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Timothy Hurst/The Eagle Aggie baseball team in position to win first SEC title Texas A&M third baseman Boomer White hits a home run against Ole Miss pitcher David Parkinson on Friday at Blue Bell Park. TEXAS A&M BASEBALL • Matchup: Ole Miss at Texas A&M • Where: Blue Bell Park • Game 1: A&M 6-1 • Game 2: A&M 11-5 • Game 3: 2 p.m. Saturday • Records: A&M (41-12,…

Lorena Gonzalez, a freshman council member who cast the final, decisive vote against the alley measure, said that as a woman of color and the city’s first Latina council member, she was taken aback by the sexist comments; she’s more accustomed to racism. The backlash was a wake-up call that even in liberal Seattle, women have a long way to go before they’re fully respected as public leaders, she said….

Despite the potential, some media buyers say that much of the media and advertisers still are hesitant to commit to women’s sports coverage. One cited the lack of viewership compared with men’s sports. Another source pointed out that many media companies and brands “are full of guys who have been doing sports for the last 25 years, and they just don’t get (the appeal of women’s sports).” Even this crop…

With an untested format that flip-flops faster cars to the back and slower cars to the front, plus a $1 million prize, Carl Edwards doesn’t know how the final 13-lap segment will unfold in Saturday’s All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway except that chaos is likely to emanate. “No one knows nobody has any way to predict how this is going to go,” Edwards said Friday. “I think it’s…

Scoreboard-watching in May? You might think it’s way too early in the season for such things, but it happened Friday night at Target Field. Right around 9:10 p.m., the right-field video board flashed “Final.” Atlanta had wrapped up its 11th victory, 7-1 at Philadelphia. And the Twins officially owned the worst record in baseball. “It’s challenging,” manager Paul Molitor said about an hour later, after his free-falling team cemented its…

It’s Day 4 of the state high school baseball tournament in Montgomery. The weather will certainly be more challenging today than the first three days. Check back frequently throughout the day for updates and comment on your favorite team below. RELATED: UMS-Wright sweeps to Class 4A title RELATED: Hewitt-Trussville beats Auburn in Game 1 of Class 6A series RELATED: Russellville 5, Faith Academy 3; Golden Tigers win Class 5A title LAST…

Oregon State at USC Where: Dedeaux Field (Los Angeles) When: 7:05 p.m. On air: Pac-12 Network Records: Oregon State (30-18, 11-13 Pac-12) at USC (24-25, 12-12 Pac-12) Pac-12 standings: Oregon State is in a four-team tie for seventh with California, Stanford and UCLA. USC is tied for fifth place with Oregon. RPI: Oregon State: 60. USC: 99. All-time series: USC leads 51-28. Last 5 years: Oregon State leads 8-7. Last year: Oregon State won the series in Corvallis (3-11, 3-2, 9-6). Last…

FORT MYERS — The West Orange baseball team came up one timely hit short in a Class 9A state semifinal game on Friday at jetBlue Park in a battle of top 10 teams in the nation according to USA Today. The Warriors fell 3-2 to Parkland Stoneman Douglas after squandering legitimate chances to tie the game in the fifth and sixth innings at the spring training home of the Boston…

B1G HIGHLIGHT – The Minnesota Gophers baseball team stands on the field to watch the results of the Nebraska vs. Indiana game. The Minnesota Gophers are your 2016 Big Ten baseball regular season champions. The Gophers clinched the outright Big Ten Championship following a 4-3 win over Ohio State and Nebraska’s victory over Indiana on Friday. The Gophers, who also earned the top seed in next week’s Big Ten Tournament,…

Despite the potential, some media buyers say that much of the media and advertisers still are hesitant to commit to women’s sports coverage. One cited the lack of viewership compared with men’s sports. Another source pointed out that many media companies and brands “are full of guys who have been doing sports for the last 25 years, and they just don’t get (the appeal of women’s sports).” Even this crop…

Despite the potential, some media buyers say that much of the media and advertisers still are hesitant to commit to women’s sports coverage. One cited the lack of viewership compared with men’s sports. Another source pointed out that many media companies and brands “are full of guys who have been doing sports for the last 25 years, and they just don’t get (the appeal of women’s sports).” Even this crop…

The Cincinnati Reds have been through a brutal stretch of baseball. Their bullpen is a constant issue, and they just got swept in a four-game home and away series by their cross-state rivals the Cleveland Indians. But that kind of baseball doesn’t get a player like Brandon Phillips down. On Thursday night, the Reds second baseman decided to make baseball fun again in his own way.  In the top of…

Sports are ever-present in most Americans’ lives. There’s practically always a game on in the background at restaurants or bars, and idle chit-chat in offices or parties often turns to the latest about Steph Curry, LeBron, or the NFL — no matter the time of year. But 41 percent of Americans say they aren’t sports fans, according to a 2015 Gallup poll. To help those people navigate a sports-filled world,…

Despite the potential, some media buyers say that much of the media and advertisers still are hesitant to commit to women’s sports coverage. One cited the lack of viewership compared with men’s sports. Another source pointed out that many media companies and brands “are full of guys who have been doing sports for the last 25 years, and they just don’t get (the appeal of women’s sports).” Even this crop…

The Penguins celebrate after downing the Caps. (Photo by Toni L. Sandys/ The Washington Post) A reader of Thomas Boswell’s most recent live chat asked whether, if the Cavaliers win the NBA title and the Cubs win the World Series, Washington would become the country’s “new designated sports cursed city,” or whether we might already deserve that title. Here’s Boswell’s response. We’re nowhere remotely close. Everybody’s fixated on the last 25…

Some Russian athletes are likely to have tested positive for doping in the 2008 Olympic Games after their samples were re-examined, the Interfax news agency quoted the Russian sports minister, Vitaly Mutko, as saying on Friday. Related: Greg Rutherford fears ‘arms will be twisted’ to allow Russians to compete at Rio 2016 Thirty one athletes from six sports could be banned from this year’s Rio Olympics after failing doping tests…

1:10 PM ET print BALTIMORE — The forecast calls for rain on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course, and not in the half-committed partly cloudy/partly sunny vernacular of the typical weatherperson. No, there’s a 100 percent chance of the wet stuff by the latest calculations, with perhaps as much as an inch expected to fall. Betting guide for the 141st Preakness Stakes Handicappers Dave Tuley and Lane Gold run through their…