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Clemson University professor accused of distributing child pornography
A Clemson University professor has been charged with distributing child pornography, according to the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office.On Wednesday, detectives charged 46-year-old Jeffrey Douglas Townsend for possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material over the course of several months.Deputies said Townsend is facing 10 counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor.According to the sheriff’s […]

A Clemson University professor has been charged with distributing child pornography, according to the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office.On Wednesday, detectives charged 46-year-old Jeffrey Douglas Townsend for possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material over the course of several months.Deputies said Townsend is facing 10 counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor.According to the sheriff’s office, Townsend serves as a sports management professor at Clemson University and is a resident of Anderson County.During the investigation it was discovered that Townsend used an app to access a chatroom, where evidence shows thousands of lines of communication pertaining to inappropriate material revolving around children.Detectives uncovered and connected Townsend to more than 20 uploads of child pornography starting in November 2024.The Criminal Investigations Division began looking into the case back in February when a digital tip was received through the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).After a thorough investigation on April 16, ACSO worked in partnership with Clemson University Police to arrest Townsend. Deputies said Clemson police now have their own set of charges.Townsend was booked into the Pickens County Detention Center and will face a Pickens County judge before being moved to Anderson County.The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office will prosecute this case.Clemson University released a statement shortly after Townsend’s arrest was announced.According to Townsend’s profile on Clemson’s website, he was a graduate of the University of Illinois before playing wheelchair basketball professionally in Australia and Spain. Before teaching at Clemson, he worked as a faculty member in the athletic departments of both Brigham Young University and the University of Mississippi. Townsend also spent time coaching youth sports.
A Clemson University professor has been charged with distributing child pornography, according to the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office.
On Wednesday, detectives charged 46-year-old Jeffrey Douglas Townsend for possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material over the course of several months.
Deputies said Townsend is facing 10 counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor.
According to the sheriff’s office, Townsend serves as a sports management professor at Clemson University and is a resident of Anderson County.
During the investigation it was discovered that Townsend used an app to access a chatroom, where evidence shows thousands of lines of communication pertaining to inappropriate material revolving around children.
Detectives uncovered and connected Townsend to more than 20 uploads of child pornography starting in November 2024.
The Criminal Investigations Division began looking into the case back in February when a digital tip was received through the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).
After a thorough investigation on April 16, ACSO worked in partnership with Clemson University Police to arrest Townsend.
Deputies said Clemson police now have their own set of charges.
Townsend was booked into the Pickens County Detention Center and will face a Pickens County judge before being moved to Anderson County.
The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office will prosecute this case.
Clemson University released a statement shortly after Townsend’s arrest was announced.
According to Townsend’s profile on Clemson’s website, he was a graduate of the University of Illinois before playing wheelchair basketball professionally in Australia and Spain. Before teaching at Clemson, he worked as a faculty member in the athletic departments of both Brigham Young University and the University of Mississippi. Townsend also spent time coaching youth sports.
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Will USC Trojans Baseball Make NCAA Tournament? Bubble Watch
The USC Trojans baseball team will be sweating out during 2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament Selection Show on Monday. In pool play of the 2025 Big Ten Tournament, USC fell to Penn State by a final score of 2-1, ending their hopes of a Big Ten tournament title and auto-bid into the NCAA Tournament. Mar 2, […]

The USC Trojans baseball team will be sweating out during 2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament Selection Show on Monday. In pool play of the 2025 Big Ten Tournament, USC fell to Penn State by a final score of 2-1, ending their hopes of a Big Ten tournament title and auto-bid into the NCAA Tournament.
The USC Trojans are wrapping up their first season as a member of the Big Ten. They had an overall regular season record of 35-21 and 18-12 in conference play. USC finished No. 4 in the Big Ten. They had a chance to control their NCAA Tournament destiny in their own hands, but fell to the No. 9 seed in the Big Ten, Penn State. With no more games to play, it will be a long 48 hours of waiting for selection Monday for the Trojans.
According to Baseball America, USC is projected to make the NCAA Tournament with an at-large bid as the No. 3 seed in the Eugene regional. The Oregon Ducks would host this regional as the highest seeded team with NC State as the No. 2 seed, USC as the No. 3 seed, and Columbia as the No. 4 seed.
In another projection according to 11Point7 College Baseball , USC is among the “last four in” to the field along with Kentucky, Virginia, and Cal Poly. This projection has the Trojans as the No. 3 seed in the Tallahassee regional with No. 1 seed and host Florida State, No. 2 seed Alabama, and No. 4 seed Miami of Ohio.
The NCAA Tournament field consists of 64 teams, with the top 16 seeds hosting a double elimination pools with three other teams. The 16 teams that win their respective regionals advance to the super regionals, which is a best of three series against one of the other teams that won their regional.
The winners of these best of three series in the super regionals advances to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. In the College World Series, the eight super regional winners play in a double elimination tournament that is split into two brackets. The winner of each bracket plays each other in the National Championship in a best of three series.
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The 2025 USC Trojans are led by junior Ethan Hedges. Hedges has a batting average of .343 with a team high 12 home runs and 55 RBIs. Not only had Hedges been USC’s best hitter, he has also made appearances on the mound. Hedges has tossed 15.0 innings, only allowing four earned runs for an impressive 2.40 earned run average.
Pitcher Caden Aoki has been the workhorse for the Trojans’ rotation, throwing a team high 87.2 innings with an earned run average of 4.21 and record of 5-4.
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Cowboys Move Into Top 10 At NCAA Championship
Round 2 Results CARLSBAD, Calif. – Oklahoma State’s men’s golf team carded a 285 during the second round of action at the NCAA Championship on Saturday to grab sole possession of seventh place at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa. The second-ranked Cowboys rose seven spots in the team standings with their 3-under tally at […]

