The Snap

Week 3: Clemson 24 / Auburn 27

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 2:39 p.m. (0)

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He's taking it all in stride

For Gilbert Kemboi, it's an education

NOVEMBER 2, 2010 8:46 a.m. (0)

Gilbert Kemboi grew up in the Rift Valley of Kenya racing the sunset home from elementary school.

It was a long way from his school to the safety of home and he’s a long way from there today.

He grew up outside of Eldoret, Kenya. His small community was a place of subsistence farms and large families; of few paved roads and many footpaths.  Continue reading...

 

Doing just swimmingly

Converse swim team finishes undefeated in dual-meet season, has national qualifiers

FEBRUARY 10, 2011 1:49 p.m. (0)

Jess Mason could have gone to an established collegiate swimming program but she decided she to be a part of building a championship-caliber program at Converse College.

“I wanted to help build something special,” she said.

And the freshman who swam for Mauldin High and Team Greenville is.  Continue reading...

 

A coach's story

How Mike Young has helped the Terriers play their way to the top

MARCH 17, 2011 10:50 a.m. (0)

When Mike Young came to Spartanburg in the spring of 1989, it was to little fanfare and uncertain expectations.

He’d been hired as an assistant basketball coach at Wofford College, a job that paid a barely-enough-to-live-on wage and involved unglamorous behind-the-scenes work.

Wofford was an NCAA Division II program at the time and coached by Richard Johnson. Its players were talented, the games were exciting, and the Terriers won their share. They bested larger, Division I programs now and then.  Continue reading...

 

Chairmen of the board

They’re skateboarding here, and everywhere

APRIL 24, 2011 11:50 a.m. (0)

Clay Kreiner was on a skateboard by the time he was 7.

“Somebody told us about a park where we could take our rollerblades,” he said. “I saw the skateboarders and got my first skateboard two weeks later.  I haven’t stopped since.” Now 14, Kreiner recently competed in the X Games and   of the 2009 Gatorade Free Flow Tour.

He plans on going pro one day and traveling the world skating, following in the footsteps of skating legend, Tony Hawk, who by the age of 16, was the best vertical skater in the world.  Continue reading...

 

They'll be givin' it laldy*

*Doing something with gusto.... at the Scottish games

MAY 23, 2011 6:58 p.m. (0)

Honoring service men and women from the United States and Scotland seems like a perfect fit to the organizers of the Greenville Scottish Games.

“We should have thought of it sooner,” said Dee Benedict, president of Greenville Scottish Games.

Benedict thought of the idea after a visit by Britain’s Prince Edward for last year’s festival celebrating all things Scot.  Continue reading...

 

Lax tourney headed here

Event could generate $4-5 million

JULY 7, 2011 12:22 p.m. (0)

An estimated 4,000 Men’s Lacrosse or Lax athletes and fans will descend on Greenville next May for the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) National Championships.

In fact the organization has selected Greenville for both the 2012 and 2013 National Championships.

“Based on our projected attendance and hotel rooms this event could generate up to $1.9 million in economic impact,” said Todd Bertka of Greenville Convention and Visitors Bureau.  Continue reading...