ATLANTA (AP) - Matt Wisler snapped a string of four straight losses, Freddie Freeman had three hits, including a two-run homer, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-2 on Thursday. Freeman was still hot one day after he…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Dae-Ho Lee drove in three runs, James Paxton went six effective innings and the Seattle Mariners avoided a three-game sweep by beating the Tampa Bay Rays 6-4 on Thursday. Lee had an RBI single in…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – Alabama State 2B Eriq White has been named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association All-America team. White (5-8, 175; Fr., Snellville, Ga.) earned second team honors by the NCBWA after hitting .346 this season with…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (secsports.com) – Leonard Fournette of the LSU football team, Lloydricia Cameron of the Florida track & field team and the Kentucky Volleyball team and support staff are recipients of the ninth-annual Southeastern Conference Sportsmanship Awards, the league office announced…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Auburn junior outfielder Anfernee Grier picked up his third All-America honor when he was named a third-team All-American by D1 Baseball on Thursday. Grier, who was selected No. 39 overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (secsports.com) – Dan Leibovitz, a veteran basketball coach on the collegiate and professional levels and currently the primary men’s basketball administrator for The American Athletic Conference, has been named Associate Commissioner for Men’s Basketball for the Southeastern Conference,…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (aumathletics.com) --- Auburn University at Montgomery Chancellor Dr. John G. Veres III and Gulf South Conference Commissioner Matt Wilson announced Thursday that the university has been extended, and accepted, a membership invitation to join the GSC as a…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Mike Montgomery walked Logan Morrison with the bases loaded in the 13th inning to bring in the winning run in the Tampa Bay Rays' 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night. Logan Forsythe…
ATLANTA (AP) - Freddie Freeman's lead-off single in the 11th inning against the Reds made him the first Braves player to hit for the cycle in eight years. Freeman doubled in the third inning, tripled in the fourth and hit…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (biscuitsbaseball.com) - The Biscuits got back to .500 on Wednesday night with a hard-fought 4-2 victory over the Chattanooga Lookouts at Riverwalk Stadium. Chris Kirsch was on the mound for Montgomery, and the left-hander delivered another solid performance…
PHOENIX (dbacks.com) -- The D-backs have signed supplemental first-round pick Anfernee Grier for $1.5 million, the club announced Wednesday. Grier was at Chase Field on Wednesday afternoon for Arizona's 3-2 loss to the Dodgers. After watching the game from a…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The Tampa Bay Rays say their Pride Night game on Friday, dedicated to the victims of last Sunday's mass shooting in Orlando, is sold out. The Rays put all open seats to the game against…
TUSKEGEE, Ala. (goldentigersports.com) -- Tuskegee University second-year head coach Melissa Robinson released the 2016 volleyball schedule Wednesday evening, featuring five home matches and two tournaments. “I am excited about the upcoming season,” Robinson said. “It will be very competitive. We have…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Sprint Cup team of Kyle Larson has been punished by NASCAR for the second consecutive race. Interim crew chief Philip Surgen was fined $25,000 and the Chip Ganassi Racing team lost 15 driver points and…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – Alabama State OF Carlos Ocasio and RHP Joseph Camacho were named to the American Baseball Coaches Association / Rawlings South Central All-Region team, announced on Wednesday. Ocasio (5-10, 185; Jr., Palm Bay, Fla.) hit. 330 this…
CLEVELAND (AP) - Craig Sager is going to work his first NBA Finals game. The longtime sideline reporter has been added to ESPN's broadcast team for Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night between the Golden State Warriors…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Auburn will play Oklahoma, a Final Four team this past season, in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s Birthday of Basketball at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., on Dec. 21, 2016. It will…
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. (auburntigers.com) – Auburn junior outfielder Anfernee Grier was named a third-team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) on Wednesday. Grier, who was selected No. 39 overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2016 MLB…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (secsports.com) – Mark Whitehead, a 31-year veteran of college basketball officiating and five-time NCAA Final Four official, has been named Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officials for the Southeastern Conference, replacing Jake Bell who is stepping down from that…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Evan Longoria and Corey Dickerson had three RBIs apiece and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied from an early four-run deficit to beat the Seattle Mariners 8-7 on Tuesday night. Longoria's seventh homer in his last…
ATLANTA (AP) - Jay Bruce had a three-run homer in the first, Brandon Finnegan pitched six strong innings and the surging Cincinnati Reds escaped a jam in the ninth to beat the weak-hitting Atlanta Braves 3-1 on Tuesday night. Finnegan…
PENSACOLA, Fla. (biscuitsbaseball.com) - The Biscuits beat the Pensacola Blue Wahoos, 7-1, on Tuesday night at Admiral Fetterman Field in downtown Pensacola in the five-game series finale on the Panhandle. Taylor Guerrieri (5-4) got the start for Montgomery and delivered…
On Saturday June 11th, Wilson Adams received a call that changed his life. "My dad calls me. Did you hear? As far as I knew my nephew had said his first words or something. He said no, you've been drafted."…
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Former Auburn tailback Roc Thomas is transferring to Jacksonville State. A onetime prized recruit, Thomas played for Gamecocks coach John Grass at nearby Oxford High School. Jacksonville State said Monday that Thomas has signed a financial…
ATLANTA (AP) - The Atlanta Braves have optioned right-hander Ryan Weber to Triple-A Gwinnett and recalled left-hander Dario Alvarez. The Braves claimed Alvarez on waivers from the New York Mets on May 25. Alvarez, who will join Atlanta's bullpen, posed…
