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Oregon was getting hits off two of the best pitchers in the nation and looked ready to to put together another late rally, but UCLA wouldn’t fold. The second-ranked Bruins scored a run in the top of the ninth inning to defeat the Ducks 4-3 Friday night in…

Action is winding down at the SEC Baseball Tournament at the Hoover Met. Today starts the semifinal round, and it’s single elimination. Although Texas A&M and LSU are unbeaten, one loss sends them home. All games are televised on the SEC Network, and can be seen online on WatchESPN. Games are also on satellite radio – Sirius 219/XM 190. Here is the schedule. All times CT Game 15 (Noon), No. 2…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Saturday’s Daily Mirror back page Manchester City are favourites to sign Raheem Sterling and will bid £45m for the unsettled 20-year-old Liverpool forward when the transfer window opens. (Daily Mail)  Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has urged supporters not to take out their frustrations on Sterling over…

(Elsa/Getty Images) It’s Memorial Day weekend, when we (hopefully) take some time to remember our fallen service members while we’re at the beach or a barbecue or whatever. And when you’re not doing all that, chances are you’re going to be watching sports on television, because there’s a lot going on. Here are the highlights. Saturday, May 23 (all times EDT) NCAA men’s lacrosse final four (1 p.m., ESPN): Top-seeded…

Sebastian Saavedra (Brian Spurlock, USA TODAY Sports) INDIANAPOLIS — Want to hear a story about people who love racing? Listen to the people behind Chip Ganassi Racing’s fifth entry in Sunday’s Indianapolis 500. Staffed almost entirely by members of Ganassi’s successful sports car team, the No. 17 Chevrolet driven by Sebastian Saavedra is running on fumes. Figuratively, of course. Most of the crew members haven’t had a day off in nearly…

Since announcing in January he was stepping away from full-time competition at the end of the current season, Jeff Gordon has repeatedly said he wasn’t sure what he was going to do next. Well, Gordon has made his mind up. The four-time Cup Series champion will become an analyst for Fox Sports beginning next season in what network executives say is a multi-year deal. Gordon will join anchor…

The Friday night cap pits No. 4 Florida versus No. 5 Arkansas in a win-or-go-home game at the Hoover Met. The two squads have already met at the SEC Baseball Tournament once, with the Razorbacks notching a comeback win on Wednesday night. Powered by two ninth-inning home runs, Arkansas won 7-6.  You can catch the Florida vs. Arkansas game on the SEC Network if you’re near a television. Also, stay…

With the NCAA regionals upcoming next weekend, North Carolina regained some momentum Friday. So did freshman right-hander J.B. Bukauskas. One week after his worst outing of the season, Bukauskas turned in one of his best efforts. He pitched 52/3 strong innings, giving up five hits and striking out seven without a walk, as the eighth-seeded Tar Heels knocked off fifth-seeded Clemson 6-3 in the final game for both teams in…

It was the first state championship for Spanish Fork since 2011, and the seventh overall — tied for seventh most in UHSAA history. Jim “Shoe” Nelson guided the Dons to the first six. This time, his son, Casey “Gub” Nelson — in his first year atop the program — was the man in charge. And Shoe liked this one the most. “Better than when you do it,”…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest NEW YORK – Major league pitchers have been allowed to use rosin since 1925, the year that masking tape was invented, and 10 years before the first night game. It was baseball’s traditions of glacial change and adherence to an unwritten rulebook, mixed with technological advances in sticky substances and stadium lighting, that conspired to get Brewers pitcher Will Smith ejected from Thursday night’s game…

Nearly all of the 40-plus employees who spent the past year working on sports games at Zynga have found a new team — fantasy sports company FanDuel. FanDuel, which specializes in daily fantasy sports games, has hired the majority of the group that made up Zynga Sports 365, an Orlando-based sports studio that was closed earlier this month as part of massive layoffs at Zynga intended to “de-clutter the organization.”…

(Elsa/Getty Images) It’s Memorial Day weekend, when we (hopefully) take some time to remember our fallen service members while we’re at the beach or a barbecue or whatever. And when you’re not doing all that, chances are you’re going to be watching sports on television, because there’s a lot going on. Here are the highlights. Saturday, May 23 (all times EDT) NCAA men’s lacrosse final four (1 p.m., ESPN): Top-seeded…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest With Selection Monday almost here, you’d expect things to getting a bit more clear as to who will make the Field of 64 for the NCAA baseball tournament. Things are still quite hazy, though, in large part because of the SEC and Big Ten. Those tournaments this week have been a boost to bubble teams like Alabama, Missouri, Maryland and Michigan State, which will leave…

Nearly all of the 40-plus employees who spent the past year working on sports games at Zynga have found a new team — fantasy sports company FanDuel. FanDuel, which specializes in daily fantasy sports games, has hired the majority of the group that made up Zynga Sports 365, an Orlando-based sports studio that was closed earlier this month as part of massive layoffs at Zynga intended to “de-clutter the organization.”…

(Elsa/Getty Images) It’s Memorial Day weekend, when we (hopefully) take some time to remember our fallen service members while we’re at the beach or a barbecue or whatever. And when you’re not doing all that, chances are you’re going to be watching sports on television, because there’s a lot going on. Here are the highlights. Saturday, May 23 (all times EDT) NCAA men’s lacrosse final four (1 p.m., ESPN): Top-seeded…

CONCORD, N.C. – Some NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers met with series officials about safety concerns, including the sport not having a traveling safety team similar to IndyCar, shortly after Kyle Busch was injured in a Feb. 21 crash at Daytona International Speedway. Reigning series champion Kevin Harvick confirmed meeting with NASCAR, and that a traveling safety team was discussed, saying “that’s a conversation a group of us have had on…

Imagine you’re watching a NASCAR practice session while monitoring a live video and diagnostics feed from your favorite driver’s car on your tablet. You notice its is a little slow exiting Turn 3, which has steeper banking and bumpier surface than Turn 2, and that it’s loose in Turn 1 when being drafted from behind. You run the numbers on a algorithm you developed, and it suggests changes to the…

Both the Blues Jays front office personnel and players are wholly unsatisfied with their up-and-down start, and while there’s little question they all expected much better play and rumors have been circulating that manager John Gibbons could be in trouble, word is Gibbons is said to be safe for now. Instead, the Blue Jays, who saved some money by going inexpensive at second base, center field, left field and the…

Michigan’s Kendall Patrick, left, is greeted by teammates after his solo home run off Iowa pitcher Ryan Erickson in the fourth inning of the NCAA Big Ten tournament college baseball game, Thursday, May 21, 2015, in Minneapolis.(Photo: Jim Mone, AP) MINNEAPOLIS – Likely needing to win the Big Ten baseball tournament to reach the program’s first NCAA tournament since 2008, Michigan is halfway home. Upperclassman bats and young arms leading…