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UCLA baseball won its first College World Series title in 2013 and currently leads the Pac-12 by two games over ASU.(Photo: Derick E. Hingle/USA TODAY Sports) Let’s cut to the chase going into the Pac-12 baseball showdown this weekend at Phoenix Municipal Stadium. No. 5 UCLA is No. 2 nationally in pitching with a team 2.20 earned run average. No. 13 Arizona State is No. 9 in the Pac-12 with…

Tonight’s race at Kansas Speedway marks the final chance for a driver to earn a spot in next week’s Sprint All-Star Race with a victory. Pole-sitter Joey Logano will be looking for his second consecutive win at this track. Here are the particulars for tonight’s race (all times are Eastern): START: Jack Griffo, star of Nickelodeon’s hit show “The Thundermans” will give the command for drivers to start their engines at 7:37 p.m. The…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has asked owner Roman Abramovich not to sell any of his title-winning squad including goalkeeper Petr Cech, 32, who he wants to keep even against his will. (Daily Mirror)  Saturday’s Daily Express back page Mourinho will do his best to block Arsenal’s…

For the third year in a row, NASCAR introduced a new Sprint Cup rules package for 2015, this one with reduced horsepower and aerodynamic downforce, with an eye on improving the racing. Whether the racing has gotten better or not is debatable; what’s not debatable is that the package has drawn the ire of some of the sport’s top drivers, because speeds are up in the middle of corners —…

0 Shares Print Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR this week: Turn 1: Another strong finish from Martin Truex Jr. Is he this year’s Ryan Newman, headed to the Chase on points and consistency? Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: What Martin Truex Jr. and the No. 78 team are accomplishing is unique to anything we’ve seen in the Chase era — a single-car team…

An emergency injunction was filed Thursday challenging a call by officials that ended a high school baseball game early and gave a win to the team that had been trailing by one run. Nova held a 5-4 lead over host St. Thomas Aquinas in the top of the seventh inning of their win-or-go-home regional semifinal on Tuesday night in Fort Lauderdale. Nova, the district runner-up after falling to Aquinas in…

At 6, Andrew Shaw received his first stitches — right above his eye after crashing into a table during a wrestling match. It was the first of countless times he was sewn back together. The conversation on the way to the hospital went like this on repeat: “I don’t want to go,” Andrew said. “Well, you have to, so we’re going,” his mother, Darlene Shaw, replied matter of factly. With…

Firefighters were busy Friday morning putting out flames at a NASCAR team’s race shop in Harrisburg. IMAGES: Fire at NASCAR race team shop Crews from Harrisburg and Concord were called to Leavine Family Racing’s shop on Victory Lane around 7 a.m. and encountered flames and smoke coming from the building. Fire officials said crews were able to get the fire under control around 8:30 a.m. The fire marshal told Channel…

2015 Stats: .345 BA, 16 R, 7 HR, 25 RBI, 0 SB (100 PA) Despite not even being eligible at catcher at the very beginning of the season, Stephen Vogt now is the top fantasy performer at the position so far, going by ESPN Fantasy Baseball’s Player Rater. That’s a difficult kind of player to hand over via swap, especially at the always-too-shallow backstop spot, where having a good one puts…

Each of the three LSU baseball games at home against Missouri from Friday (May 8) to Sunday (May 10) will be available for viewing online through WatchESPN.com, and two of those three games will be televised live on the SEC Network. Here is a schedule of games between LSU and Missouri: Game 1: 7 p.m. Friday, on WatchESPN.com only. Game 2: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, on SEC Network and WatchESPN.com. Game 3: 2 p.m. Sunday,…

By Michael Salfino Houston Astros outfielder Jake Marisnick is one of our daily fantasy picks for Friday, partially because he faces struggling Angels’ starter Jered Weaver. Zuma Press The Methodology: As hard as it is to project a player’s performance in any given season, projecting his performance on any single day is even more difficult. Daily fantasy baseball is all about trying to maximize each day’s matchups using historic batter vs….

The Apple Watch is available in three variations; Watch Sport, Apple Watch and Watch Edition, with the latter starting at £8,000. With the Watch Sport and Apple Watch having much lower entry points, £299 and £479 respectively, we decided to compare the two to find out what it is that you’re paying for, and what the differences are between the two models. See also: Apple Watch Review and How to buy or…

After a long week of work, play or whatever you’ve been up to, Fantasy Friday should do the trick. With a full schedule for DraftKings owners to sort through, finding the best MLB position players can not only be difficult, but downright tedious on a Friday morning or afternoon. Luckily, we’ve picked apart the rosters to pull out the best players to get the most out of your lineup….

2015 Stats: .345 BA, 16 R, 7 HR, 25 RBI, 0 SB (100 PA) Despite not even being eligible at catcher at the very beginning of the season, Stephen Vogt now is the top fantasy performer at the position so far, going by ESPN Fantasy Baseball’s Player Rater. That’s a difficult kind of player to hand over via swap, especially at the always-too-shallow backstop spot, where having a good one puts…

To say the 451st, 452nd and 453rd meetings between the two Magnolia State baseball programs this weekend are important is the biggest understatement of 2015. The Bulldogs (24-24, 8-16 SEC) and Rebels (25-24, 11-13 SEC) are desperate for wins and desperate for anything positive to carry with them into the final weekend of the season and eventually into the SEC Tournament (if State makes it). Heading into this weekend,…

The Mets’ Matt Harvey faces the Phillies, owners of the lowest-scoring offense in the majors. (Getty) It’s Matt Harvey Day! The Mets ace is 5-0 with a 2.41 ERA and strikes out a batter an inning, and takes to the mound Friday vs. the Philadelphia Philles. The same Philadelphia Phillies who are batting .227 as a team and scoring a league-low 2.8 runs per game. Slam. Dunk. Harvey’s $10,600 price…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. The absence of injured Liverpool forward Daniel Sturridge, 25, until September will see Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers target a proven striker in the summer, with Aston Villa forward Christian Benteke, 24, under consideration. (The Times – subscription required)  Midfielder Yaya Toure, 31, is almost certain to leave Manchester…

The Western Hockey League Bantam Draft was held today. Here are the first names of the players selected, as compiled by Blueshirt Banter’s Adam Herman: The WHL Draft has concluded. Here’s our final tally on names. pic.twitter.com/X7fO1DfOjF May 7, 2015 It must be noted exactly who we’re doing with here. The draft pool consists of players who have graduated the Bantam division (ages 13-14), so these promising young players were…

Ronaldo or Messi? While the debate rages on about who is the better player, we can tell you who is better paid. For the second year in a row Cristiano Ronaldo ranks No. 1 on our list of the world’s highest-paid soccer players. The 30-year-old star of Real Madrid, the most valuable soccer team in the world worth $3.26 billion, banked $79 million last year in salary, bonus and endorsements…