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BASEBALL CITY Division III Championship, Friday •Valley Arts/Sciences 4, Sherman Oaks CES 3

Final: Lee County 8, Johns Creek 0 in decisive semifinal game 3. Tough end to a controversial series. #Team11 pic.twitter.com/YSimVpgX6p — 11Alive Sports (@11AliveSports) May 26, 2017 A controversial baseball series in Georgia came to a close on Friday. Four days after the GHSA Board of Trustees accepted the Johns Creek (Ga.) baseball team’s appeal of a ruling that overturned their Class AAAAAA semifinal win, the team fell to Lee…

Virginia outfielder Adam Haseley (7) rounds third base on his way to score during game ten of the 2017 ACC Baseball Tournament in Louisville, KY, Friday, May. 26, 2017. (Photo By Timothy D. Easley, theACC.com)

“Wissman’s been pretty good for a few years,” Hill said. “We knew that going in. We hit a couple of balls right at people, but we couldn’t string hits together, like we had been doing. When you can throw a couple of pitches for strikes, that’s baseball in a nutshell. We thought if we got into their (bullpen), we’d have a shot, but Peltier has a good arm, too. Unfortunately,…

Hoboken, N.J.-based consumer-goods giant Newell Brands is selling its winter-sports businesses, which include Seattle-based K2 Sports ski-maker and Ride snowboards. The new owner will be New York-based private equity firm Kohlberg & Company. The $240 million deal is expected to close late in the second quarter or early in the third quarter. K2 and Ride could not be reached for comments or details on how the transaction will affect the…

It never happened between Magic Johnson’s Lakers and Larry Bird’s Celtics. Same for Michael Jordan and Karl Malone or Jerry West and Bill Russell. While there have been 14 rematches in NBA Finals history, this year’s meeting between LeBron James’ Cleveland Cavaliers and Stephen Curry’s Golden State Warriors will be the first trilogy in league history. After the Warriors beat the Cavs for their first title in 40 years in…

As Detroit prepares to demolish and say goodbye to the storied Joe Louis Arena, Onion Sports examines some of the greatest stadiums of all time. Has been selected by The Saginaw News as the best 100,000-plus-seat venue in Washtenaw County for 13 consecutive years. Grunts travel up to 150 percent faster on clay courts than hard courts, making the home of the French Open a favorite among ATP pros. The…

Sometimes, a story just flat out needs to be told. This is one of those times. On Wednesday afternoon in Charlotte, more than 50 members of the NASCAR Hall of Fame Voting Panel gathered to select the five individuals who would be inducted into the hall’s Class of 2018. The panel members consist of everyone from NASCAR CEO Brian France to track operators, former racers, representatives of the three automakers…

By STEVE REED, AP Sports Writer CONCORD, N.C. — NASCAR is trying to inject some excitement into Charlotte Motor Speedway, where recent races have been relatively predictable, even dull: When a lead car breaks free from the pack, it’s been nearly impossible to catch. Nobody could catch Kyle Larson when he was running in clean air during the first two 20-lap segments of the NASCAR All-Star race last weekend. And…

3:09 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment CONCORD, N.C. — Drivers certainly don’t like to see a back injury, but with the violent nature of the Aric Almirola crash two weeks ago that broke Almirola’s back, there is no groundswell for changes to the cars, nor to the safety systems. Bryan Clauson’s legacy, inspiration, lives on through organ donations Bryan Clauson’s death after a race accident…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment AUSTIN, Texas — State lawmakers have given Texas Motor Speedway a big helping hand if the state’s premier stock-car track wants to lobby for NASCAR’s All-Star Race and season-ending championship. The Texas Legislature approved a bill Thursday that makes those two races eligible for the state’s Major Events Reimbursement Program, the same fund that is used to help attract big events such…

When he was a kid, Marcus Smith would get out of school early on the Thursday before the 600-mile NASCAR race held at the racetrack his family owns in Concord. He and his brothers went to watch not only the qualifying races, but the boxing matches staged near the front stretch grandstands. “Those were my favorite,” said Smith, now the CEO of Speedway Motorsports, the company that owns Charlotte Motor…

CLOSE x Embed x Share This year’s event will be held June 24 at the Wells Fargo Arena and will highlight the achievements of about 800 All-Iowa honorees. Des Moines Register Buy Photo Des Moines Register Sports Awards logo(Photo: Register)Buy Photo The All-Iowa Special Olympics Elite athletes will be honored at the Des Moines Register Sports Awards on June 24 at Wells Fargo Arena in downtown Des Moines.  Male Finalists…

Though he hasn’t taken the checkered flag yet on the NASCAR Monster Energy circuit, stock car racing scion Chase Elliott has taken the sport by storm. He’s won five times on the XFINITY level and twice in the Camping World Truck Series, he was the 2016 NASCAR Rookie of the Year, and he sits fourth in the points going into the Coca-Cola 600. And while Bill Elliott’s son may…

With threats of strikes and retaliatory layoffs, and no shortage of sniping on social media, a battle last winter had the stamps of a modern-day union war. Thing is, the workers weren’t even unionized. Professional video game players fumed at their team owner for going against his word, at least that’s how they saw it. They successfully leveraged the prospect of a strike to get out of his grip. And…

Krossover founder Vasu Kulkarni says his company’s exit is a pretty good sign for the sports tech world. (Photo by Grant Lamos IV/Getty Images for AWXII) Sports video analysis and statistics company Krossover has been acquired by Dallas-based Blue Star Sports, a company linked to Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and focused on building sports management software. The acquisition comes after Krossover, an eight year old company, has raised over $24 million…

Oscar De La Hoya has penned a letter to boxing fans, urging them to turn their backs on the possible Floyd Mayweather Jr. versus Conor McGregor boxing match. As former 10-time champion De La Hoya works to promote the Sept. 16 middleweight title bout between unbeaten, three-belt champion Gennady Golovkin and Mexico’s most popular fighter, former two-division champion Canelo Alvarez, his cause has been distracted by attention on Mayweather-McGregor. That…

Former Sky Sports News presenter David Bobin passed away on Wednesday The presenter moved to Sky Sports in 1993 after many years on terrestrial TV  Bobin was also known for fronting the channel’s Spanish football coverage  By Glen Williams For Mailonline Published: 11:11 EDT, 26 May 2017 | Updated: 12:21 EDT, 26 May 2017 e-mail 1 View comments Former Sky Sports News presenter David Bobin passed away on Wednesday at…

When he was a kid, Marcus Smith would get out of school early on the Thursday before the 600-mile NASCAR race held at the racetrack his family owns in Concord. He and his brothers went to watch not only the qualifying races, but the boxing matches staged near the front stretch grandstands. “Those were my favorite,” said Smith, now the CEO of Speedway Motorsports, the company that owns Charlotte Motor…

NASCAR pit crew members come in all shapes and sizes, but they must be consistent in two crucial ways: Long on persistence and short on memory. It’s an odd part-time job: Train throughout the week for a series of 12-second procedures that would rival emergency rooms for urgency. Jack up the car, change tires, fine-tune the handling and fill that gas tank. If even one of these six crewmen misses…