Will cell phones work at Wyndham or is this a bad call?

| July 28, 2010

from golf writer Ron Green Jr. at the Charlotte Observer: When marshals ask for silence at the Wyndham Championship next month at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, they’re not going to be talking just to the spectators. They’re going to be talking to their cell phones, too. In an experiment that has the potential to …Read the Rest…

HS Football: A look at Week One Schedule

| July 28, 2010

Here’s a look at the local Week One schedule for Guilford County and our area teams that will get cranked up on Friday August 20th…. Eastern Guilford at Northwest Guilford Western Guilford at Northern Guilford Southeast Guilford at Southwest Guilford Ragsdale at Southern Guilford WS Parkland at Page Durham Hillside at Grimsley WS Carver at …Read the Rest…

Wyndham Championship Updates

| July 28, 2010

courtesy of Rob Goodman at 3G Sports…. GREENSBORO, N.C. – The 71st annual Wyndham Championship is just three weeks away; below are some pre-tournament notes for the PGA TOUR event set for Aug. 16-22 at Sedgefield Country Club. â–º The Field: With three weeks to go until tournament week, the Wyndham Championship field is still …Read the Rest…

First day of HS football practice coming up Monday August 2nd and Scrimmages set for Friday the 13th and Saturday the 14th

| July 28, 2010

The first official day of high school football practice, will be this coming Monday August 2nd and after one week of conditioning workouts and just one week in full pads, the scrimmages begin in earnest on Friday the 13th…. One of the biggest scimmages of them all, will be the NewBridge Bank Park Football Jamboree, …Read the Rest…

Guilford College Quakers announce 2010 football schedule

| July 28, 2010

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Guilford College’s 105th recorded football season kicks off Sept. 4 when the Quakers host Greensboro College in the 14th Annual Gate City Soup Bowl. The contest, which has generated over 40,000 canned food items for Triad-area food banks, highlights Guilford’s 10-game slate and is one of two played under the lights of …Read the Rest…

“The Assassin” Jack Tatum dies at 61

| July 28, 2010

The man we all loved and some loved to hate….. He might just be the hardest hitting man, in the history of the NFL….. Jack Tatum could take down any opponent and did that very thing for many years, first in college with Ohio State and then in the pros with the Oakland Raiders and …Read the Rest…

Coghlan may done for the season with knee injury, while former Greensboro Grasshopper Logan Morrison makes his debut for the Florida Marlins

| July 28, 2010

from the Florida Marlins site at www.mlb.com: SAN FRANCISCO — At some point, surgery will be required. Chris Coghlan right now is in the process of trying determine when. Either Thursday or Friday the Florida Marlins left fielder will return to South Florida to have his left knee examined by team doctors. Coghlan tore the …Read the Rest…

Clint Moore(Grimsley HS/Army) starting tonight at Boston’s Fenway Park

| July 28, 2010

The Cape Cod Summer Baseball League will have their All-Star Game tonight at Boston’s Fenway Park and in the starting lineup from Greensboro’s Grimsley High School will be Clint Moore….Moore is enrolled at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. The Cape Cod League is the top summer collegiate baseball organinzation in the …Read the Rest…

Colt Baseball East Zone Tournament begins today at Stoner-White Stadium

| July 28, 2010

Today’s lineup courtesy of Greensboro Colt Baseball: Greensboro Green plays Alleghany Hustlers at 6:00 to be followed by the scholarship presentations and George Warner Sportsmanship Award presntation the night cap is Greensboro White vs Kempsville Va. Games should get started at around 6pm and the Bill White Scholarships will be awarded between games during the …Read the Rest…

Grasshoppers Stonecipher Advances To Round Two

| July 27, 2010

Grasshoppers Left Fielder Sequoyah Stonecipher has advanced to Round Two of the Minor League Baseball’s Moniker Madness Contest. Voting in Round Two is through August 1. Vote Today.

