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NCAA places Memphis basketball, softball on probation
The NCAA has placed the University of Memphis athletic department on probation for two years and levied financial penalites because of academic integrity violations in the men's basketball and softball programs.,An NCAA investigation found that an academic counselor paid two softball players to do c...
MLB-backed pro softball league opens play with a bang
Erin Coffel delivered a two-run triple in the third inning to help the Bandits post a 3-1 victory over the Talons on Saturday in the inaugural day of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League.,Sierra Sacco of the Talons belted the first homer in league history in the contest played in Rosemont, Ill.,Ma...
Texas Tech's $1M ace ready for WCWS final vs. Texas
Texas Tech ace NiJaree Canady already understands spotlight trophy games can be salve for wounds carried into the Women's College World Series.,Canady gets the ball Wednesday against Texas as the Red Raiders set out to claim the best-of-three championship series in Oklahoma City.,Texas Tech coach Ge...
Texas Tech stuns Oklahoma to reach WCWS final
OKLAHOMA CITY - Lauren Allred hit a shallow fly to right in the bottom of the seventh and Mihyia Davis raced across to score the game-winning run to give No. 12 Texas Tech a 3-2 walk-off win over four-time defending champion Oklahoma in the Women's College World Series on Monday.,The win sends the R...
MLB Finally Backs Women’s Softball: It's About Damn Time
MLB is officially backing a professional women’s softball league for the first time. With Kim Ng as commissioner, the AUSL could finally give elite softball players the stage they deserve....
Texas tops Tennessee to reach Women's College World Series final
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Katie Stewart's fourth-inning home run helped lift Texas to a 2-0 win over Tennessee in the Women's College World Series semifinals Monday.,The victory sends the sixth-seeded Longhorns (54-11) to the best-of-three WCWS Championship Series for the third time in four seasons.,Texas wi...
Cydney Sanders, Oklahoma bounce Oregon to stay alive
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Cydney Sanders hit a pair of home runs to lift second-seeded Oklahoma to a 4-1 win over 16th-seeded Oregon in a Women's College World Series elimination game Sunday.,The Sooners (52-8) will take on star pitcher NiJaree Canady and Texas Tech on Monday night, needing to beat the Red R...
Cydney Sanders powers No. 2 Oklahoma past No. 16 Oregon
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Cydney Sanders hit a pair of home runs to lift second-seeded Oklahoma to a 4-1 win over 16th-seeded Oregon in a Women's College World Series elimination game Sunday.,The Sooners (52-8) will take on star pitcher NiJaree Canady and Texas Tech on Monday night, needing to beat the Red R...
No. 7 Tennessee walks off No. 9 UCLA to keep WCWS title hopes alive
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Laura Mealer delivered a walk-off RBI single in the ninth inning to give seventh-seeded Tennessee a 5-4 win over ninth-seeded UCLA in a Women's College World Series elimination game on Sunday.,The Lady Vols (47-16) will face Texas on Monday needing to beat the Longhorns twice to adv...
No. 7 Tennessee walk off No. 9 UCLA to keep WCWS title hopes alive
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Laura Mealer delivered a walk-off RBI single in the ninth inning to give seventh-seeded Tennessee a 5-4 win over ninth-seeded UCLA in a Women's College World Series elimination game on Sunday.,The Lady Vols (47-16) will take on Texas on Monday, needing to beat the Longhorns twice to...
Alannah Leach gets Tennessee offense rolling in win vs. Florida
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Tennessee used a big first inning to roll to an 11-3 run-rule win over Florida in five innings in an elimination game in the Women's College World Series on Friday in Oklahoma City.,The Lady Vols (46-16) will take on the loser of Saturday's UCLA-Texas Tech game on Sunday.,Alannah Le...
Ex-Marlins GM Kim Ng hired as softball league commish
Former Major League Baseball executive and Miami Marlins general manager Kim Ng was named commissioner of the women's Athletes Unlimited Softball League on Wednesday.,Ng, 56, has been a senior adviser to the fledgling league, set to embark on a four-team, 10-city, 24-game debut.,"When I hear the wor...
Texas edges Stanford 1-0 to reach WCWS Championship Series
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Texas finally broke through in the seventh inning against Stanford star NiJaree Canady, pushing a run across in the top half to beat the Cardinal 1-0 in the Women's College World Series on Monday.,The Longhorns advanced to the WCWS Championship Series, where they'll take on either O...
Is door open for Oklahoma to get knocked off at Women’s College World Series?
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A few weeks ago, it looked like the door was wide open for a team other than Oklahoma to win the Women's College World Series.,While this season's WCWS, which begins Thursday in Oklahoma City, features several teams capable of winning the title, the Sooners are looking more and more...
Texas, Oklahoma earn top seeds in NCAA softball bracket
Texas received the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Division I Softball Championship when the selection committee revealed its 64-team field on Sunday.,Right behind Texas (47-7) is rival Oklahoma, the three-time reigning champion, as the No. 2 seed. The Sooners (49-6) beat the Longhorns 5-1 in the Big...
There is no aspect of baseball that MLB won’t make worse for a nickel
We know that MLB owners have no problem making their actual product worse, because it’s cheaper. They’ve expanded the playoffs, making more teams comfortable simply aiming for barely .500. Many teams will use the facade of a rebuild to never actually try, and others will join them to avoid signing a...
Aubrey Huff still a sexist dolt; free agency grinds to halt; Do Omar Vizquel Omar Vizquel, Trevor Bauer deserve a second chance?
Updated Jan. 5: Aubrey Huff’s X/Twitter hiatus was short-lived, as the ex-MLB player and problematic poster reactivated his account and proceeded to be predictably sexist, and offensive. - Cale Clinton Read More...
Why, exactly, does Omar Vizquel deserve a second chance?
If there’s one thing you can count on in sports, it’s the desire of a certain segment of the media to rehabilitate their favorite players and coaches, no matter the harm done. There was the infamous Adam Schefter softball interview with Greg Hardy shortly after he was accused of doing this to his th...
The ending of HBO’s ‘Real Sports’ is bad for the world
It’s always been called the idiot box. But, this year, networks and viewers took sports television to a new low where common sense wasn’t required. It’s been a hard watch....
If Florida State leaves the ACC, where does it go?
Updated Dec. 21: Florida State University’s Board of Trustees will meet Friday, with the Seminoles’ conference affiliation as the meeting’s central focus. According to a report from Yahoo Sports, the school may seek a declaratory judgment action in an attempt to argue that it is not bound to its con...