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USA Hockey and representatives of the women’s national team will meet Monday to discuss a wage dispute that could lead to players boycotting the upcoming world championships. John Langel, a lawyer for the players, tells The Associated Press that they’ll meet with USA Hockey officials in Philadelphia two days before the scheduled start of training camp. Players announced Wednesday they’d boycott camp and the tournament unless significant progress is made…

Buck has a diverse racing background that includes success in sprint cars, IndyCar — where he spent nearly 20 years — and stints in NASCAR on the team side where he worked with Robby Gordon, Andy Petree and Doug Yates in various capacities. Before he was named series managing director prior to the start of the 2014 season, he was vice president of racing operations for the International Motor Sports…

The bloody gash on Kyle Busch’s forehead wasn’t the only cut at Las Vegas Motor Speedway last week. The track appears poised to ax more seats that were largely empty at the Kobalt 400, and TV ratings for the March 12 NASCAR race were down 17 percent. What, if anything, does it mean for the viability of a second NASCAR race in Las Vegas? The Kobalt 400 produced a late…

Hereby: This is the catch that saved America …  That’s Adam Jones, free-born American baseball player, making a wonder-snare in the seventh inning of Team USA’s eventual 6-3 win over the Dominican Republic on Saturday night. Shortly after Jones’ catch, Robinson Cano would homer thus cutting the U.S. lead to a single run. As such, Jones’ catch stands as one that was absolutely critical at the time. You’ll also note…

Two undefeated teams will meet two teams with two losses in the Semi-Finals of the World Baseball Classic. Pool play is complete. Three games until we know the champion. Three games until meaningful baseball is over, and we go back to Spring Training. But, let’s not think about that now. We are down to three games that are sure to be exciting. Pool F Game 5: Puerto Rico 13, Venezuela…

In a span of three innings Sunday, the LSU baseball team scored six runs on just two hits. Although it got a little hairy late, the Tigers rode those innings to a 7-6 win against Georgia, clinching a series sweep at Alex Box Stadium. “We did what we needed to do,” said senior shortstop Kramer Robertson, who scored three of those six crucial runs. “It wasn’t…

On Tuesday, USA will take on Japan in their World Baseball Classic semifinals game. The winner of that game will advance to the WBC Championship Game on Wednesday, where they’ll take on the winner of Monday’s game between Puerto Rico and the Netherlands. USA beat the Dominican Republic to advance Saturday night . When USA takes the field against Japan on Tuesday night, they’ll have a new weapon in their…

Updated 13 minutes ago In half its regular-season games last season, the Jeannette baseball team was able to bottle up its opponents bats, holding foes to four runs or fewer in eight of 16 contests. The end result for the Jayhawks (9-8, 7-3) was a third-place finish in…

Download the CBS Sports App today and get instant tournament news and alerts, plus get the latest picks and upsets from SportsLine! Bracket Central Expert Picks Latest odds In the thrall of this moment, we’ll start with a thought on the tournament. This tournament, this annual event. The tournament. It gives us great things every year, things we’ve never seen before but have come to expect that make the sports experience worthwhile. So now…

Photo credit: Sean Gardner/Getty Images It isn’t often that racing spats over wrecks get super technical. It’s usually just a finger-pointing match over who hit whom and why. But after a wreck with Joey Logano in Las Vegas, Kyle Busch apparently asked to see his throttle data to determine if Logano hit him on purpose—after trying to punch him, of course. Advertisement At Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 12,…

USA Hockey and representatives of the women’s national team will meet Monday to discuss a wage dispute that could lead to players boycotting the upcoming world championships. John Langel, a lawyer for the players, tells The Associated Press that they’ll meet with USA Hockey officials in Philadelphia two days before the scheduled start of training camp. Players announced Wednesday they’d boycott camp and the tournament unless significant progress is made…

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Joey Logano is on the pole for NASCAR’s Camping World Cup 500 today in Phoenix. The question now is will former teammate Kyle Busch make it his business to track Logano down and bump him over. Last week, the two came to blows on pit row. There were no penalties given to either driver by NASCAR. But race officials did have the two together for a sit-down….

On Sunday the NCAA revealed the 16 teams that will be participating in the 2017 hockey tournament. The University of Denver, which is led by Troy Terry and Will Butcher enters the tournament as the No. 1 overall seed. Butcher, still unsigned as a draft pick by the Colorado Avalanche, is one of the top defensemen in the country and one of the 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Award…

The Gophers men’s hockey team received a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, qualifying for the 16-team tournament after failing to a year ago. Minnesota (23-11-3) begins play in the four-team Northeast Regional in Manchester, N.H., at 2:30 p.m.Saturday against future Big Ten foe Notre Dame (21-11-5) in a game that will be televised on ESPNU. If the Gophers win, they will play in Sunday’s regional final against the…

After two impressive wins to open the weekend, Auburn baseball aims for a sweep of No. 5 Florida on Sunday to open SEC play. First pitch is set for 1 p.m., with Auburn right-hander Davis Daniel (1-0, 4.50 ERA) and Florida righty Jackson Kowar (3-0, 2.19 ERA) toeing the rubber at Plainsman Park. The Tigers have not swept the Gators since 1987. AL.com will provide live updates from Sunday’s action…

Hereby: This is the catch that saved America …  That’s Adam Jones, free-born American baseball player, making a wonder-snare in the seventh inning of Team USA’s eventual 6-3 win over the Dominican Republic on Saturday night. Shortly after Jones’ catch, Robinson Cano would homer thus cutting the U.S. lead to a single run. As such, Jones’ catch stands as one that was absolutely critical at the time. You’ll also note…

Winter officially ends tomorrow — not soon enough for our Contributor Jim Gaffigan:  Winter is still here. Can you believe it? Like death, taxes and kale, it may never go away. ‘Tis the season for misery masquerading as fun, according to the comedian and “Sunday Morning” contributor. This week the Northeast was hit with a Nor’easter, which is like Easter but instead of eggs and candy, you get snow and…

Andy Page is an instructional assistant at Sunnyslope High School and is the winter sports finalist for the Unsung Hero Award of the azcentral.com Sports Awards.(Photo: Tom Tingle/azcentral sports) As a Phoenix Sunnyslope student, Andrew “Andy” Page competed in varsity basketball and baseball. He also ran cross country and played on the golf team. But when he wasn’t competing in sports, he was the senior class student body president, and he was in a…

CLOSE x Embed x Share Previewing the action as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series moves on to Phoenix International Raceway. USA TODAY Sports Joey Logano (22) holds off Kyle Busch (18) in November to win at Phoenix International Raceway and secure a berth in the championship race.(Photo: Jerome Miron, USA TODAY Sports) It’s NASCAR race day at Phoenix Raceway, and we’ve got everything you need to know to get…

As the world championships inch closer, the pay dispute between USA Hockey and the women’s national team is getting hotter. The two parties still haven’t come to terms on a deal. USA Hockey said Saturday that it plans to meet with players and their representatives on Monday to try to reach a deal and prevent a players boycott. The organization released a document Friday that details what it says it…