Aiken Standard to Televise Eight Consecutive High School Games
The Aiken Standard announces an eighth straight season of televised high school football with all 11 area schools featured. The schedule opens August 18 Whitmire vs Wagener Salley and runs through October 27 with games across multiple counties plus new online previews and a top players countdown.
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Earnhardt to join NBC Sports as race broadcaster
Dale Earnhardt Jr will join NBC Sports Group for stock car racing coverage next season in a new career path beyond driving. The 14 time winner faces a broader media role including movies and podcasts while NBC officials praise his sport knowledge and curiosity about television.
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Spieth joins elite major winners after third title
Jordan Spieth added the claret jug to his major haul at Royal Birkdale and joined a select group as the youngest to win three majors. He deflected comparisons with Nicklaus and others, saying the company is amazing but not a measure of his future. A win in the final major could make him the youngest to complete the Grand Slam, though history warns success can fade quickly.
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Sun Belt to stay at 10 teams after two depart
Sun Belt commissioner Karl Benson praised a 2018 plan keeping 10 teams in two divisions. New Mexico State and Idaho will leave after this season, with Arkansas State, Louisiana Lafayette, Louisiana Monroe, South Alabama, Texas State making up the West and Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Georgia State and Troy in the East. The league will host its inaugural title game in 2018.
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