in the 27 years of the recognition. The ACC Honor Roll is composed of student-athletes who participated in a varsity-level sport and registered a grade point average of…
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Knaak Returns to Clemson
CLEMSON, S.C. – Clemson pitcher Aidan Knaak is returning for his fourth season, the righty announced on Monday. Knaak was drafted in the fifth round (No. 163 overall) by the Milwaukee Brewers as the first of five Tigers selected in the 2026 MLB draft. “I’m extremely grateful to the Brewers for believing in me and…
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SEC Wants PCSA Passed, but Not in Current Form
While football is the main point of this week’s SEC Media Days in Tampa, Fla., a majority of the conversations with its commissioner has been about the Protect College Sports Act (PCSA). The PCSA is a bipartisan bill aimed at stabilizing collegiate athletics by establishing a unified national framework for athlete compensation, transfers, athlete eligibility…
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North Greenville Baseball preps for Postseason Run…
Despite what has been a historically bad Division 1 baseball season here in the Palmetto State in 2026 (minus Coastal Carolina), including midweek losses by Clemson to Upstate and USC to Winthrop, not all is as bad as it may seem. One consistent factor for the past nine seasons has been North Greenville University baseball…
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USC, Coastal baseball: New coaches headed to each, but who made out better?
Whenever two sports teams trade players – and sometimes coaches – it’s not uncommon to hear declarations about how the swap benefitted both sides. Sometimes that’s true; sometimes, it’s not. But in general, teams and fans have to wait and see which of those outcomes is real. Technically, recent moves by South Carolina to hired…