Posted on: March 28, 2012
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Carl “The Kid” Long, a Rock Hill native, played two season with the Birmingham Black Barons in the Negro League. Long was the first African American to play for the Carolina League’s Kinston Eagles in North Carolina and holds its RBI record. After baseball, Long went on to become the first African American deputy sherriff and detective in Kinston, NC. Long joined Open Mic Daily to discuss his time in the Negro League and to promote the Spartanburg County Public Libraries’s new exhibit, Pride and Passion: The African-American Baseball Experience. You can meet Long and other former Negro League players tomorrow afternoon at the Spartanburg County Headquarters Library on Church Street.
Learn more about Carl Long and the Negro League.
Learn more about the Pride and Passion: The African-American Baseball Experience exhibit at the Spartanburg County Public Libraries.
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Posted on: March 27, 2012
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Bill Shanks, our Braves insider, joins the show every Tuesday to share everything worth knowing in Braves country.
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Posted on: March 27, 2012
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Chapman boy’s head basketball coach Jerry Waters announced he was retiring Tuesday. Coach Waters has coached for 47 years, 25 of those at the high school level. His record of 859-299 includes four 4A state titles and the 1982 NAIA Championship as head coach of the USC Spartanburg Rifles. Waters joined Open Mic Daily to discuss his decision and his upcoming book.
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Posted on: March 26, 2012
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Cole Manbeck cover’s K State athletics for the Manhattan Mercury. He joined Open Mic Daily to discuss former Wildcats basketball coach Frank Martin’s move to South Carolina.
Read more of Manbeck’s coverage on Martin taking the Gamecocks post.
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Posted on: March 26, 2012
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Legendary author, historian, media personality Bert Sugar passed away this weekend. Sugar was best known for covering boxing, but he also wrote books on baseball, wrestling, New York city, and even Houdini. Back in 2009 he joined Open Mic Daily to discuss his then latest book, Bert Sugar’s Baseball Hall of Fame: A Living History of America’s Greatest Game.
ESPN.com’s Dan Rafael has a nice tribute to Mr. Sugar.
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Posted on: March 23, 2012
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Pat Williams, senior vice president of the Orlando Magic and former President and GM of the Spartanburg Phillies, joined Open Mic Daily to discuss his new book, Leadership Excellence: The Seven Sides of Leadership for the 21st Century. Williams also spoke of his time in Spartanburg, the shortened NBA season, and Dwight Howard.
Learn more about Leadership Excellence and all of Pat Williams’s book at his official Amazon.com page
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Posted on: March 21, 2012
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Former NFL safety and current Carolina Panthers radio analyst Eugene Robinson joined the show to discuss recent trades, the bounty issue, and even Mick Mixon’s work out regimen.
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Posted on: March 14, 2012
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USC Upstate will host the Kent State Golden Flashes Thursday in the Spartans first post season game in the D1 era. Coach Payne joined us to preview the game and to share his thoughts on the recent vacancy in Columbia.
If you can’t make it to the GB Hodge Center to see the Spartans in action, tune in to ESPN Spartanburg (97.1FM/1400AM) for the call from our own Matt Smith and USC Upstate’s Alex Edwards.
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Posted on: March 13, 2012
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GamecockCentral.com’s Scott Hood joined us to discuss the dismissal of Darrin Horn and the beginning of spring practice.
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Posted on: March 7, 2012
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Mark Huff joined the show to discuss the Indians big win over Lexington last Friday. Clenching a fifth state title was truly a team effort as Gaffney’s star players L. J. Peak and Quinshad Davis were in foul trouble late in the game.
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