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LYNN, Massachusetts — Sophomore righthander Nate Pushard allowed only three hits and didn’t walk a batter to lead the University of Maine-Farmington by Fisher College 2-1 in the first game of a baseball doubleheader Saturday at Fraser Field. UMF won the second game 6-4, but dropped an 8-4 decision to Fisher on Sunday. In Saturday’s first game, Pushard (1-0) struck out three and was backed up in the second inning…

Plenty of Bruce Springsteen songs are about destruction — of towns, dreams, loves and hopes. But few other tunes seemed as appropriate for the occasion on Saturday as when The Boss introduced “Wrecking Ball.” “We gotta play this one for the old building,” Springsteen said during the final show at the soon-to-be-demolished L.A. Memorial Sports Arena. “We’re gonna miss this place, it’s a great place to play rock ‘n’ roll.”…

The Twitter account for ESPN’s SportsCenter sent out a tweet Sunday about Fidel Castro’s love of sports that was criticized for painting the Cuban dictator in a positive light. “Savior and scourge, Fidel Castro was many things to many people,” the now-deleted tweet read. “One thing all can agree on: He loved his sports.” Shockingly, a lot of people on Twitter didn’t appreciate SportCenter‘s humanization of a brutal despot. So…

While sitting in press minutes after her finals loss at Indian Wells, Serena Williams blasted the event’s tournament director, Raymond Moore, who was under fire Sunday for making outdated, sexist comments before the match. Moore insinuated the survival of women’s tennis depends on male stars such as Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, comments that were especially absurd given that the biggest tennis star in America was about to take the court….

CHICAGO – In the State of Illinois, were truly on the outside looking in when it comes to the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament. While others around the nation take part in the madness, no team in the state was able to qualify as one of the 68 teams that got to take part in the Big Dance. It’s a shame, because what a tournament it has been. Upsets and buzzer-beaters…

BOSTON (CBS) — The MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference hit a milestone last weekend, as terrific minds and ideas came together for the 10th year of the event at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The growth of the conference has been remarkable since its launch by Rockets GM Daryl Morey and Kraft Sports Group vice president Jessica Gelman back in 2006. One hundred people took part in the first…

Michigan hockey players huddled around the TV in the Yost Ice Arena locker room Sunday afternoon as the NCAA selection show began. As the Wolverines’ first opponent was announced, players began to clap and say “There we go!” As a No. 2 seed in the Midwest Region, the team will take on Notre Dame at 5:30 p.m. Friday in Cincinnati. “Notre Dame is one of our old, I wouldn’t say…

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Not these guys, obviously. Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus celebrate after winning the 2015 SpongeBob Squarepants 400 at Kansas Speedway. Photo credit: Jamie Squire, Getty Images In an expensive sport like racing, being able to pull in well-monied sponsors to help put on the show is a necessity. But that doesn’t always lead to great names for the events, and NASCAR races—along…

What celebrating a Natty Champ looks like, courtesy of @GopherWHockey. snpy.tv/1RvmSPe — Minnesota Gophers (@GopherSports) March 20, 2016 The University of Minnesota women’s hockey team defeated previously undefeated and top-seeded Boston College, 3-1, to earn its seventh national championship at Whittemore Center Arena in Durham, New Hampshire, on Sunday afternoon. [ MORE: Relive the official NCAA tourney bracket ] Minnesota’s Sarah Potomak put the Gophers up 1-0 in the first…

In an interview with SiriusXM Speedway host Dave Moody on Friday, NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France hinted that there might be one or more automakers looking to join Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota in the NASCAR ranks. “There is some interest, and by a couple of different manufacturers and we would be open to that in the right conditions,” France told Moody. “I think a lot of the car companies…

Mary Pat Thomas is a ballplayer. That’s how she sees herself. That’s how her teammates see her. Yes, she’s different. A girl playing high school baseball isn’t typical. But watch her on the diamond and in the dugout during a Robert F. Munroe (Quncy, Fla.) game and it’s obvious. She fits right in. “She definitely does,” said shorstop Jackson Boone, who has been best friends with Thomas for over a…

Comic Eddie Izzard has completed 27 marathons in 27 days in South Africa He has raised more than £1million for Sport Relief with incredible challenge 54-year-old started at Mbashe Bridge near Mandela’s birth town of Mvezo He completed two marathons today to finish the epic challenge in Pretoria By Emma Glanfield for MailOnline Published: 13:28 EST, 20 March 2016 | Updated: 16:33 EST, 20 March 2016 56 View comments Comedian…

Supporters look down on the Standing for Religious Freedom Rally at the state Capitol last year. If the bill is passed by Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, it will jeopardize Atlanta getting the Super Bowl and other major sports events. (Brant Sanderlin / bsanderlin@ajc.com) There have been many times when I’ve stepped into the dark underworld of social media to comment on a subject unrelated to bats, balls or the SEC…

CLEVELAND, Ohio — One of NASCAR’s young guns, Austin Dillon, is one win away in the Auto Club 400 from sweeping the weekend at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., and moving up in the NASCAR driver standings. Below are the TV schedule, live scoring links, preview and more. Dillon already won the Saturday’s Xfinity race. Now he is on the pole for today’s 3:30 p.m. Auto Club 400 on…

In an interview with SiriusXM Speedway host Dave Moody on Friday, NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France hinted that there might be one or more automakers looking to join Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota in the NASCAR ranks. “There is some interest, and by a couple of different manufacturers and we would be open to that in the right conditions,” France told Moody. “I think a lot of the car companies…

Earlier this year Jimmie Johnson was asked how he would feel if his career ended without his winning a record-tying seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup title. Johnson, tongue in cheek, replied with a smile: “My life sucks. That would be terrible.” A seventh championship is about the only thing Johnson hasn’t accomplished in NASCAR, which returns to Fontana on Sunday for the Auto Club 400, the fifth race of the Cup…

By Wilson Alexander, Grady Sports Bureau Georgia women’s swimming and diving team captured its seventh national championship and third over the past four seasons with a score of 414 points at the McAuley Aquatic Center on Saturday. The Bulldogs celebrated with chants of “It’s great to be a Georgia Bulldog” and “o-lay, o-lay, o-lay, o-lay Georgia Bulldogs” before they jumped into the diving well. Stanford finished as the runner-up with…

DURHAM, N.H. – It’s been three years since Minnesota took home the 2013 national championship, securing the first unbeaten NCAA title in Division I women’s hockey. Gophers coach Brad Frost remembers saying then that he’d tip his hat to any other team that could pull off the same accomplishment. He couldn’t have known then that he’d be standing in the way of the next team attempting to do…

RELATED: Full race results | Series standings FONTANA, Calif. — Kyle Busch thought NASCAR should have thrown the caution flag.  Austin Dillon called it a “great decision.”   And NASCAR officials said they saw no reason to throw the yellow on the final lap of Saturday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series TreatMyClot.com 300 by Janssen at Auto Club Speedway.   Busch, winner of three consecutive races in the XFINITY Series entering Saturday, had led 133 of 150…

Earlier this year Jimmie Johnson was asked how he would feel if his career ended without his winning a record-tying seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup title. Johnson, tongue in cheek, replied with a smile: “My life sucks. That would be terrible.” A seventh championship is about the only thing Johnson hasn’t accomplished in NASCAR, which returns to Fontana on Sunday for the Auto Club 400, the fifth race of the Cup…