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South Carolina names baseball field after two-time national champion, longtime AD Ray Tanner
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina baseball will now play at “Ray Tanner Field" in honor of the two-time College World Series-winning coach and outgoing athletic director. The school announced the naming Friday and said it would start with the 2025 season. The stadium remains...
Pittsburgh athletic director Allen Greene is eager to take on challenges in the NIL era
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Allen Greene hasn't even started as the athletic director at Pittsburgh yet. That will come when he officially joins the Panthers on Nov. 1. Still, men's basketball coach Jeff Capel made it very clear what he thinks should top his new boss' priority list. ...
UCLA baseball team locked out of home field in lawsuit over lease involving veteran land
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The baseball program at the University of California, Los Angeles, was locked out of its home stadium on veterans’ land near the campus Thursday under an order issued by a federal judge. The ruling late Wednesday from Judge David O. Carter prohibits UCLA from...
Wayne Graham, who built Rice into a national power in baseball, dies at 88
HOUSTON (AP) — Wayne Graham, who coached the Rice baseball team to seven College World Series appearances and the 2003 national championship, has died. He was 88. The university announced Graham died Tuesday night in Austin. It did not provide a cause of death. ...
SEC to release player availability reports as a sports-betting safeguard
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference will release player availability reports in football, baseball and basketball before league games this season as part of safeguarding efforts in college athletics amid the growth of legalized gambling, the conference announced Thursday. ...
Amanda Lorenz wins Athletes Unlimited Pro Softball individual championship
Amanda Lorenz hopes winning the Athletes Unlimited Pro Softball individual championship is a definitive step towards achieving her dream. Lorenz, who played her college softball at Florida, tied for the league lead with a .373 batting average and had a .569 slugging percentage. The...
Australian rugby sevens captain and 3-time Olympian Nick Malouf retires from the sport
SYDNEY (AP) — Australia men’s rugby sevens captain and three-time Olympian Nick Malouf has announced his retirement following the Paris Games. The 31-year-old Malouf, who played in 61 world series tournaments and scored 82 tries for 410 points, made the announcement in a Rugby...
Tennessee baseball coach Tony Vitello signs new 5-year contract after national title
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee baseball coach Tony Vitello has signed a new five-year contract after leading the Volunteers to a national championship. The contract, announced by athletic director Danny White on Friday, runs through June 30, 2029. It follows the Vols' run to...
Texas regents approve 7-year contract for baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — University of Texas regents on Thursday approved a seven-year contract for new baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle that pays him $1 million in each of the first two seasons, then $2.68 million annually over the next five. Texas hired Schlossnagle away from...
No. 24 NC State keeps posting 8- and 9-win years. Coach Dave Doeren is chasing a breakthrough moment
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State keeps putting together successful seasons that flirt with accomplishing even more. That has coach Dave Doeren firmly entrenched with a winning program yet invigorated by the thought of what else could be within reach. There have been four...
