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SportsSPARTANBURG, S.C. — Wofford volleyball beat Tennessee Tech in three sets Thursday night at Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium in Spartanburg and locked up the Southern Conference regular-season crown with no share. The set scores were 31-29, 25-16 and 25-21. The Terriers are now 22-7 overall…
From the HERE City National DeskCHICAGO — Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Chicago Cubs is the 2026 National League Most Valuable Player, and nobody else got a first-place vote. The Baseball Writers' Association of America announced Thursday night that the center fielder was the top choice on all 30 ballots, for…
From the HERE City National DeskHOUSTON — Yordan Alvarez is the American League Most Valuable Player, and nobody who cast a ballot thought otherwise. The Houston Astros designated hitter was named on Thursday as the top choice of all 30 voters from the Baseball Writers' Association of America, finishing with…
From the HERE City National DeskEL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh wants the NFL to take a hard look at how the Denver Broncos walked away from a deadline deal for linebacker Daiyan Henley. The two AFC West rivals had agreed before the Nov. 10 trade…
From the HERE City National DeskHOUSTON — The NBA on Thursday docked Houston Rockets guard Marcus Smart three games without pay, ruling that his punch landed on Warriors big man Charles Bassey during Wednesday night's game. League basketball operations chief James Jones handed down the penalty. The swing came with…
From the HERE City National DeskFRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys cornerback Joey Porter Jr. pushed back Thursday on online talk that his recent absence has anything to do with his contract, pointing instead to an ankle injury he has been fighting since his first game with the team. Dallas acquired…
From the HERE City National DeskEAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Stefon Diggs caught a 32-yard touchdown pass from Jayden Daniels with 57 seconds left Thursday night, and the Washington Commanders beat the New York Giants 24-21 at MetLife Stadium. Daniels finished with three touchdown passes despite two interceptions on back-to-back possessions…
Education
BOILING SPRINGS, S.C. — Libertas Academy, a public charter school in Spartanburg County, is set to break ground on a $40 million upper campus that will add high school grades in Boiling Springs. The charter charges no tuition and serves children from 4K up to eighth grade today. This would…
From HERE Greenville
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Artists across Greenville, S.C., are unlocking their workspaces to the public this weekend as Greenville Open Studios returns for a 24th year, Saturday, Nov. 14, and Sunday, Nov. 15. The free tour is self-guided. Doors open at 10 a.m. Saturday and close at 6 p.m.; on Sunday…
From Merger Monday
The most useful thing said in the markets this week came from a chief executive explaining why he is not trying to get every last dollar. Asked by Jamie Dimon why Anthropic is going public now, Dario Amodei said the company buys computing capacity on the low side of its…
From Merger Monday
Rowan Digital Infrastructure, a developer of large data center campuses backed by Quinbrook and Blackstone Inc., added more than $1.5 billion of corporate borrowing capacity to pay for the earliest and riskiest stage of building for AI customers. The Denver company expanded its holding company term loan by $600 million in…
From Merger Monday
UniCredit SpA sold $3.5 billion of bonds in the U.S. market, its first dollar offering since 2021, after investors put in more than $20 billion of orders for the Italian lender’s debt. The senior non-preferred notes came in three fixed-to-fixed tranches, each callable a year before maturity. The bank sold $1.5…
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WELLFORD, S.C. — A James F. Byrnes High School senior, identified as 18-year-old Emanuel Fields of Lyman, died Thursday evening after a crash in Wellford, according to the Spartanburg County Coroner's Office. Fields was driving when the wreck happened at the intersection of Spartanburg Highway and Old Spartanburg Highway. The…
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