PHOENIX (AP) - Corey Dickerson homered twice and the Tampa Bay Rays completed a 10-game trip with a 6-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday. Desmond Jennings also homered for the Rays, who took two of three in Arizona…
DURHAM, N.C. (auburntigers.com) –Auburn outfielder Anfernee Grier has honored as a first team All-American by Baseball America. An All-SEC selection and Golden Spikes Award semifinalist, Grier batted .366 on the season with 12 home runs and 41 RBI. He finished the…
ATLANTA, GA (goldentigersports.com) -- Four hundred and forty-seven student-athletes were named to the Commissioner’s All-Academic Team for maintaining at least a 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average throughout the 2015-16 academic year. One hundred and nine student-athletes were placed on…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Former Philadelphia Eagles executive Ed Marynowitz has returned to Alabama as associate athletic director for football. Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban announced Marynowitz's hiring on Wednesday. Formerly Alabama's director of player personnel, Marynowitz was the Eagles'…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Sun Belt Conference commissioner Karl Benson says the league's inaugural football championship game in 2018 most likely will be held at the home field of one of the qualifying teams. Benson, who announced on Wednesday the…
NEW YORK (AP) - Kelly Johnson is back with the New York Mets. The Mets acquired the utilityman from the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday for right-hander Akeel Morris. As part of the deal, the Braves will pay the Mets $450,000…
NEW YORK (AP) - The 2001 Muhammad Ali biopic "Ali" will return to theaters this weekend to celebrate the late boxing legend. Sony Pictures said Wednesday that Michael Mann's film, starring Will Smith, will play in a few hundred theaters…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The NCAA says attendance at men's college basketball games declined slightly last season. Total attendance in all three NCAA divisions was 32,382,283, the 10th-highest total in history. The per-game average dropped by 25 from 2014-15. Fewer fans…
NEW ORLEANS, La. (sunbeltsports.org)- The Sun Belt Conference will hold its first ever football championship game as the league's presidents and chancellors, as well as athletic directors, voted unanimously to play the game beginning in 2018. The announcement was made…
UNDATED (AP) -- A person with direct knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press that the Sun Belt will implement a football championship game in 2018. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday night because the conference had…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) - Alabama State baseball players Eriq White and Diandre Amion were named to the Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-America team Wednesday, announced by Collegiate Baseball. White (5-8, 175; Fr., Snellville, Ga.) hit .346 this season with three home…
TROY, Ala. (troytrojans.com) – Troy's non-conference football game at Southern Miss on Sept. 17 has been scheduled for a 6 p.m. kickoff and the game will be broadcast live on beIN Sports USA, Conference USA announced Wednesday morning. Troy's visit…
LONDON (AP) - Maria Sharapova has been suspended for two years by the International Tennis Federation for testing positive for meldonium at the Australian Open. The ruling, announced Wednesday, can be appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The…
MONTGOMERY, Ala.(biscuitsbaseball.com) - The Biscuits won their first game of their five-game home stand against the Biloxi Shuckers, taking Tuesday night's contest, 6-3, over their South Division rivals at Riverwalk Stadium. Hunter Wood (2-0) was making just his second start…
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -Emily Carosone's grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning lifted Auburn to a stunning 11-7 victory over Oklahoma on Tuesday night to force a deciding Game 3 for the NCAA softball championship. Oklahoma led 7-0…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (biscuitsbaseball.com) - The Southern League announced Tuesday that five Montgomery Biscuits players have been named Mid-Season Southern League All-Stars for the 2016 Southern League All-Star Game, which will be played on Tuesday, June 21 at Trustmark Park in…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (biscuitsbaseball.com)- The Biscuits fell the the Biloxi Shuckers for a second straight night by a score of 4-2 on Monday evening at Riverwalk Stadium. The Biscuits had Chih-Wei Hu (2-3) on the mound, who brought his 1.84 ERA…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – The Auburn Athletics Department will open Jane B. Moore Field to host a viewing party for the championship series of the Women’s College World Series. The series will be shown on the video board. Parking will…
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Pinch-runner Morgan Podany beat a throw to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning and Auburn beat Florida State 8-7 on Sunday night in the Women's College World Series to advance to the best-of-three…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (biscuitsbaseball.com) - The Biscuits lost their first of a five-game series on Sunday afternoon, falling to the visiting Biloxi Shuckers by a score of 4-2 at Riverwalk Stadium. The loss snapped a season-high four-game winning streak for the…
PUNTA CANA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (auburntigers.com) – Former Auburn All-American Dominic Bozzelli won the inaugural Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship, his first career Web.com Tour win, on Sunday. The win vaults him into sixth on the money list. The Rochester,…
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Yasmani Grandal hit a three-run homer, Corey Seager added two more home runs, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 12-6 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep with their seventh win in a row…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Evan Longoria homered for the fourth consecutive game, connecting twice, and the Tampa Bay Rays earned a 7-5 win against the Minnesota Twins on Sunday. Logan Morrison also homered twice and Longoria added an RBI single in…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Tampa Bay Rays placed outfielder Brandon Guyer on the 15-day disabled list on Sunday with a left hamstring strain, and recalled infielder Nick Franklin from Triple-A Durham. Guyer started 29 of the past 33 games for…
LONG POND, Pa. (AP) - Rain has postponed the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway until Monday. Brad Keselowski sits on the pole for the race which has a noon start in Pocono's first Monday race since 2009. The…
