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Batter up! Things to know as NCAA baseball tournament enters super regionals

Jun. 06, 2023 15:46 PM EDT

Super regionals are the next stop on the NCAA baseball tournament's Road to Omaha. Four of the best-of-three series are Friday through Sunday: No. 15 national seed South Carolina (42-19) at No. 2 Florida (48-15); Duke (38-22) at No. 7 Virginia (48-12); Oral Roberts (49-11) at Oregon...

TNT readies for first Stanley Cup Final; first one exclusively on cable since 1994

Jun. 02, 2023 18:07 PM EDT

Turner Sports has had its share of significant sports events. The Stanley Cup Final, though, will be the first time a champion from one of North America's four major pro sports will air on TNT. Saturday’s Game 1 between the Florida Panthers and Vegas Golden Knights also marks the...

Sports no sure respite from politics when title-winning athletes visit the White House

May. 25, 2023 13:19 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Calvin Coolidge wasn't as big a baseball fan as his wife, Grace. But even Silent Cal got swept up in the excitement of the Washington Senators' unexpectedly successful season in 1924. After the team clinched the American League pennant, the players swung by the White...

ACC backs plan to offer increased payouts to schools for postseason success

May. 24, 2023 17:00 PM EDT

The Atlantic Coast Conference is moving forward allowing schools to earn more money generated from their own postseason performances, a move coming as the league tries to find ways to close a growing financial gap with two power-conference peers. The ACC announced Wednesday that its...

Ex-New Mexico State basketball player not facing charges in fatal shooting

May. 23, 2023 13:59 PM EDT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Former New Mexico State basketball player Mike Peake will not face charges in a fatal shooting on a rival college’s campus last year, according to authorities. The Bernalillo District Attorney’s Office said in a statement Monday evening that “the...

USC athletic director Mike Bohn resigns after 3 1/2 years in charge

May. 19, 2023 19:32 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California athletic director Mike Bohn has resigned. USC confirmed the 62-year-old Bohn's resignation Friday, roughly 3 1/2 years after he succeeded Lynn Swann in the high-profile job. The Trojans' athletic department experienced a surge...

Ericsson, Dixon keep Ganassi atop Indianapolis 500 speed chart for 2nd day

May. 18, 2023 19:14 PM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Defending Indianapolis 500 winner Marcus Ericsson looked like a double threat in Indianapolis 500 practice Thursday. First, he charged to the top of the speed chart with a lap of 229.607 mph on the 2.5-mile oval. Then late in the session, he turned the best...

Brooks Koepka enters the PGA Championship ready to move on after "choking" at the Masters

May. 17, 2023 20:17 PM EDT

Difficult as it might be to acknowledge, Brooks Koepka is not too proud in admitting to “choking” at The Masters last month. Koepka first used the word during a Barstool Sports podcast, in which he said his motivation was to beat the hosts to the punch by saying he choked first...

ACC leadership touts progress in trying to address financial gap with the Big Ten and the SEC

May. 17, 2023 17:16 PM EDT

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — The Atlantic Coast Conference emerged from three days of spring meetings at a posh, oceanside resort with one resolution: the formalization of tiebreaker rules for the league’s new, no-division format. Most everything else discussed behind closed doors...

Heat embracing challenge, find way to return to the Eastern Conference finals

May. 13, 2023 06:01 AM EDT

MIAMI (AP) — Inside the Miami Heat locker room, now officially halfway to the season’s ultimate goal, Erik Spoelstra stepped onto the NBA championship logo on the center of the floor and gathered his team around him. His message was simple. “There’s been...