Ohio Valley Conference

Bystander SEC gears up for nonconference weekend

2012-11-16 16:00:00

The Southeastern Conference is, for now, a helpless Bowl Championship Series bystander as it monitors three undefeated outliers competing for this season's title. Winners of six straight BCS crowns, the SEC needs any two among these three teams —...

In the SEC, the sun smiles on South Carolina and Florida

2012-10-07 00:00:00

Top-ranked Alabama rested at home as four other undefeated top-10 teams from the Southeastern Conference jumped straight to 2014 and staged their own four-team playoff. It's always pre-Copernicus down South, where the sun revolves around the SEC....

FSU, UF, Miami and FAU headed to NCAA Tournament

2013-05-27 18:32:57

Florida State, Miami and Florida are making routine trips to the baseball NCAA Tournament, while FAU is hoping to extend a sizzling run that propelled it into the postseason. Despite going 0-3 in the ACC Tournament, the Seminoles were rewarded for a...

Gators baseball team earns trip to NCAA Tournament

2013-05-27 09:23:00

A late-season swoon was not enough to keep the Florida Gators out of the NCAA Tournament for the sixth season in a row. The Gators (29-28) are headed to the Indiana as a No. 3 seed to face No. 2 seed Austin Peay (45-13) on Friday in regional action. Top...

Scoreboard -- May 25, 2013

2013-05-25 22:20:00

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Scoreboard -- May 23, 2013

2013-05-23 22:40:00

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The Anniston Star, Ala., Joe Medley column

2013-05-19 04:34:02

For one day in this work-a-day scribe's life, I got to feel like a part of a college sports team. In particular, it was Jacksonville State's baseball team, and let me clarify what I mean about feeling like a part of the team. I happened to have a pair...

Gamecocks get No. 4 seed, will play Colonels in OVC tourney

2013-05-19 04:34:02

The final day of the regular season didn't yield the best of results for Jacksonville State's baseball team, but in what sets up as one of the most hotly contested Ohio Valley Conference tournaments in memory, the Gamecocks still have as good a shot as...

Missouri Baptist wins endurance test

2013-05-18 03:14:01

Will Pericak got biggest signing bonus among Ravens' undrafted rookies

2013-05-17 04:19:00

The Ravens haven't traditionally been big spenders when it comes to signing undrafted rookie free agents. Their recruiting efforts have been and remain�primarily�based�on selling players on their strong�track record�of giving undrafted rookies a...

Boys baseball | Orland native winds up pitching for Eastern

2013-04-03 07:09:00

Sophomore high school baseball players who hit .189 are rarely ticketed for the major leagues. Heck, they may not even make their varsity teams. Joe Greenfield of Orland Park said he hit .189 when he was a sophomore at Sandburg High School. And that...

Catching up with Young's Mariah King at Eastern Illinois

2013-03-06 19:54:00

Mariah King became so good at her sixth-man role in high school that it led to a bad habit in college. King did not start a single game for Young. She was stuck in a numbers logjam because her team's roster was stocked with Division I talent. Still, she...

Record: 26-6. How they got here: Won Ohio Valley tournament. Strengths: The Bruins have won six in a row, with an overtime buzzer-beater to knock off OVC power Murray State in the title game. Weaknesses: While the Bruins boast solid height, they entered last week ranked 278th nationally with 32.

2013-03-09 00:00:00