The Death of Sportsmanship

| September 24, 2007

It may be a little late for Richard Petty to take Kyle over his knee and give him a paddling; but this weekend’s incident put a cap on athletes behaving badly. To hit a guy who is restrained in a racing seat is not good sportsmanship. A North Carolina Central player went on the field …Read the Rest…

State-wide College football Top 10

| September 24, 2007

Here we go with another classic for your enjoyment: #1)Catawba(4-0) Last week #3-Off this past Saturday and now the Indians will play this Thursday night at 8:05 on National Television(CSTV and FOX Sports South). Why is Catawba number one? They have won four and lost none with the scores coming in at 55-7 over Chowan, …Read the Rest…

No surgery for Jake Delhomme

| September 24, 2007

By MIKE CRANSTON AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme will not need surgery on his injured right elbow and will be day-to-day leading up to Sunday’s game against Tampa Bay. Coach John Fox said Delhomme underwent an MRI on Monday which revealed no serious damage. “What the doctors are telling …Read the Rest…

ACC Big Four:An eye-sore(with the exception of WFU)

| September 24, 2007

The combined record of our in-state Big Four ACC football teams is 5-11 and if Wake Forest doesn’t come back to beat Maryland in overtime we are 4-12. Saturday our in-state teams played to the tune of Wake winning that OT ball game 31-24 after being down 24-3 in the 3rd quarter in Winston-Salem. Duke …Read the Rest…

Davey gets the Gravy

| September 24, 2007

Here are our Golden Corral NFL picks results from week number three of the season: Dave at 12-3 is this weeks’s winner and he also picked the points at 45 out of a possible 44-(Dallas over Chicago 34-10), Larry 11-4, Chuckyd 11-4, Dan 10-5, Kenny 10-5, Marshall 10-5, April 9-6, Big C 9-6, Johnny 9-6, …Read the Rest…

Farve ties NFL Record while Rivers chokes

| September 23, 2007

special to Greensborosports.com by Todd Collins former college quarterback….. Brett Farve tied Dan Marino for the NFL all-time Touchdown passes record in Sunday’s 31-24 Green Bay Packers win over the San Diego Chargers.(A game seen locally on WFMY TV2) Green Bay goes to 3-0 while Chargers QB Philip Rivers led his team to a 1-2 …Read the Rest…

Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame

| September 23, 2007

The Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame – Class of 2007 – Banquet was held on September 17, 2007 at the Grandover Resort and Conference Center. 11 People were inducted into the third year of the Hall of Fame. These are men and women who have had a hand in sculpting Guilford County more than …Read the Rest…

Debbie Yow – GC HOF Induction

| September 23, 2007

There were 11 Inductees into the Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame, Monday, September 17, 2007. Debbie Yow – Dr. Deborah Yow became the first female Athletic Director in the Atlantic Coast Conference history when she was named Director of Atlethics at the University of Maryland in 1994. The Gibsonville native played basketball and later …Read the Rest…

Rams get back on track, Wallop Western 34-7

| September 22, 2007

Tyler Woods tallied three more TD runs and Kendall Bratcher added a touchdown pass to pace Northeast Guilford past Western Guilford 34-7. With the win the Rams rebounded from Monday nights loss to Reidsville to move to 4-1 on the season, after a strong start the Hornets are in a bit of a free fall …Read the Rest…

High School Football Saturday Morning Rewind

| September 22, 2007

Our picks went 7-2 last night and looking back the two losses we suffered were worth it, just to see two more of our County teams pick up victories. Our feature game had Ragsdale over Southeast 14-11. Ragsdale’s Miller Stadium was nearly packed out for this Mid-Piedmont conference game and it sends the Tigers to …Read the Rest…

Emil “Emo” Showfety – GC HOF Induction

| September 22, 2007

There were 11 Inductees into the Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame, Monday, September 17, 2007. Emil “Emo” Showfety – The late Emil Showfety was a Greensboro native who became the region’s greatest minor-league star during the heyday of baseball in North Carolina. The slugger hit 39 home runs for the Greensboro Patriots in 1949, …Read the Rest…

Bob Sawyer – GC HOF Induction

| September 22, 2007

There were 11 Inductees into the Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame, Monday, September 17, 2007. Bob Sawyer – The longtime coach and athletics director at Grimsley High School, Coach Sawyer remains a legend in North Carolina high school athletics. An accomplished swimmer, he was inducted into the East Carolina University Hall of Fame in …Read the Rest…

Saturday Football – the Local Line Upp

| September 22, 2007

Doug posted the ACC line-up earlier. Here’s the local games for September 22: Elon vs Liberty – 1:30 PM Greensboro College @ Maryland College – 1:30 PM Guilford College vs Hampden-Sydney – 7 PM NC A&T vd NC Central = 6:30 PM WSSU @ South Carolina State – 6 PM NC State vs Clemson – …Read the Rest…

ACC Football Saturday – 9/22/07

| September 22, 2007

Miami got this week’s ACC football schedule off on the right foot on Thursday night with their big win against national ranked Texas A&M at the Orange Bowl. Here’s a look at the rest of the league’s games, coming up this afternoon: North Carolina @ USF 12:00 PM TV: ESPN Georgia Tech @ Virginia 12:00 …Read the Rest…

High School football for Friday September 21

| September 21, 2007

Grimsley, Page, and Southwest Guilford are off tonight but Page will host the 4th annual Hunter Byers Memorial soccer game at 7pm in Kirby Stadium. Byers is a former Page soccer player who died in 2003. Admission is only $5.00 and the money goes to the Scholarship Fund. The 1977 Page Pirate state champs will …Read the Rest…

Mike Raybon – GC HOF Induction

| September 21, 2007

There were 11 Inductees into the Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame, Monday, September 17, 2007. Mike Raybon – The Ragsdale Athletics Director was named to the N.C. High School Athletics Association Hall of Fame in 2006. Mike coached wrestling at Ragsdale from 1965 to 1984, winning three state titles, 14 conference championships and numerous …Read the Rest…

Michael Parker – GC HOF Induction

| September 21, 2007

There were 11 Inductees into the Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame, Monday, September 17, 2007. Michael Parker – In 31 seasons, Parker, the UNCG Men’s Soccer Coach, has led his teams to six national titles and 467 wins with 20 NCAA tournament appearances without a losing season. Parker is currently ranked first among active …Read the Rest…

NFL Golden Corral Picks Contest

| September 20, 2007

Rob is Ready, but Chan is still the man. We’ll have the full contest mapped out for you on Friday but Rob’s Picks are ready and his agent David Joseph said we needed to get these up on Thursday so former Greensboro Police Chief David Wray could inspect the picks. All of the above is …Read the Rest…

Thomasville Bulldogs football

| September 20, 2007

The Thomasville Bulldogs have lost, see below: Georgia High School Football – Thomasville was held off by Cairo… In Friday’s non-league game, the Cairo Syrupmakers football team tipped the host Thomasville Bulldogs , by a score of 20-14. The Syrupmakers will now prepare for their game against Bainbridge . This news via MaxPreps sports….. (I …Read the Rest…

High School football poll week six

| September 20, 2007

Here’s the Guilford County poll as we approach week number six of the 2007 season: #1)Grimsley-(5-0) after defeating Ragsdale last week and the Whirlies are off this week going up against Open date or Bye High School. #2)Northeast Guilford-(3-1) lost to Reidsville 34-28 after being down 20-0 and now must rebound and travel to Western …Read the Rest…