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EAST LANSING — Ron Mason watched on Sunday night as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the San Jose Sharks to win the 2016 Stanley Cup, as interested as ever in the game to which he had devoted his life. Before the sun rose early Monday morning, he was gone. Mason, the Michigan State icon who left the bench as college hockey’s career wins leader, passed away suddenly overnight. Friends and family…

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Mississippi State assistant coach Nick Mingione high-fives right fielder Jack Mangum (15) in their game against Southeast Missouri State during an NCAA college baseball regional tournament in Starkville, Miss., Friday, June 3, 2016.(Photo: James Pugh/The Laurel Chronicle, via AP) LEXINGTON, Ky. – For the second time, UK athletic director Mitch Barnhart has turned to a John Cohen assistant to be his new head baseball coach. Mississippi State assistant coach Nick…

Texas A&M’s ‘ball’ chant will rattle any pitcher. Twitter screengrab One of the great differences in college sports vs. professional sports is the fan atmosphere. This isn’t to say professionals sports fans are bad in any shape or form. It’s just that there aren’t taunting chants like you’ll see below in any pro sports setting. Texas A&M, hosting the Super Regional against TCU for the right to go to the…

Excuse me, @evanfournier10. Over here… Need to ask you a few questions, sir. Thanks. #magic #foxsports A photo posted by Emily Austen (@emilyausten) on Feb 23, 2016 at 1:33pm PST Emily Austen, the Fox Sports Florida sideline reporter who lost her job due to a string of offensive and racist remarks she made on a Barstool Sports video last week, began her apology tour Sunday — but some media experts…

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The 2016 NHL playoffs are over, and perhaps not a moment too soon for broadcasters. We will wait to see how ratings for Game 6 – the season’s finale – which featured the Pittsburgh Penguins claiming their fourth Stanley Cup, seven years to the day since they won their last one, in 2009. Yet, chances are the numbers are not good. And it might seem besides the point to bring…

The numbers from Sunday’s FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway tell a compelling story.  Race winner Joey Logano, 26 years old.  Runner-up Chase Elliott, 20 years old. Third place Kyle Larson, 23 years old. Daniel Suarez, who won the MIS NASCAR XFINITY Series race on Saturday, 24 years old. And William Byron, winner of Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, is a mere 18 years old. Throw…

The NFL and NASCAR will intersect again when Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Telvin Smith serves as honorary pace car driver for the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. The 58th running of the mid-summer NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona will take place under the Saturday night lights on July 2. Smith, who played collegiately at Florida State University before being chosen by the Jaguars in the fifth round…

Ron Mason, who guided the Michigan State hockey team to the 1986 national title, died Sunday night, the university confirmed.(Photo: David Guralnick / Detroit News) East Lansing – Ron Mason, who won more than 900 college hockey games and delivered the national championship to Michigan State in 1986, died suddenly on Sunday night at the age of 76. The longtime coach of the Spartans who went on to become the…

Texas A&M’s ‘ball’ chant will rattle any pitcher. Twitter screengrab One of the great differences in college sports vs. professional sports is the fan atmosphere. This isn’t to say professionals sports fans are bad in any shape or form. It’s just that there aren’t taunting chants like you’ll see below in any pro sports setting. Texas A&M, hosting the Super Regional against TCU for the right to go to the…

While Sutton predicts that fans won’t be bothered by another instance of sponsorship in sports, the true test of jersey advertisements will be when teams with iconic, minimalist uniforms, such as the Lakers or the Celtics, announce sponsorship deals. “Those are the ones that are going to draw attention, because those are the fabric of American sport,” Sutton says, adding, “If there’s going to be a large outcry, it’s going…

The 2016 NHL playoffs are over, and perhaps not a moment too soon for broadcasters. We will wait to see how ratings for Game 6 – the season’s finale – which featured the Pittsburgh Penguins claiming their fourth Stanley Cup, seven years to the day since they won their last one, in 2009. Yet, chances are the numbers are not good. And it might seem besides the point to bring…

Kasey Kahne, front, said it was “definitely hairy” driving in traffic Sunday at Michigan International Speedway.(Photo: Aaron Doster, Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports) BROOKLYN, Mich. — NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers said immediately after the FireKeepers Casino 400 that they liked the low downforce package used at Michigan International Speedway today. “I absolutely love it,” said Tony Stewart, who finished seventh. “The package is good. The aero package is starting to catch up…

Credit: Sandusky Scanner Live SANDUSKY, OH (WCMH) – Fire gutted the Ohio home of a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team early this morning. It happened shortly after midnight at ThorSport Racing on Campbell Street in Sandusky. Video shows flames shooting from the roof of the team’s 100,000 square foot facility. A statement from ThorSport indicates the fire broke out in the basement of the racing shop. ThorSport says they…

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Listen, we know it’s tough to catch up on everything happening in the baseball world each morning. There are all kinds of stories, rumors, game coverage, and Vines of dudes getting hit in the beans every day. Trying to find all of it while on your way to work or sitting at your desk just isn’t easy. It’s okay, though, we’re going to do the heavy lifting for you each…

It wasn’t supposed to happen like this for Louisville. The No. 2 national seed Cardinals were the Vegas favorite to win the College World Series this year, until UC Santa Barbara came along and spoiled that fun in ridiculously dramatic fashion: a bottom of the ninth one-out grand slam and the Gauchos have punched their ticket to Omaha. This is UCSB’s first ever trip to Omaha, and they join Arizona has…

(Photo: The Associated Press) BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Joey Logano plopped into a seat, getting a much-needed break, when the 26-year-old driver found out he was just a part of history. Logano pulled away from the pack to win the FireKeepers Casino 400 and was followed by 20-year-old Chase Elliott and 23-year-old Kyle Larson, the youngest top three in NASCAR Sprint Cup history. “That’s pretty cool,” he said when informed…