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TUCSON, Ariz. – The University of Arizona introduced Jay Johnson as its new head baseball coach Monday at Hi Corbett Field in a press conference with Director of Athletics Greg Byrne, who announced the hire Sunday. Johnson comes to Arizona after two accomplished seasons as the head coach at the University of Nevada. “We were absolutely blown away by the interest and number of qualified candidates that inquired about our…

Even though some of the top prospects in the 2015 Major League Baseball draft are still playing in the College World Series, their lives could change on Monday. It’s a long, arduous journey to reach the highest level of baseball, one that takes years for even the best prospects, but the fun is in seeing how these young men go from being highly sought-after prospects to MLB stars.  The future…

PINE GROVE — Chris Rabasco stood in the on-deck circle, hoping for one final trip to the plate. He never had the chance to swing the bat as a Parkland player again. Wyoming Valley West starter Bill Gregory squashed the one serious rally by the Trojans when he got Justin Afflerbach to ground out on a full-count pitch in the top of the seventh inning. That play allowed the Spartans…

The field for the 2015 College World Series is nearly set. Five of the eight spots have been clinched, leaving three Super Regionals left to be decided. Two of them are in a decisive third game on Monday, while weather has delayed another series.  Vanderbilt was supposed to have a chance at clinching another berth in Omaha, Nebraska, on Sunday against Illinois, but Mother Nature had other plans thanks…

Sky Sports chief Barney France fired a shot in the latest battle with BT Sport BT Sport are launching £897m coverage of the Champions League next season But Francis argued that the package is not as valuable as it seems Champions League coverage accounted for 2.5 per cent of Sky viewing  By Charles Sale for the Daily Mail Published: 16:31 EST, 8 June 2015 | Updated: 18:50 EST, 8 June…

It was arguably the biggest moment in the history of American women’s sports, and the single most memorable and reproduced image of the celebration. Brandi Chastain had just converted the penalty kick that cemented the 1999 Women’s World Cup for the United States over China. She then experienced a fit of irrational and spontaneous exuberance: perched on her knees on the turf of the Rose Bowl, the white jersey that…

A Special Olympics Maryland athlete died after participating in a swimming competition Saturday, according to the organization. lRelated Maryland 45th annual Maryland Special Olympics Summer Games held in Towson See all related Special Olympics Maryland officials and police at Towson University, where the event was held over the weekend, identified the athlete as Tresaraie Dalana Shavers, 48. She had addresses listed in Baltimore and Reisterstown in a police report. A…

It’s not winning on the pitch but Manchester United has claimed another title: The world’s most valuable soccer brand. The English club is the first brand to be worth more than $1 billion, according to a Brand Finance report released Monday which ranks the 50 most valuable teams. The team knocked off Germany’s Bayern Munich to take the top spot — thanks largely to a record-breaking television rights deal —…

Whether fans in the stands know it or not, they cheer on their baseball teams at their own risk. A roughly century-old so-called Baseball Rule states that stadium owners and operators are not responsible for injuries sustained by foul balls or pieces of shattered bats, so long as netted or screened seats are in place for a reasonable number of spectators. The onus is on the fans to be alert…

Steve Jobs was famous for playing hardball. Current Apple CEO Tim Cook is more benevolent with his baseball proclivities apparently. During his opening remarks Monday morning at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Cook told the story of Cleveland Indians slugger Brandon Moss, who hit his 100th homer on June 2. Moss was unlucky on his milestone clout – he knocked it into the visiting Kansas City Royals’…

Over the last two Major League Baseball First-year Player Drafts, a total of 22 New Jersey college players have been selected. In last year’s draft, nine players from New Jersey colleges — including two from Seton Hall, Princeton and Division II Felician — were tapped by Major League baseball teams. But that total could decrease as the 2015 Major League Baseball First-year Player Draft takes place this week, beginning Monday…

Sky’s coverage of the Champions League final between Barcelona and Juventus drew fewer than 500,000 viewers, as its sports chief complained this has been the worst season ever for audiences. Its coverage of the final on Saturday night drew an average of just 497,000 viewers, almost a third the audience it attracted for the 2014 final. Sky and co-broadcaster ITV, which attracted an average of 4.18m viewers and a 22.5%…

(CNN)Tiger Woods might have hit a new low, but that doesn’t mean people have stopped caring. At last week’s Memorial Tournament in Ohio, the 39-year-old carded the worst round of his professional career, while also recording his highest ever aggregate total. But such is Woods’ standing in the game — he has 14 majors to his names, second only to Jack Nicklaus’ tally of 18 — that his travails continue…

Creative Artists Agency has acquired corporate hospitality brands Beyond Sports & Entertainment and Goviva to form CAA Premium Experience, along with Inside Sports & Entertainment Group, which it bought in 2014. CAA Premium Experience is a full-service event management and marketing practice that will complement CAA Sports’ property sales, sponsorship and corporate consulting work. CAA will be working with companies across hundreds of global sports and entertainment events annually. “We…

Count venerable Sports Illustrated writer Peter King as the latest to speculate that the Seahawks and Russell Wilson could be headed to a standoff as the two sides try to negotiate an extension for the fourth-year quarterback. King’s weekly Monday Morning Quarterback column is headlined “The Looming Standoff: Russell Wilson vs. Seattle” writing “something about the dragged-out and apparently fruitless negotiations between Seattle and quarterback Russell Wilson is…

Women’s sports have come a long way in the last couple of decades. But the media is stuck in the past. In 1989, University of Southern California first analyzed broadcasts from Los Angeles network affiliates KCBS, KNBC and KABC, as well as ESPN’s “SportsCenter” to determine how frequently the outlets covered female athletes. They have recreated the study every five years. The latest update, published this month in the journal…

(CNN)Bradley Wiggins added the world hour record to his impressive list of cycling achievements as he covered a distance of 54.526 kilometers (33.88 miles) at the Olympic velodrome in London Sunday. The former Tour de France winner smashed the previous best by fellow Briton Alex Dowsett of 52.937 km set in Manchester last month. The UCI Hour Record is considered one of the most grueling tests that can be attempted…

It’s not winning on the pitch but Manchester United has claimed another title: The world’s most valuable soccer brand. The English club is the first brand to be worth more than $1 billion, according to a Brand Finance report released Monday which ranks the 50 most valuable teams. The team knocked off Germany’s Bayern Munich to take the top spot — thanks largely to a record-breaking television rights deal —…

P.K. Subban truly is one of the coolest characters in the NHL. He’s hardly afraid to show his charitable side. And he made some kid’s day, by crashing his street hockey game in Montreal. The above video shows the Canadiens defenseman shooting on 8-year-old Jack Fraser. Also, love Subban’s outfit. Nice threads man.  Via BuzzFeed: Star NHL defenceman P.K. Subban was out for Sunday dinner at a Montreal restaurant. As…

Getty) WINNIPEG — Amy Rodriguez got into squat position and all of the sudden felt light lightheaded. It was one of her first workouts after giving birth to her now one-and-a-half-year old son Ryan, and the speedy U.S. forward was determined to get back into soccer shape, 30 pounds heavier. “I thought I was gonna die,” Rodriguez said. “I was like this is so much harder than I thought it…