Dax Whitney was dominant early and the Oregon State Beavers were clutch late, beating Louisville 4-3 in walkoff fashion Friday at the Men’s College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. Gavin Turley doubled down the left field line to score Aiva Arquette from first in the bottom of the ninth inning, breaking a 3-3 tie and…
The College World Series is back in Omaha, but what can baseball fans do between games?KETV NewsWatch 7 has put together a list of popular and some not-so-well-known attractions around town for CWS fans to check out while they’re here.Attractions9/11 MemorialOutside of Omaha City Hall building in downtown, a sculpture honoring the victims of 9/11…
Cohen Broussard spent Friday morning wearing a graduation robe and collecting his McKinney North diploma in front of family and friends. About 12 hours later, he sprinted through first base at Dallas Baptist University’s Horner Ballpark, ripped his batting helmet off with his right hand and flung into the air as a mob of teammates…
The Jackrabbits hopped all over the Mavericks on Mother’s Day as Omaha lost the rubber match against South Dakota State. The Mavericks lost 14-3, succumbing to the mercy rule in the seventh inning. The Jackrabbits came out of the gates scorching, plating 13 runs in the first four innings. Omaha pitchers Maddox Meyer, Sam Beck…
Longest-reigning sports organist is still going strong at 89 – CBS News Watch CBS News At 89, Fred Costello is believed to be the longest-reigning sports organist in history. Dave Malkoff has more about the man who has been in the booth for the minor league baseball team, the Rochester Red Wings, since 1977. Be…
CHICAGO — Aroldis Chapman’s Red Sox tenure got off to a very strong start in the first two weeks of the season. Saturday, though, brought the first meltdown of the veteran closer’s season — and it unfolded in a somewhat predictable way. Chapman, who owns a 4.7-walks-per-nine rate throughout his 16-year major league career, issued…
DUBOIS — The DuBois and Lakeview baseball teams played a marathon contest Friday at Showers Field, with the host Beavers pulling out a thrilling 6-5 victory on a walk-off single by Samson Deeb in the bottom of the 13th innings to hand the Sailors their first loss of the season. Both teams have gotten off…
Miller Gardner, the 14-year-old son of the longtime Yankees player Brett Gardner, died of carbon monoxide poisoning while on vacation with his family last month, the Costa Rican authorities said on Thursday. A toxicology report after his death found high levels of carboxyhemoglobin, an indicator of carbon monoxide in the blood, according to a statement…
There’s a look Adley Rutschman and others receive from the opposing first baseman when they get on base, a slight raise of the eyebrow when they see the necklace around Rutschman’s neck. As opposed to the heavy gold chains some players adorn, these are braided necklaces made of nylon-wrapped titanium worth a little over $20….
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Kentucky battered Texas A&M’s starting pitching for the third consecutive day and won a series against the Aggies in College Station for the second time in three trips, earning a 10-5 victory on Sunday afternoon. The game concluded after eight innings due to the Southeastern Conference’s getaway day travel curfew where…