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Estimated reading time: 4-5 minutes Salt Lake City – A lot has changed in 29 years. But for Utah softball, at least one thing remains constant. Then a member of the WAC, the 1994 softball team was the last team from Utah to appear in the College World Series—and the only one in four game … Read more
CHICAGO – Marcus Stroman knows what needs to be done. He was traded once before at the deadline, in 2019 when the Mets acquired him from the Blue Jays. If his current team, the Cubs, doesn’t turn around his season, he may be on the move again. Strowman didn’t want that to happen. “At this … Read more
NEW YORK – The first pitch hasn’t even been rolled out yet, yet Fernando Tatis Jr. was already shining. The Padres right fielder—tall and lanky with braids and a gold chain bouncing on his beige-striped jersey—was briskly hopping into right field. When he finally turned his attention toward home plate, the fans in the bleacher … Read more
With Big 12 baseball kicking off in Arlington, the Texas Longhorns are playing the waiting game in Austin as the NCAA announces its 16 regional hosts on Sunday. Texas coach David Pierce has defended his stance with the Texans, but the Longhorns’ 0-for-2 performance in the Big 12 tournament may be too much to beat. … Read more
Coventry City will play Luton Town in the final game of the season on Saturday. The two sides meet knowing that a place in the Premier League is up for grabs, with a place in England’s top flight holding the potential to dramatically change either team’s fortunes both on and off the field. Promoting by … Read more
BOSTON — When the Boston Celtics finished a movie shoot Tuesday morning in Miami, an unexpected sound came out. The season sat on the brink of destruction after three straight losses to start the Eastern Conference Finals. Matt Reynolds began, as Derek White explained, “I have something to say.” the athlete. Reynolds, who joined the … Read more
After USC has hired former football players as athletic director three times in a row, from Heisman Trophy winner Mike Garrett to Pat Haden to Lynn Swann, I walked out on the family in 2019 for a sitting AD with extensive management experience to lead its storied athletics department. . This option, Mike Boone, also … Read more
Hey, it worked last week with pitchers, so let’s do it again this week with hitters. Go where the people are. Here are bats ranked in the top 100 by Yahoo in the preseason who are healthy, have managed 150 bats, and are currently ranked worse than 200 by Yahoo’s algorithm. They have been struggling. … Read more
Kansas State football coach Chris Kleiman took a swing through the Kansas City metro Wednesday night, meeting the KC Catbackers at Shawnee Mission Park. Ben Quinn USA Today Sports Chris Kleiman was hired as head football coach at Kansas State largely because of his ability to win championships. At North Dakota State, his teams have … Read more
State College, Pennsylvania – Henry Hasselbeck jogs down the names of the schools he attended, 10 in total. There were early years in Seattle, where he was born and lived for six years. I had two separate stints at Tennessee for another three years, one of which included his freshman season in high school when … Read more
