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From HERE ColumbiaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Carey Rich is listed for the 2026-27 season as Director of Player Personnel and Relations for South Carolina mens basketball in Columbia after an offseason promotion on coach Lamont Paris staff. University athletics materials say Rich enters his fifth full season with…
From HERE ClemsonClemson, S.C. — Junior linebacker Sammy Brown is again the constant on a Clemson defense getting ready for a noon road kickoff at Syracuse on Nov. 7. He piled up 106 stops last fall and already has 51 tackles plus two sacks in 2026 for…
From the HERE City State DeskWASHINGTON — The Atlanta Hawks rolled past the Washington Wizards 120-105 on Wednesday at Capital One Arena behind 26 points from Nickeil Alexander-Walker and a calm first NBA start from rookie Kingston Flemings. Flemings, the eighth pick in the draft, replaced CJ McCollum in the…
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…
From Merger Monday
SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc. priced an upsized $1.05 billion convertible note offering as the centerpiece of a broader refinancing that will retire $2 billion of higher-coupon bonds and extend its bank facilities into 2031. The 2.75% convertible senior notes due Dec. 1, 2031, were increased from a planned $1 billion and…
From Merger Monday
Shield AI Inc. agreed to acquire Echodyne Corp. in a transaction valued at $5.3 billion and raised $2.5 billion of equity and debt at a $28.8 billion valuation, pairing its autonomy software with a radar maker that has become a key supplier for counter-drone missions. Under the definitive agreement announced Thursday,…
From Merger Monday
Fortescue Ltd. priced $1.5 billion of senior unsecured notes and immediately swapped the entire principal into offshore renminbi, locking in an effective interest cost of about 3.9% on debt that carries a 7.0% dollar coupon. The notes, due Nov. 15, 2032, were issued by Fortescue Treasury Pty Ltd and guaranteed by…
Crime
ATLANTA, Ga. — Federal Bureau of Prisons investigators and the FBI Atlanta Field Office say four men already serving time for child sex crimes kept trading illicit files inside the Federal Correctional Institution in Atlanta. Northern District of Georgia prosecutors under U.S. Attorney Theodore Hertzberg have charged them with new…
Politics
ATLANTA, Ga. — Control of the Georgia House of Representatives is shifting after Tuesday's midterms, with Democrats crossing the majority line for the first time in 22 years and ending a Republican hold that dated to the mid-2000s. Tallies posted by the Secretary of State put Democrats past the 91-vote…
Politics
ATLANTA, Ga. — Outgoing Gov. Brian Kemp said Wednesday he will not bring the General Assembly back early to redraw political districts or shrink the authority of the next governor after Democrats swept statewide offices on Tuesday. In a prepared statement, Kemp said Georgians had delivered a clear verdict at…
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