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College baseball notebook: Sooners' regular-season conference title is their first since 1995

May. 13, 2024 15:18 PM EDT

For a program with such a proud history, it seems almost unfathomable Oklahoma hadn't won a regular-season conference championship in nearly 30 years. The Sooners checked that box over the weekend, sweeping Baylor for their first title since Larry Cochell's 1995 squad won the second...

Severe storms blitz the US South again after one of the most active tornado periods in history

May. 13, 2024 13:11 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — More than 15 million people from Texas to Florida were under threat of severe storms and the potential for more tornadoes Monday, many of them in areas previously hit during one of the most active periods for twisters on record. At highest risk for severe storms and...

Defending national champion LSU boosts its postseason hopes with series win against Texas A&M

May. 06, 2024 13:54 PM EDT

With two weeks left in the regular season, LSU is scrambling to avoid becoming the third straight defending national champion to miss the NCAA Tournament. The Tigers (31-18, 9-15) won two of three against then-No. 1 Texas A&M to take a giant step over the weekend, but they...

Videos of Georgia pitcher before and during his dominant outing leads A&M coach to suspect cheating

Apr. 30, 2024 16:38 PM EDT

Social media videos of Georgia's Christian Mracna's activity in the bullpen and during a dominant performance on the mound in a weekend game at top-ranked Texas A&M has led Aggies coach Jim Schlossnagle to suspect the pitcher was putting a foreign substance on the ball in violation of the...

College Baseball Notebook: Aggies find new power source in Ted Burton in 6th straight SEC series win

Apr. 29, 2024 15:08 PM EDT

Texas A&M might look back at its weekend series win over Georgia as its most memorable of the season. The top-ranked Aggies not only came back from a 9-0 first-inning deficit to run-rule the Bulldogs 19-9 in the second game, they got a breakthrough offensive performance from one...

Jac Caglianone's 9-game HR streak ties record. It's one of few bright spots in Gators' tough season

Apr. 22, 2024 17:56 PM EDT

Florida's Jac Caglianone continues to shine in what otherwise has been a dismal season by the program's lofty standards. The two-way star and projected top-five pick in the 2024 Major League Baseball draft tied the NCAA record when he homered for a ninth straight game in a loss at...

College baseball notebook: Tennessee's prodigious home run hitting on display against Auburn

Apr. 08, 2024 14:20 PM EDT

It's midseason and, well, Tennessee's offense is in midseason form. The Volunteers hit 14 home runs in a weekend series win at Auburn, with six in the second game and six more in the third. “It's a saying I've heard since I was little: hitting is contagious,” said...

Blue Jays starter Alek Manoah happy with outing despite ugly line because shoulder is healthy

Apr. 07, 2024 14:30 PM EDT

DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Alek Manoah was happy with his first minor league rehab start despite an ugly line because his right shoulder felt healthy. Manoah walked his first four batters and wound up allowing seven runs over 1 2/3 innings for Single A...

Southern Jaguars are pride of HBCU baseball after its upset of defending national champion LSU

Apr. 03, 2024 08:07 AM EDT

In a sport committed to increasing its number of Black players, Southern University's upset of LSU this week was a victory for all HBCU baseball programs. The level of play and coaching at historically Black colleges and universities has risen in recent years but wins over Power Five...

College baseball notebook: Clemson's best start since 2002 highlighted by rare series win over Miami

Apr. 01, 2024 14:09 PM EDT

Clemson's best start since 2002 keeps getting better. The Tigers (24-3) are coming off their first series win over Miami since 2012, and first in Coral Gables since 2006. They entered April No. 1 in the RPI, No. 3 in strength of schedule and first in the ACC’s Atlantic Division at...