GREER, S.C. - Greer High School senior running back Calvin McCoy has built his game around a simple motto Head Football Coach Will Young shares with his players: "Earned, not given."
He first stepped onto a football field to help manage anger issues. At the time, he was a bigger kid playing tackle. Years later, he's transformed into one of the Upstate's most productive running backs, helping lead the Yellow Jackets with the same philosophy that's printed across the program.
"It's on our shirts that we have... 'Earned, not given,'" said McCoy. "You got to work for everything. Everything is not going to be a handout."
The motto reflects McCoy's path through the program. After beginning his career on the offensive line, McCoy eventually moved into the backfield when Greer needed someone to step up.
"I actually played tackle. I was a little bit bigger," said McCoy. "When our players went down, I really just had to step up to the next man."

#greer #motto #given #bigger

A legendary metro Atlanta high school coach is being mourned.
Southwest DeKalb confirmed in a social media post that William "Buck" Godfrey died.
Godfrey's daughter also confirmed his death to Channel 2's Karyn Greer Saturday night.
He became a three-time hall-of-famer — Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, Georgia High School **** ociation Hall of Fame, and Southwest DeKalb Hall of Fame — for his lengthy, successful career as head football coach at Southwest DeKalb.
Godfrey's tenure started in 1983 and concluded in 2012. During this time, the football team only missed making the playoff three of the 30 years.

#hall #fame #high #school

By Marcela Ayres
BRASILIA, July 21 (Reuters) - Brazil's Pix, one of the world's most successful instant-payment systems, has become a flashpoint between Brasília and Washington as the Trump administration aims to protect U.S. firms from the model's growing appeal in dozens of countries.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer named Pix, operated by Brazil's central bank, as one of the barriers to trade that ‌he cited to justify fresh 25% tariffs on imports from Brazil taking effect this week.
"We're not asking Brazil to get rid of Pix," a senior Trump administration official said. However, Washington is ‌pushing to avoid a situation in which "Pix gets special treatment simply because it's owned and operated by the government," the official said.
Brazilian officials have long argued the criticism is aimed at protecting U.S. credit card companies. USTR documents say that Brazil's practices "may undermine the competitiveness of U.S. companies engaged in digital trade and electronic payment services."

#Brazil #administration

Demand for tickets to Wednesday's FIFA World Cup semifinal match between England and Argentina are among the highest Atlanta has ever seen, second only to the Super Bowl.
Channel 2's Karyn Greer went through the remaining tickets at the Atlanta Stadium and found that the most expensive tickets will cost you $4,400 and the cheapest remaining are around $3,500.
People Channel 2 Action News spoke with are willing to pay a premium to get a seat.
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"I got my World Cup tickets for this game coming up in Atlanta in December of 2025, so I got them quite early," fan Matthew Bar said.

Demand for tickets to Wednesday’s FIFA World Cup semifinal match between England and Argentina are among the highest Atlanta has ever seen, second only to the Super Bowl.
Channel 2’s Karyn Greer went through the remaining tickets at the Atlanta Stadium and found that the most expensive tickets will cost you $4,400 and the cheapest remaining are around $3,500.
People Channel 2 Action News spoke with are willing to pay a premium to get a seat.
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"I got my World Cup tickets for this game coming up in Atlanta in December of 2025, so I got them quite early," fan Matthew Bar said.

Over the years, the name Grady Emerson has become a staple in youth and high school baseball.
That journey from tee ball through high school, and now into Major League Baseball has seen Emerson find a home in very short order.
All of that work led to Saturday afternoon, when Emerson was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays with the No. 2 pick in the 2026 MLB Draft. Emerson's selection made him the first high school product off the board, as many mock drafts had predicted in the lead-up to Saturday's festivities.
Just who are Rays fans getting as the potential next face of their franchise? Here's a look at Emerson's path from Texas to Tampa.
Emerson is the second shortstop from the Dallas area selected inside the top three this decade, joining Bobby Witt Jr. of the Kansas City Royals. Emerson draws a lot of comparisons to Witt despite being a left-handed bat as their athletic profiles, polished hitting ability and makeup all are very close in similarity. Emerson played for Rusty Greer during his senior year, who also mentored Witt growing up.

