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East Carolina had Virginia on the ropes so many times Saturday, it seemed only a matter of time before the Pirates would land the knockout punch. Travis Watkins finally did. The junior catcher hit his fourth home run of the season, a three-run walk-off shot to left off UVa closer Tommy Doyle, to cap a five-run rally and propel the third-seeded Pirates to an improbable 8-6 victory over the top-seeded…

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. The death of Muhammad Ali, the former heavyweight champion known as much for his political activism as his boxing brilliance, triggered a worldwide outpouring of affection and admiration for one of the best-known figures of the 20th century. Ali, who had long suffered from Parkinson’s syndrome which impaired his speech and made the once-graceful athlete almost a prisoner in his own body, died on Friday at age 74….

The 2015-16 spring season for high school sports concludes the 31st year of The San Diego Union-Tribune All-Academic Team. The names of 7,790 student-athletes appear on these pages. For the 2015-16 school year, about 16,000 All-Academic Team certificates were awarded among the approximately 160,000 high school students in the San Diego Section. Share Photo All-Academic Team Badminton Baseball Softball Boys track Girls track Boys lacrosse Girls lacrosse Boys tennis Boys…

RELATED: Drivers pay respects to Ali Boxing and cultural icon Muhammad Ali, who passed away Friday at age 74, has a direct connection to NASCAR — specifically, to Hall of Famer Bill Elliott. Yes, “The Greatest” and “Awesome Bill” have a history that dates back to 2001 when Elliott sported a likeness of Ali on his No. 9 Dodge while driving for Ray Evernham. The special paint scheme was revealed at historic…

Dale Earnhardt Jr. will serve as a guest driver analyst in the FOX NASCAR television booth for the XFINITY Series race at Michigan International Speedway on June 11, FOX Sports announced Saturday during the broadcast of the Pocono Green 250 event at Pocono Raceway.   The driver of the No. 88 will offer commentary for live coverage of the Menards 250 presented by Valvoline (June 11, 1:30 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), joining announcers Adam…

But Amir Attaran, a law and medicine professor at the University of Ottawa, who is among those leading the campaign to postpone or move the Games from Rio, accused the WHO of acting “irresponsibly”. He is one of the co-authors of an open letter to the WHO signed by 150 international experts, which last week argued the body was rejecting such calls due to its official partnership with the International…

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The historic season for the Green Hope baseball team ended with a slip-up Saturday afternoon. The Falcons had a two-run lead and a cruising Chris Joyner on the mound heading to the seventh inning, and looked destined to force Game 3 of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A baseball championship best-of-three series with North Davidson. However, two costly errors led to five unearned runs for the Black Knights (30-2),…

There is a reason, after all, Marvin Ridge is part of this 3A state championship series. After dropping Game 1 Friday night, the Mavericks needed a win to keep their season alive. They needed pitching, or more runs, or both if they wanted to repeat as state champions. On Saturday morning, they got both, dominating Topsail 10-0 and forcing a deciding Game 3 between the teams later Saturday. Jason Cornatzer,…

There’s still some postseason magic left at Founders Park. South Carolina reserve catcher Hunter Taylor doubled off the third-base bag in the ninth inning to score the go-ahead run and lead USC to a 4-2 win over Duke Saturday afternoon to avoid elimination. “We didn’t play beautiful baseball by any stretch,” USC coach Chad Holbrook said. “I’ve got to get our guys to relax and enjoy playing the game.” Taylor…

On Friday, boxing legend and cultural icon Muhammad Ali passed away at the age of 74. As you would expect following a death of such significance, ballplayers and baseball figures joined the chorus of those paying tribute to Ali. Here’s a sampling of the baseball and baseball-inspired reaction to the passing of the Greatest. First, here’s how fellow sports luminary Vin Scully announced the sad news during the Dodgers broadcast…

Every athlete dreams of gracing the cover of Sports Illustrated at one point in his or her career. For Muhammad Ali, the boxing legend who died Friday night at the age of 74, that dream is a reality 40 times over. The three-time world heavyweight champion will be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated for the 40th time in the upcoming June 13 issue, which will hit stands Wednesday,…

TV(Photo: Dynamic Graphics, Getty Images) ARENA FOOTBALL Philadelphia at Jacksonville, 6 p.m., CBS SN AUTO RACING Xfinity Series qualifying, 8 a.m., Fox Sports 1 Sprint Cup practice, 10:30 a.m., Fox Sports 1 Xfinity Pocono 250, Noon, WZTV-17, 104.5-FM NHRA qualifying, 1:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1 IndyCar Dual in Detroit, 2:30 p.m., WKRN-2 BOXING Vargas vs. Salido, 9:30 p.m., HBO Beterbiev vs. Maderna, 10 p.m., ESPN COLLEGE BASEBALL NCAA regionals, 11…

I play it cool/I dig all jive/That is how I stay alive —Langston Hughes There is no real place to begin with him and no ending fit enough for the life he led. Muhammad Ali died on Friday, true enough. They will take him to his final rest on Wednesday in Louisville, which was only his first hometown in a world that he made his true hometown. So he was…

“The Greatest” is the most succinct and definitive description of a truly transcendent athlete, one few in any sport could lay claim to without debate. In every senses of the word, Muhammad Ali was The Greatest – the best heavyweight fighter of all-time and a game-changer for the sport of boxing. Controversial, bombastic, cocky, political, outrageous, bold, and above all else supremely talented, Ali was like no other fighter that…

Gene Kaiser Ali-Niles baseball Muhammad Ali greets members of the Niles Varsity baseball team as the community held a dedication ceremony for the Niles high school baseball park in May 2006. Other donors, along with the Muhammad and Lonnie Ali, including the Detroit Tigers. Gene Kaiser ALI FAMILY AT BALL FIELD DEDICATION Muhammad and Lonnie Ali make their entrance to the dedication of the new Niles baseball facility in May…

John Rooney’s photo of Cassius Clay’s victory over Sonny Liston was outstanding, but it wasn’t perfect. (John Rooney, AP File) The photo is iconic, about as perfect as a photo can be. It depicts for all of time the moment at which Muhammad Ali became an athletic legend and, by snapping it, a photographer for Sports Illustrated solidified his status as one of sports’ great photojournalists. It very nearly did not…

Timothy Hurst/The Eagle Aggie baseball team slips past Binghamton in regional opener Texas A&M catcher Michael Barash (right) waits for Binghamton’s Reed Gamache at the plate with the ball in his mitt Friday at Blue Bell Park. TEXAS A&M BASEBALL • What: College Station Regional • Where: Blue Bell Park • Friday: Wake Forest 5, Minnesota 3; Texas A&M 4, Binghamton 2 • Saturday: Minnesota vs. Binghamton, 3 p.m.; Wake…

Muhammad Ali, the three-time heavyweight champion who proclaimed himself “the Greatest”, defied the US government over the Vietnam war, and later became one of the most well-known – and loved – sportsmen in history has died. He was 74. Related: Muhammad Ali dead at 74 – live reactions to the death of a sporting icon Ali died late on Friday at a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, the family’s spokesperson Bob…

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Muhammad Ali’s death at the age of 74 on Friday night shook the sports world. Athletes from all corners of the world weighed in on the icon’s impact, talking about how Ali affected their careers and the world at large. pic.twitter.com/Jr5HcJRmeA — Muhammad Ali (@MuhammadAli) June 4, 2016 His hometown of Louisville is honoring the champ: To honor Muhammad Ali’s life & work, flags…