‘Dogs top Hoppers this afternoon, 7-6

| July 27, 2010

Charleston S.C. RiverDogs 7 Greensboro Grasshoppers 6 WP:Josh Romanski(6-3) Save:Ryan Flannery #13 LP:Erik Carrillo(3-5) HR’s:Stoney Stonecipher(GSO) #1…..Kyle Jensen(GSO) #10 and Jensen goes to 60 RBI’s for the season……Hector Rabago(CHS) #3…… GSO(16-16) CHS(15-17) Hoppers have an off-day on Wednesday and go back at it versus the Hagerstown Suns at home on Thursday…….

Phoenix Elite takes Hoop and Dreams Gate City Classic Championship

| July 27, 2010

Championship game today, at the Greensboro Sportsplex and the Gate City Classic girl’s basketball title, in the 16 year-old divison goes the Phoenix Rudd team, also known as the Phoenix Elite… The Phoenix Elite squad defeated the Thomasville Magic, 62-51 to claim the the top spot in the tournament…..Again that was: Phoenix Elite 62 Thomasville …Read the Rest…

Nothing in life is free

| July 27, 2010

from Tim Hall at www.wralsportsfan.com……. Ask yourself. What would you do? You’re trying to make your way through your last year of college. You’re a stud football player who will make money at the next level. You’re on full-ride scholarship, but you have no spare cash. You have a busted up car. You’re sick of …Read the Rest…

CP3 15U All-Stars win AAU Super Showcase in Florida

| July 27, 2010

We just got the word in last night, that the CP3 All-Stars won 15U AAU Basketball Super Showcase in Flordia this past weekend…… This has been a very hard working team, including many players from High Point, such as Steven Williams and Terell Leach from Southwest Guilford…. The dynamic duo of Williams and Leach, will …Read the Rest…

Hoppers hang on to knock off RiverDogs 7-6 on Monday night

| July 27, 2010

Greensboro Grasshoppers 7 Charleston, S.C. RiverDogs 6 WP:Curt Petersen(4-8) Save:AJ Ramos #22 LP:Brett Marshall(1-2) HR’S:Chad Creagar(GSO) #12….Jose Duarte(GSO) #7….. GSO(16-15) CHS(14-17) *****Game four of the four-game series will get under way at 12:30 this afternoon at NewBridge Bank Park….*****

Greensboro Grasshoppers roster move for 7/26/10

| July 26, 2010

INF Taylor Krick has been reinstated from the DL to the Greensboro Grasshoppers roster

Hoop and Dreams Gate City Classic Basketball Event

| July 26, 2010

We saw two games this afternoon with the Phoenix Rudd team topping the Tennessee Flight Silver 51-46 and the Tennessee Silver Select handling the Carolina Shooting Stars, 53-44…..(The Greensboro Galaxy was set to take on the Carolina Shooting Stars at 1:45pm.) This girl’s basketball tournament for ages 13-16 got started on Sunday at the Greensboro …Read the Rest…

Colt Tournament begins on Wednesday, Green Team update

| July 26, 2010

The Colt Baseball East Zone Tournament will begin on Wednesday, at Stoner-White Stadium in Jaycee Park and Greensboro will have two teams in the tournament, that sends it’s winner, to the Colt Baseball World Series in Lafayette, Indiana…. They will also be awarding the Bill White Scholarships on Wednesday and we have this update on …Read the Rest…

UNC players say Tar Heels moving forward

| July 26, 2010

from www.wralsportsfan.com: GREENSBORO, N.C. — T.J. Yates would love to talk more about all the good things going on at North Carolina: the stout defense, the higher-than-usual expectations, a nationally televised opener against LSU. Instead, the quarterback is answering questions about an NCAA investigation into whether two teammates received improper benefits from an agent. “As …Read the Rest…

Carolina Panthers hit training camp this week: Five guys to keep an eye on

| July 26, 2010

from www.charlotteobserver.com: The Carolina Panthers will open training camp this week with little in the way of expectations, but plenty in storylines. Without many of the familiar faces of recent years, the Panthers will depend on a new cast if they’re to make anything of the coming year. After jettisoning popular and productive veterans in …Read the Rest…