Georgia Southern was picked as the favorite for 2015 in the Sun Belt Conference in the voting by the head coaches. The Eagles (9-3, 8-0) won the title a year ago under head coach Willie Fritz, who looks to duplicate that feat in his second season at the school. Louisiana-Lafayette (9-4, 7-1) is in the […]
Never really been a fan of trade deadline deals. Most of the time, the teams I follow are often sellers. Case in point, my favorite team, the Cincinnati Reds recently moved pitchers Johnny Cueto and Mike Leake. At least they are now on teams where I have some interest. When I was a teenager, the […]
Cincinnati is the favorite to claim victory in the American Athletic Conference’s first championship game according to the latest media poll. The Bearcats (9-4, 7-1), Memphis (10-3, 7-1) and Central Florida (9-4, 7-1) all shared the title in 2014, but with the addition of Navy into the league a title tilt can be staged between […]
Two teams splitting a doubleheader isn’t really that unusual. Joel Youngblood was part of a win and a loss on August 4, 1982. The unique part of his story is that the win was in Chicago and the loss in Philadelphia. Youngblood began the day in Wrigley Field as the centerfielder for the New York […]
The top performances in Major League Baseball this week were by Brandon Phillips of the Cincinnati Reds and Taijuan Walker of the Seattle Mariners. According to the scoreboard at Great American Ball Park, Phillips became the first player in the big leagues since 1920 to have four hits, two homers, seven RBI and a pair […]
Les Miles begins his 11th season at LSU hoping that the Tigers can bounce back from an 8-5 campaign a year ago. The 2014 season was the first time since 2009 that the Tigers had not reached double digits in wins. A key to success in 2015 begins with sophomore running back Leonard Fournette, who […]
Florida is looking to a new head coach to bring the program back to prominence in the Southeastern Conference and the nation after a 7-5 season a year ago. Former Colorado State Head Coach Jim McElwain takes over for Will Muschamp, who is now an assistant at Auburn. “I think part of the experience of […]
The members of the Southeastern Conference media put Auburn in the strange position heading into the 2015 season. The Tigers were selected as the favorite to win the SEC championship, but they were also picked to finish second in the West. Auburn Head Coach Gus Malzahn welcomes back 15 starters for last year’s 8-5 squad […]
University of Kentucky Head Coach Mark Stoops enters his third year in Lexington hoping to continue the growth of the program. In his first season the Wildcats were 2-10 and last year they improved to 5-7. “I feel like we learned a lot of valuable lessons,” Stoops said during the Southeastern Conference media days. “As […]
A National Baseball Hall of Fame career began on this date 56 years ago. The rookie first baseman for the San Francisco Giants got four hits as he led his team to a 7-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on July 30, 1959. Willie McCovey singled in his first big league at bat off Robin […]