Coco Gauff battled for three sets against Karolína Muchová in the Wimbledon women's semifinals on Thursday.
But her Wimbledon run came up short of making her first women's singles championship match after a tiebreak loss to Muchová.
Gauff's loss means that no American women's or men's tennis player will walk away with the coveted salver or trophy.
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Cori Coco Gauff was born and raised in Del Ray, Florida, but grew up briefly and trained in metro Atlanta. One of her first tennis coaches previously told Channel 2's Karyn Greer that she knew Gauff was destined for greatness.

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce's wedding to pop superstar Taylor Swift is arguably the most anticipated pop-culture event in quite some time.
The power couple got engaged last year, starting the countdown to one of the most anticipated celebrity marriages in recent memory.
On Wednesday, Page Six's Carlos Greer reported that the championship-winning New York Knicks' entire starting lineup had been invited to the wedding.
However, when Knicks reserve forward Jeremy Sochan reacted to the news and asked guard Josh Hart to be his plus-one at the event, Hart revealed the truth.
"lol bro this fake news," Hart wrote on X, shooting down the rumor.

Almost exactly 30 years after Atlanta was thrust onto the world's stage during the 1996 Olympic Games, the city is once again playing international host with the FIFA World Cup.
Channel 2's Karyn Greer sat down with Billy Payne, one of the people who helped bring the Olympics to Atlanta, to discuss how his work led the city to where it is today.
He says people already knew Atlanta existed because of the Civil Rights Movement, but had no idea about the Southern charm and its ability to play host.
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"If you objectively ****** s the odds of us winning when we first began, it was zero, just wasn't any way that an American city was going to come out of the blue and win the Centennial Olympic Games," Payne recalled.

ANAHEIM, Calif. – A day after acquiring his rights from the Florida Panthers in exchange for the rights to now-former Ducks captain Radko Gudas, Anaheim reportedly signed pending free agent forward AJ Greer to a four-year, $4.25 million per season contract on Tuesday.
NHL salary cap and tracking site PuckPedia was first to report, with near simultaneous posting from NHL insiders Pierre LeBrun (TSN, The Athletic), Elliotte Friedman (Sportsnet) and Frank Seravalli (Hockey247, Victory+).
The deal, which includes a 10-team no-trade clause for all four years, was signed the day before NHL free agency begins in full on Wednesday at 9 a.m. Pacific Time.
Gudas, who previously played for the Panthers from 2020-23, has yet to sign with Florida, as of Tuesday evening. Gudas played three seasons with the Ducks, including the last two as captain. The 36-year-old Czech Olympic blueliner battled lower-body injuries down the stretch this season with just 56 regular season games played and one playoff game–the opener in Edmonton.
“Wearing this jersey and serving as captain was a privilege that I’ll always be proud of,” Gudas wrote on Instagram on Tuesday. “Thank you for the support, the memories and for making my family and me feel at home from day one. Anaheim will always mean a lot to us.”

When Ohio State signed its 2026 recruiting class, most of the attention naturally gravitated toward the household names.
Players like Chris Henry Jr, Blaine Bradford, Sam Greer, Khary Wilder, and Cincere Johnson generated much of the excitement among Buckeye fans, and for good reason. They were highly ranked prospects with national recruiting battles attached to their commitments.
Yet one of the most intriguing players in the entire class may have quietly flown under the radar. Cornerback Jordan Thomas arrives in Columbus as a four-star prospect from Bergen Catholic in New Jersey, one of the nation’s premier high school football programs.
Ranked as the No. 12 cornerback and No. 103 overall player nationally in the 247Sports Composite, Thomas was a major recruiting win for Tim Walton and Ohio State. The Buckeyes beat out programs such as Michigan, Notre Dame, Penn State, Oregon, and many others for his commitment, and it is easy to understand why they made him such a priority.
At 6-foot-1 and nearly 190 pounds with an eye popping 78-inch wingspan, Thomas already possesses the type of physical profile NFL scouts search for in modern outside cornerbacks. Length cannot be taught, and few defensive backs in the country entered college with the combination of size, reach, and natural athleticism that Thomas brings to Columbus.