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In so many ways, this has been Auburn’s best baseball season in five years. Sunny Golloway has made undeniable progress in his second year on the Plains. On the flip side of the state, this has been Alabama’s second-worst season in the six years that Mitch Gaspard has been the head coach. Yet Alabama beat Missouri 4-3 Thursday in the SEC Tournament to keep its season alive, and Auburn followed by…

First off, a quick introduction, though if you don’t know what FanDuel is, well, you’re missing out. FanDuel is a site that offers daily fantasy sports games. Participants are given a chance every day to select new players, fill out a lineup and, most importantly, win some cash. If you choose poorly Monday you can come back Tuesday and try again. Easy as that. Click here to enter a $5 FanDuel…

Coming off a light schedule with only six games on Thursday night, the final weekday features a full slate of matchups to pick apart. Given the amount of choices at every position, we’ve gone through and narrowed down the best MLB position players for Friday at nearly every slot. Before setting your lineup, consider these options for an ideal roster of superstars on Friday.   Catcher: Russell Martin, Toronto Blue…

Last summer, Indian sprinter Dutee Chand was barred from competing against other women because of a testosterone policy. Track’s governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), told her that she could only return to the sport after she lowered her natural testosterone levels to ones that were beneath the IAAF’s guidelines. To do that, she would have to have to undergo surgery, or take hormone-suppressing drugs. She refused…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Barcelona plan to make a £50m-plus bid for 24-year-old Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey in the summer despite their transfer embargo. (Sun – subscription only)  Raheem Sterling dominates the back pages but The Sun also reveals Barcelona’s chase for Aaron Ramsey Manchester United are ready to exploit…

Don’t ever underestimate the ingenuity of Americans. A prime example is an entrepreneur who has taken the concept of fantasy sports competition and translated it into a company that is driving sales for about 150 large and small firms such as Hewlett-Packard Hewlett-Packard, Dell Dell, Comcast Comcast and CenturyLink CenturyLink. Two years ago, Adam Hollander created FantasySalesTeam, an online platform and mobile app that motivates salespeople through fantasy sports principles. “It…

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.”…

In his regular BBC Sport column, Robbie Savage reveals his choice as Premier League manager of the year, and who deserves a mention for steering their side to success this season. The League Managers’ Association will announce the winner of its Manager of the Year award on Tuesday. In reverse order, here are my top five Premier League managers for the 2014-15 season, and who…

Before the weekend starts, another two of the six remaining SEC teams will get shown the door from this year’s tournament. On Thursday, Missouri and Auburn met their makers, each suffering their second loss of the double-elimination playoff. While Vanderbilt and Arkansas also fell on the wrong side of Thursday’s scoreboard, they both get another chance to stay alive during Friday’s two elimination showdowns. As several potent squads live to fight…

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…

The Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team was eliminated from the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday afternoon in Minneapolis. Video: Husker baseball season comes to an end Playing in a near-vacant Target Field, which houses more than 39,000 on a good day, head coach Darin Erstad watched a four-run lead in the eighth-inning dissipate. The Michigan State Spartans notched six runs on four hits, including a grand slam off the bat of…

The Florida State baseball team is one game away from playing for the ACC title, following an 8-4 win over the North Carolina Tar Heels on Thursday night in Durham, North Carolina. This is what went right — and wrong — for the ‘Noles: 3 Up: Leading off the FSU positives is, well, leading off. The Seminoles got their first batter aboard on six of nine occasions Thursday…

Paris St-Germain defender David Luiz has accused the media of a lack of respect, after he dismissed widespread stories that he is a virgin.  The reports started after the former Chelsea man, 28, said on Instagram he “would wait” until he is married before having sex with his girlfriend. “People are saying things everywhere about whether I’m a virgin or not,” Luiz told…

In recent weeks, the NASCAR storyline of note is how difficult it is to pass, even when a driver clearly has a faster car than anyone else does. But that won’t be an issue for Matt Kenseth, at least for the beginning of Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Kenseth’s lap of 194.252 mph gave him the pole in qualifying Thursday night, besting Joey Logano for the No….

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…

Andrew Shurtleff/THE DAILY PROGRESS 20150522_SPO_UVAPIXX Virginia outfielder Adam Haseley (7) makes a catch near the wall during the game against Richmond Tuesday at Davenport Field in Charlottesville, Va. Photo/The Daily Progress/Andrew Shurtleff Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2015 10:30 pm U.Va. baseball looks to bounce back from loss in ACC tourney By MIKE BARBER Richmond Times-Dispatch Richmond.com DURHAM, N.C. — Wednesday’s 9-5 loss to Miami snapped Virginia’s six-game win streak and…

Emily Ratajkowski has never looked sexier in a new photo shoot for Sports Illustrated. The model and actress, whom you definitely remember from the “Blurred Lines” video and possibly for her small role in “Gone Girl,” posed for the magazine’s fourth installment of their series “Yu (Tsai) and Me. “ For more with Emily Ratajkowski’s photo shoot with Yu Tsai, head over to Sports Illustrated.

A bill in Congress that would ban Internet gambling would inadvertently criminalize Nevada’s booming mobile sports wagering business, which has been credited with turning the Silver State’s sports books into a $3.9 billion-a-year industry. The measure, backed by Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman Sheldon Adelson, is aimed at reversing changes made in 2011 to the 1961 Federal Wire Act. If approved, the bill would end most forms of online betting,…

As just announced on FOX Sports 1’s NASCAR Race Hub, Jeff Gordon — the four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion credited with helping take the sport mainstream — joins FOX NASCAR fulltime in 2016 as race analyst for its 16th year of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series coverage, teaming with three-time champion Darrell Waltrip to offer seven championships’ worth of expertise. Gordon, currently competing in his 23rd and final fulltime Sprint Cup…

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