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…
NEW YORK (AP) - Heavyweight boxer Deontay Wilder and promoter DiBella Entertainment have filed a $5 million lawsuit against Russian Alexander Povetkin and his promoter. Wilder and DiBella filed suit alleging breach of contract Monday in U.S. District Court of…
DALLAS, Texas (aumathletics.com) ---- The Auburn Montgomery sports information staff was honored with the 2015-16 Gary Spitler Memorial Award for Excellence in Publications Monday, after earning 15 top-10 finishes, including four first-place showings, in the NAIA-SIDA Publications and Media Contest.…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – Alabama State baseball pitcher Joseph Camacho has signed a free agent contract with the Oakland A’s. Camacho (5-9, 175; Sr., El Paso, Texas) recorded one of the most outstanding careers in the history of Hornet Athletics.…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The Tampa Bay Rays are dedicating their annual Pride Night to the victims of Sunday's mass shooting in Orlando. The team announced Tuesday that open seats for Friday night's game against the San Francisco Giants…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com)– Auburn women’s basketball rising senior Khady Dieng is competing for a spot on the Senegal women’s national team as tryouts began this week. Dieng, a native of Dakar, Senegal, is in her home country for the summer. Tryouts…
PENSACOLA, Fla.(biscuitsbaseball.com) - For the third time in four nights, the Biscuits lost to the Pensacola Blue Wahoos on a walk-off, this one a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth by Kyle Skipworth, as Montgomery fell, 4-3.…
ATLANTA (AP) - Tyler Holt's bases-loaded walk off closer Arodys Vizcaino forced in the tie-breaking run in the ninth inning and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Atlanta Braves 9-8 on Monday night in a matchup of teams with the worst…
JACKSONVILLE, Ala (jsugamecocksports.com) – The Jacksonville State football program got another big addition on Monday, when running back Roc Thomas signed his financial aid agreement to join the Gamecocks. Thomas, an Oxford native and transfer from Auburn, is the fourth…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AlabamaNews.Net)--- Auburn football is a program undergoing change like bringing in a new defensive coordinator in Kevin Steele and a starting quarterback that right now has yet to be decided. But what do former Tigers think of the current state…
BURLINGTON, Ky. (AP) - The Boone County Sheriff's Department says Kentucky senior forward Derek Willis was found lying in the street and stated that he had "a lot" to drink when he was arrested for public intoxication. The arrest citation…
