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Murray State edges Duke, reaches first MWCS
Jonathan Hogart homered twice, helping lead Murray State to a 5-4 win over Duke on Monday in the decisive third game of the Durham (N.C.) super regional, sending the Racers to the first Men's College World Series in school history.,Murray State (44-15) became the eighth and final team to clinch a sp...
Super regionals roundup: Arizona completes series comeback vs. UNC
A pivotal eighth inning gave the Arizona Wildcats (44-19) a comeback 4-3 victory over the No. 5 North Carolina Tar Heels (46-15) in the decisive Game 3 of the Chapel Hill super regional.,Garen Caulfield hit a solo shot in the second inning to notch Arizona's first run of the game. North Carolina inf...
Joaquin Niemann wins in Virginia for sixth career LIV title
Joaquin Niemann birdied Nos. 14-17 to cap off a bogey-free, 8-under-par 63 for his final round and hung on to win LIV Golf Virginia on Sunday in Gainesville, Va.,The 26-year-old from Chile went 15-under 198 for the week at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club and beat Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell (66)...
Super regionals roundup: Arizona completes series comeback against No. 5 North Carolina
A pivotal eighth inning gave the Arizona Wildcats (44-19) a comeback 4-3 victory over the No. 5 North Carolina Tar Heels (46-15) in the decisive Game 3 of the Chapel Hill super regional.,Garen Caulfield hit a solo shot in the second inning to notch Arizona's first run of the game. North Carolina inf...
Super regionals roundup: No. 13 Coastal Carolina ousts No. 4 Auburn
No. 13 Coastal Carolina scored three runs in the seventh inning to take the lead en route to eliminating No. 4 Auburn 4-1 on Saturday in the Auburn super regional and earning a berth in the Men's College World Series.,The Chanticleers (53-11), who had beaten the Tigers 7-6 in 10 innings on Friday ni...
Anirban Lahiri up 2 entering final round at LIV Golf Virginia
Pursuing his first individual win with LIV Golf, Anirban Lahiri of India played a bogey-free second round at 7-under 64 on Saturday and holds a two-shot lead at LIV Golf Virginia on Saturday in Gainesville, Va.,A runner-up four times with LIV Golf, Lahiri sank seven birdies and made a 39-foot par pu...
Super regionals roundup: Oregon State rallies late, stuns Florida State in 10
After rallying from a three-run deficit in the ninth inning, Oregon State upended Florida State 5-4 on AJ Singer's walk-off RBI single in the 10th inning in the opener of the Corvallis Super Regional on Friday night. ,With the bases loaded and no outs in the bottom of the 10th, Florida State got a f...
Bryson DeChambeau chips his way into tie for lead at LIV Golf Virginia
Bryson DeChambeau chipped in for an eagle and a birdie on his way to a 5-under-par 66, and he shares the first-round lead with Germany's Martin Kaymer at LIV Golf Virginia on Friday in Gainesville, Va.,DeChambeau shot up the leaderboard after a brief weather delay, eagling the par-5 14th and birdiei...
Super regionals roundup: North Carolina produces fireworks in 18-2 win
No. 5 North Carolina pounced on visiting Arizona early in an 18-2 victory in Game 1 of the Chapel Hill Super Regional in the NCAA baseball tournament on Friday.,The Tar Heels (46-13) capitalized on the Wildcats' (42-19) shaky pitching in the first inning. Arizona starter Owen Kramkowski allowed two ...
Bryson DeChambeau: LIV move led to massive influencer role
Bryson DeChambeau discussed his "fun side quests" on Wednesday as he prepared to return to his day job and start gearing up for the upcoming U.S. Open.,Since tying for second at the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow last month, the two-time major winner's busy calendar has included a lap around the t...
U.S. Amateur champ Jose Luis Ballester joins LIV Golf
U.S. Amateur champion Jose Luis Ballester signed a multi-year contract with LIV Golf, the upstart circuit announced Wednesday.,Known as "Josele," Ballester will make his professional debut this week at the Virginia event and be part of the Fireballs team captained by fellow Spaniard Sergio Garcia.,"...
Golf Glance: Rory returns in Canada; LIV Golf hits Virginia
Field Level Media's Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.,PGA TOUR,LAST TOURNAMENT: the Memorial Tournament (Scottie Scheffler),THIS WEEK: RBC Canadian Open, Caledon, Ontario, Canada, June 5-8,Course: TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley, North Cou...
Padres get by Giants in 10th inning again
Manny Machado's fourth hit tied the game in the ninth inning, Jake Cronenworth delivered a two-out RBI single in the 10th and the San Diego Padres stunned the host San Francisco Giants with a second straight extra-inning win Tuesday night, 3-2.,Cronenworth's hit came off the fifth Giants pitcher, Sp...
Minkah Fitzpatrick's brother, No. 3 CB prospect, commits to Georgia
Justice Fitzpatrick, a four-star cornerback in the Class of 2026 and the younger brother of NFL star Minkah Fitzpatrick, committed to play for Georgia on Tuesday.,The younger Fitzpatrick is considered the No. 3 cornerback in his class and No. 47 overall prospect by the 247Sports composite rankings.,...
DOJ: California could be sued over participation of trans athletes
California's public school system could face legal issues if it continues to permit transgender athletes to take part in girls' athletic competitions.,The Athletic reported Tuesday that Harmeet K. Dhillon, an assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, said in a ...
NCAA super regionals set after frenzy of upsets
The SEC remains a dominant presence ahead of this week's NCAA super regionals despite the conference losing the top two teams in the country in shocking upsets last weekend.,With No. 1 Vanderbilt and No. 2 Texas bounced in the regionals they hosted, No. 3 Arkansas, No. 4 Auburn and No. 6 LSU are now...
Nick Kyrgios won't play at Wimbledon due to 'small setback'
Nick Kyrgios will not play at Wimbledon after experiencing a "small setback" as he recovers from a knee injury.,"I've hit a small setback in my recovery and unfortunately won't make it back for grass season this year," Kyrgios posted on social media Tuesday. "I know how much you've been looking forw...
Mississippi State hires Virginia baseball coach Brian O'Connor
Mississippi State announced the hiring of longtime Virginia baseball coach Brian O'Connor to lead its program.,O'Connor, 54, guided the Cavaliers to a College World Series championship in 2015 and was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in 2024.,A three-time national coach of th...
Michael Earley to be retained as Aggies' head baseball coach
Texas A&M Director of Athletics Trev Alberts announced today that first-year head baseball coach Michael Earley would return to College Station for the 2025-26 academic year.,"Earlier today, I met with Coach Earley to discuss the state of our baseball program. I appreciate Mike's work in taking a ho...
Report: Mississippi State targeting Virginia's Brian O'Connor as coach
Mississippi State is reportedly zeroing in on its new head baseball coach with Virginia's Brian O'Connor as the top target.,According to D1Baseball.com, O'Connor stands as the first option to take over the Bulldogs' program, with a deal reportedly in the works.,The Cavaliers' coach since 2004, O'Con...