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CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Boston College junior righthander Mike King found out he had just become part of the Miami Marlins organization after the first inning of Saturday’s elimination game against the Miami Hurricanes. He had gotten out of a two-on, one-out jam with two strikeouts when he returned to the dugout and heard from his teammates that the Marlins had made him a 12th-round pick. Advertisement King, trying to…

MIDDLETOWN — The No. 1 team in The Courant state ratings recorded another No. 1 Saturday when it became the first high school baseball team in Connecticut history to win four consecutive championships. Amity-Woodbridge defeated Warde-Fairfield 4-3 on a bases-loaded walk to Max Scheps in the bottom of the seventh inning in the Class LL final at Palmer Field. When Amity coach Sal Coppola accepted the championship plaque, his players…

(iStockphoto) Competitive youth sports is a huge business — estimated to be at least $5 billion a year — and increasingly consumes the time and energy of families with children who want to play or with parents who want their children to play. It has become a way for some parents to try to get their athletically able children into prestigious colleges in a process that sometimes asks young teens to commit…

 Gamers participate in a 2012 eSports tournament. (Photo: Zone eSports/CC-BY-2.0) Russian gamers, time to pop the champers and lock the door—there’s cause for celebration. In an announcement released this week, the Russian Sports Ministry has recognized competitive video-gaming as an official sport in the country. While the decision may seem like a bid for the hearts and minds of basement-dwelling teens, competitive gaming—commonly referred to as eSports—is a fast-growing and…

The Twitter crowd will have to find someone else to make fun of on NFL Sundays, because it won’t have Mike Carey to skewer anymore. Bob Raismann of the New York Daily News reported on Saturday that CBS would not be brining back Carey, its in-studio rules analyst, for the 2016 season after two less-than-stellar years. The Big Lead has a network spokesperson confirming the news, saying CBS and Carey…

Sin City is betting on a makeover. Las Vegas has long been the gambling capital of America, but it now wants to become a big-time sports town, reports CBS News’ Mark Albert. Even in Vegas, where the wagers are big and the odds even bigger, Bill Foley has made one heck of a bet. “I am the man that wants to bring hockey to the desert,” Foley said. “And we’re…

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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment BROOKLYN, Mich. — Daniel Suarez became the first Mexican-born driver to win a NASCAR national race, passing Kyle Busch and holding off one of the sport’s big stars at the Xfinity Series race at Michigan. `”To be able to be an example to bring more people is great,” said Suarez, who moved to the U.S. five years ago. Busch led 88 of the 125…

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NASCAR and the Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality (RISE) have launched a new campaign to promote diversity, inclusion and equality both in sports and in the community at large.  As part of the campaign, there is a public service announcement with six-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson, 2015 Daytona 500 winner Joey Logano, 2014 Coke Zero 400 winner Aric Almirola and NASCAR Drive for Diversity graduates Kyle…

For Portland’s newest baseball team, the crack of a bat sounds about as good as the pop of a freshly opened pickle jar. The Portland Pickles slid into town for the first home game of their inaugural season at Lents Park’s Walker Stadium Friday night. The rainy weather took a pause and gave way to a perfect night for baseball as throngs of enthusiastic fans came out to see the wonderfully…

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Emily Austen, a 27-year-old Fox Sports Reporter, was fired Friday after making insensitive remarks about Mexican, Jewish and Chinese people. Austen’s troubles stemmed from an appearance on Barstool Sports’ “Rundown” Thursday where, according to Deadspin, she disparaged Mexican and Chinese people after being asked about a high school valedictorian who used Twitter…

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Brock Turner, the former Stanford student who was convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, will never be allowed to compete in a USA Swimming–sanctioned event, the organization confirmed to USA Today on Thursday. Nicole Auerbach reported for USA Today: “Brock Turner’s membership with USA Swimming expired at the end of the calendar year 2014,” USA Swimming spokesman Scott Leightman said in an email to USA TODAY…

The NCAA Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey Rules Committee has recommended a significant change to the overtime format of collegiate hockey. During its meeting June 7-9 in Indianapolis, Indiana, the committee recommended that all NCAA regular-season games be played with an overtime format featuring four-on-four play for five minutes. If a game still is still tied after the overtime period, the committee also approved an experimental…

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook announced he will not play for Team USA in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil, adding to a substantial roster of NBA stars who are opting out of the games. “After speaking with my family, I have decided to not participate in this year’s Olympics,” Westbrook said in a statement released Friday. “This was not an easy decision, as representing my country at the…

On a night that saw three national seeds lose on their home fields, no upset was more shocking than Arizona’s 1-0 win over SEC heavyweight Mississippi State. The Wildcats, the last staggering survivor of the downtrodden Pac-12, were an afterthought heading into the super regionals and given little chance to win Friday in Starkville. The pitching matchup alone was enough to write off Arizona. Mississippi State threw shutdown ace…

ST. PETERSBURG — Emily Austen, a sideline reporter on Rays television broadcasts, will no longer appear on Fox Sports Sun because of questionable comments the Tampa native made on the Facebook Live page for Barstool Sports, a sports website. Related News/Archive Rainout in Baltimore causes pitching problems for Rays 2 Months Ago Shortstop situation one of questions Rays still need answered 3 Months Ago Alex Colome looks like answer to…

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