CARLSBAD, Calif. –
Oklahoma State’s men’s golf team carded a 285 during the second round of action at the NCAA Championship on Saturday to grab sole possession of seventh place at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa.
The second-ranked Cowboys rose seven spots in the team standings with their 3-under tally at the par-72, 7,480-yard layout. OSU stands at 2-over 578, two shots behind Texas and three shots behind Florida State for fifth place.
Sophomore Gaven Lane posted the squad’s round of the day, firing a 3-under 69 to rise 54 spots into a tie for 25th place at 144. Lane was bogey free on his outward nine, posting birdies at the second and the ninth.
He would tack on a birdie at the 12th to get to 3-under par for the day. After carding his lone bogey of the round at the 17th, he bounced back with a birdie at the par-5 18th hole to wrap up his day.
Preston Stout worked his way into the top 10, using a 70 to move into a share of eighth place at 141. The sophomore stood at 2-over through seven holes before carding three birdies over his next six holes to move under par. He would add his fifth birdie of the day at the 18th.
Sophomore Eric Lee used a 1-under 71 to climb 30 spots into a share of 33rd place at 145.
Sophomore Ethan Fang’s 75 tied him for 64th place at 148, while freshman Filip Fahlberg-Johnsson also signed for a 75 and is tied for 89th place at 150.
Of note, four Cowboys were named NCAA Division I PING All-Region honorees by the Golf Coaches Association of America on Saturday as well. Fang, Lane, Lee and Stout all garnered the recognition.
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John Calipari jokes with Mark Pope, “Don’t you ruin my program, man.”
The Mark Pope interview with Matt Jones is a gift that keeps on giving. There are so many small nuggets embedded in the 45-minute conversation that you can find a new hidden gem on every re-listen. One such chunk of gold came when Pope was talking about the high expectations of Kentucky. He knows Kentucky […]

The Mark Pope interview with Matt Jones is a gift that keeps on giving. There are so many small nuggets embedded in the 45-minute conversation that you can find a new hidden gem on every re-listen. One such chunk of gold came when Pope was talking about the high expectations of Kentucky. He knows Kentucky should be the best at everything and win championships. He then dropped a quote from a conversation he had with John Calipari:
“[Winning championships] is what all our former players, former coaches…you know what, you know, that’s what Cal expects! I mean, Cal is at Arkansas, and he’s like, ‘Don’t you ruin my program, man. That’s the best program in all of basketball.‘”
Mark Pope | Kentucky Sports Radio
As Matt Jones is wont to do on occasion, he cut Pope off and diverged to a different subject, but I couldn’t help but smash the rewind button and listen to that again. Pope seemingly revealed a conversation he and Calipari had where Cal jokingly (and this was clearly said in a joking manner by Calipari; don’t go claiming I am trying to start a war here) gave Pope a big-brother type of warning.
What I found revealing is that Calipari clearly feels pride in what he accomplished as Kentucky’s head coach for 15 years. His last few years were sloppy, and his exit wasn’t exactly the storybook ending he dreamed of, but referring to Kentucky as “my program” shows he still loves this university. And his big-brother-like protective warning of, “Don’t ruin it,” shows that he wants to see it remain on top of the college basketball hilltop.
Big Blue Nation got a sense of Cal’s love and respect when he made his return to Rupp Arena as the Razorback head coach holding a rolled-up program in honor of Joe B. Hall. It was a nice nod to the respect he has for the history of the program, a history that he is now part of.
It is easy to project the bitterness of the separation onto Calipari, effectively assuming he feels the same frustration we do. While I’m sure he feels a certain level of resentment about how everything went down, if what he said to Mark Pope is any indication, Cal still loves Kentucky.
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Game times, TV revealed for Super Regional winner-take-all games
Following a riveting round of Super Regional action on Saturday, a few contests are going to a decisive game on Sunday. There will be at least three such matchups. A handful of programs forced a Game 3 with a win on Saturday, starting with Georgia sneaking a 2-1 win over Florida to push to a […]

