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If you stayed up late Saturday night to watch Arkansas baseball, you were sweetly rewarded. Arkansas put Nebraska on blast in the second game of the Frisco Classic down in Frisco, Texas, 15-5. Unlike previous Razorbacks’ high-scoring efforts, Saturday’s was well-rounded. Arkansas scored runs in six different innings to handle the Cornhuskers all night. And all morning. The game didn’t end until 12:24 a.m. It was supposed to begin at…

Michigan State baseball coach Jake Boss.(Photo: Al Goldis, for the Lansing State Journal) College baseball: A six-run sixth inning powered Michigan State to a 10-2 win over Presbyterian at the First Pitch Invitational at Greenville, S.C. Brandon Hughes had two hits, scored two runs and stole three bases for MSU (8-1). … Ryan McClelland had three RBIs as Northwood beat Chestnut Hill, 7-1, at Ft. Pierce, Fla. Nathan Langerfeld (1-0)…

By Jason Avery News-Times Staff PARKERS CHAPEL – One thing is for certain. When Parkers Chapel and Smackover meet on the baseball diamond, there is never a dull moment. The Union County rivals played another nail-biter on Saturday afternoon, as the Trojans outlasted the Bucks 7-6 at Robert McKinnon Park in a game that wasn’t decided until Logan Selman struck out Nick Jennings with the tying and go-ahead runs at…

Here’s what to expect in Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway: 5 bold predictions ▪  It will be one of the season’s more entertaining races, with NASCAR’s new aero package being introduced on a well-worn track. ▪  After the race, drivers will bemoan Atlanta’s decision to repave the track, a process that will begin in a few weeks. ▪  Pole-winner Kevin Harvick will dominate the early…

Photo Credit: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Five months after U.S. Soccer lashed out at Megan Rapinoe for kneeling during the national anthem as a form of protest before an exhibition game, they’ve codified their dislike for silent and non-disruptive self-expression in this form. As of today, they’re apparently the first major American sports organization to formally announce a requirement that players stand for the national anthem since Colin Kaepernick sparked anthem…

Image via Fox Sports NASCAR on Twitter NASCAR decided that rather than running its weekend triple header over three days like usual, it would run both the Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series races on the same day. Both races started with a wreck in the first two laps at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday. Advertisement The Xfinity race started the day in Atlanta, with Ty Dillon’s No. 3…

Move over, Doug The Pug, and make room for Mr. Tickles. Well, that might be a bit premature. But if you’re looking for an animal with an entertaining social media personality, look no further than NASCAR driver AJ Allmendinger’s cat, Mr. Tickles. (He’s presumably Allmendinger’s cat based on the driver’s frequent cameos in his videos and the number of times they retweet and mention each other.) With more than 2,300 followers on…

Cape Town – Interest in cycling has grown in leaps and bounds over the past few years as more cyclists turn professional and as a number of young people in the townships have taken to the sport. Cycling academies, assisted by big corporates, have empowered many youngsters from historically disadvantaged communities. This has, in turn, seen the face of this elite sport transform. Bonga Ngqobane, co-founder of Khayelitsha-based Bonga.Org Cycling…

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Eddy Alvarez won an Olympic silver medal in short-track speedskating at the 2014 Sochi Games and a world-junior gold in 2009. But getting a call from the White Sox with an invitation to start a professional baseball career topped both of those thrills. “I broke down,’’ said Alvarez, a 5-9 switch-hitting shortstop. “I cried — I did. “In all honesty, I felt happier getting that call than…

Bevo Beat Welcome to Bevo Beat, the American-Statesman’s Longhorn sports news blog. Enjoy free and unlimited access. UT starting pitcher Blair Henley delivers a pitch in th first inning against UConn at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Sunday February 26, 2017. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN Baseball Posted March 4th, 2017 American-Statesman Staff [email protected] The Texas Longhorns baseball team dropped the series finale against Stanford, 2-1 in a pitchers’ duel in Stanford,…

Caption Close Baseball cards, including the one in the center of a young Derek Jeter, are for sale at Remember When in Brookfield. Tommy Balash Jr., 76, and his son Anthony, 42, of Brookfield, own and operate Remember When, a sports memoribilia business in Brookfield. Photo Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. less Photo: Carol Kaliff / Hearst Connecticut Media Dust off those boxes of baseball cards in the attic and take…

One person is dead and three others were injured after a bus full of college baseball players caused a pileup crash on Saturday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The bus, which was carrying the Hiram College baseball team from Ohio, was driving south on Interstate 75 in Pasco County about 12:30 p.m., highway patrol Sgt. Steve Gaskins said. As lanes started to merge near mile marker 287, the driver…

HOUSTON, Texas – The No. 10 Texas Tech baseball team got back in the win column on Saturday afternoon, taking down No. 11 Ole Miss, 5-1, in game two of the 2017 Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic at Minute Maid Park.   The Red Raiders (10-2) reached the 10-win mark after receiving another masterful performance by sophomore left-handed pitcher Steven Gingery, earning his third win in his third start of the…

One week after winning the XFINITY race at Daytona as the primary sponsor on Ryan Reed’s No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford, Lilly Diabetes is expanding its role with NASCAR. NASCAR and Lilly Diabetes announced Friday that Lilly has signed a multi-year partnership with the sport to serve as the “Official Diabetes Health Partner of NASCAR.” The new partnership will feature multiple health and wellness initiatives along with an editorial…

Move over, Doug The Pug, and make room for Mr. Tickles. Well, that might be a bit premature. But if you’re looking for an animal with an entertaining social media personality, look no further than NASCAR driver AJ Allmendinger’s cat, Mr. Tickles. (He’s presumably Allmendinger’s cat based on the driver’s frequent cameos in his videos and the number of times they retweet and mention each other.) With more than 2,300 followers on…

Image via Fox Sports NASCAR on Twitter NASCAR decided that rather than running its weekend triple header over three days like usual, it would run both the Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series races on the same day. Both races started with a wreck in the first two laps at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday. Advertisement The Xfinity race started the day in Atlanta, with Ty Dillon’s No. 3…

Revisit the USWNT’s friendly against Thailand, when Megan Rapinoe chose to kneel during the singing of the national anthem. Look back at Megan Rapinoe’s reasoning for kneeling during the national anthem before their Thailand friendly last September. United States players must “stand respectfully” during the national anthems before national team games, U.S. Soccer announced on Saturday. The new policy was revealed at the national federation’s annual general meeting in Hawaii…

The lessons come at second-year NASCAR driver Chase Elliott fast, every week. As Elliott continues to discover, it can be often be a hard education. Take last week in the season-opening Daytona 500, NASCAR’s most prestigious race. Elliott, who had started on the pole and won a qualifying race days earlier, led the race with three laps remaining. He appeared to be in control, his first career victory firmly in…

One person is dead and three others were injured after a bus full of college baseball players caused a pileup crash on Saturday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The bus, which was carrying the Hiram College baseball team from Ohio, was driving south on Interstate 75 in Pasco County about 12:30 p.m., highway patrol Sgt. Steve Gaskins said. As lanes started to merge near mile marker 287, the driver…

The Arizona Interscholastic Association, which oversees high school sports in the state, decided the best way to handle the loss of control its coaches have when their players participate in club sports is to make the high school program be like club sports. The AIA’s legislative council voted overwhelmingly to approve a measure that would essentially allow year-round coaching and practices by sport, rather than, say, football season ending when…