Following a riveting round of Super Regional action on Saturday, a few contests are going to a decisive game on Sunday. There will be at least three such matchups.
A handful of programs forced a Game 3 with a win on Saturday, starting with Georgia sneaking a 2-1 win over Florida to push to a decisive meeting. Tennessee did the same to Nebraska in an equally intense second game of the series.
We’ll include some summaries of the games on Saturday that resulted in a winner-take-all game on Sunday below. But first, the schedule for Sunday’s Super Regional action.
Super Regional Games – Sunday, May 25
TBD – Arkansas vs. Ole Miss (if necessary)
2 p.m. – Tennessee vs. Nebraska (ESPN/ESPN2)
3 p.m. – South Carolina vs. UCLA (ESPN2)
4 p.m. – Florida vs. Georgia (ESPN)
All times Eastern
Georgia def. Florida, 2-1
Facing elimination, Georgia held Florida scoreless through the first four innings of play. The Gators cut the lead in half on a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded from Korbe Otis in the fifth. The Bulldogs would take a one run lead into the seventh inning. Florida put two runners on base, forcing Georgia starting pitcher Lillie Backes out of the game with two outs remaining. Randi Roelling would relieve her and would shut down the Gators in four pitches to end the game. The Super Regional series is tied at one a piece, forcing a Game 3 on Sunday.
Tennessee def. Nebraska, 3-2
It was a nervy game, with nobody able to break free and clear through the heart of the game. Tennessee did just enough to survive and advance to a winner-take-all game in the Knoxville Super Regional. Second baseman Ella Dodge hit a two-run homer in the first inning, then the Volunteers took the 3-2 lead on a McKenna Gibson sacrifice fly in the top of third. Pitcher Karlyn Pickens did the rest, going the complete game and allowing only five hits in the contest. She struck out 11.
UCLA def. South Carolina, 5-4
With two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning and facing elimination in Super Regional play, UCLA’s Jordan Woolery took the first pitch she saw deep to left field for a two-run, walk-off home run against the South Carolina Gamecocks. The Bruins never led during the matchup until the final out, forcing a pivotal Game 3 to decide one of the eight spots in the Women’s College World Series.
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Women’s College World Series: Oklahoma, Oregon punch tickets with super-regional sweeps
The field of the Women’s College World Series is beginning to assemble, with the first tickets officially punched on Saturday and more to come on Sunday as teams play out the NCAA softball super regionals. Three teams have already completed sweeps to finish the job, including the defending champs and an underdog. Here is every […]

The field of the Women’s College World Series is beginning to assemble, with the first tickets officially punched on Saturday and more to come on Sunday as teams play out the NCAA softball super regionals.
Three teams have already completed sweeps to finish the job, including the defending champs and an underdog. Here is every team that has qualified so far and how they got there.
Texas Tech
Texas Tech, a 12-seed, took down No. 5 Florida State on Friday.
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NiJaree Canady, who transferred to Texas Tech from Stanford for the largest-ever softball NIL deal, led the way for the Red Raiders, pitching seven innings each in Games 1 and 2, allowing just one total run. Canady added a hit, RBI and a walk in Game 1.
It will be Texas Tech’s first appearance in the WCWS.
Oklahoma
No. 2 Oklahoma, the seven-time NCAA champs, joined Texas Tech on Saturday with a mercy-rule sweep over Alabama.
After a 3-0 win over the Crimson Tide on Friday, the Sooners punched their ticket with a 13-2 win on Saturday, with the matchup ending after five innings due to the mercy rule. Freshman shortstop Gabbie Garcia hit two two-run homers, including one that began a nine-run third inning for Oklahoma.
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Mississippi State Bulldogs Receive Multi-Million Dollar Donation for Athletics
The Mississippi State Bulldogs have seen varying levels of success across the three major sports in the era of Name, Image and Likeness. The Bulldogs are just four years removed from winning the College World Series in baseball, have made it to at least a play in game for the NCAA Tournament in each of […]

The Mississippi State Bulldogs have seen varying levels of success across the three major sports in the era of Name, Image and Likeness.
The Bulldogs are just four years removed from winning the College World Series in baseball, have made it to at least a play in game for the NCAA Tournament in each of the last three campaigns for men’s basketball, and are coming off of one of the worst seasons in the history of the program in football.
It has not stopped the Mississippi State fans from supporting their alma mater, and a recent report from the university indicates that one family has made a donation to the athletic department for $2.5 million.
Vicksburg, Mississippi natives, the Golding family have been long-time supporters of the Bulldogs, playing a key role in the advancement of the university for many years. The family is filled with alumni of the university, with Steve Golding serving as the family’s figurehead.
“Whether it’s running a successful business or competing in high-level athletics, ensuring your team has the resources it needs – while cultivating a relentless work ethic and a high-achieving culture – is something we firmly believe in,” said Steve Golding. “Mississippi State is a source of great pride for our family, and we want to be part of the solution as the department strives to reach new heights.”
News of this donation comes just days after it was revealed that the Bulldogs were the only SEC program not to spend $1 million or more in football recruiting over fiscal year 2024, which preceded the most recent season. The football program would go 2-10 on the year, with a 0-8 record in conference play, finishing last in the conference for the first time this century.
“A huge thank you to Steve, Melody, Austin, Kirsten and John Reid for their direct impact on Mississippi State Athletics,” said Mississippi State director of athletics Zac Selmon. “The Goldings care deeply for our university, our community, and our state. Their thoughtful decision to join us in this pursuit is a testament to their generosity and relentless competitive spirit. We are grateful.”
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