Buster Posey Award Watch List MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University junior Logan Sauve has been named to the Buster Posey Award midseason watch list. The award is presented each year to the nation’s most outstanding catcher by the Wichita Sports Commission. Sauve is one of 56 catchers across Division I to be named to the watch […]
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University junior Logan Sauve has been named to the Buster Posey Award midseason watch list. The award is presented each year to the nation’s most outstanding catcher by the Wichita Sports Commission.
Sauve is one of 56 catchers across Division I to be named to the watch list. Originally called the Johnny Bench Award, it was renamed after the former Florida State catcher and 12-year MLB veteran in 2019.
In 32 games this season, Sauve is hitting .325 with seven home runs, 28 RBI, and 34 runs scored. He has also added eight doubles, a triple, and five stolen bases. Defensively, he has thrown out 25% of would-be base stealers and has not registered a passed ball yet this season.
Sauve is only the fourth WVU catcher to be named to the watch list, joining Alan Filauro (2013), Ray Guerrini (2016), and Ivan Gonzalez (2017). This season, he is one of five catchers from the Big 12 to be named to the watch list.
The semifinalists for the award will be announced on May 19.
Sauve and the Mountaineers are back on the field on Tuesday for a midweek contest at Penn State with first pitch set for 6 p.m.
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Track and Field Announces Hire of Tyler Sheehan as Sprints, Hurdles, Relays Coach
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MOSCOW, Idaho – The coaching staff for Idaho track and field continues to load up. On Monday, Tracy Hellman announced the latest addition to the staff in time for the 2025-26 season. Tyler Sheehan will arrive in Moscow to coach the Vandal sprinters, hurdlers, and relays. Sheehan comes to UI […]
MOSCOW, Idaho – The coaching staff for Idaho track and field continues to load up.
On Monday, Tracy Hellman announced the latest addition to the staff in time for the 2025-26 season. Tyler Sheehan will arrive in Moscow to coach the Vandal sprinters, hurdlers, and relays.
Sheehan comes to UI by way of Elmhurst University. With the Bluejays, he established himself as one of the top assistant coaches in the country, earning the DIII Midwest Region Assistant Coach of the Year from the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Association (USTFCCCA) in May. Prior to this, Elmhurst’s 4×100 relay team earned a runner-up finish and the school record in the DIII National Championships.
At the CCIW Championships, the Bluejays earned the first outdoor team title in program history, thanks in large part to Sheehan’s athletes, who earned 80 points and a 1-2-3 sweep in the 100m hurdles.
Before arriving at Elmhurst, Sheehan was an assistant coach at North Central College, developing the women’s track and field team to the tune of five national qualifiers, four All-Americans, and a national champion. As an assistant coach at St. Charles East high school in Chicago, he coached three state champions and thirteen all-state performers.
Hellman is excited to bring Sheehan to Moscow, knowing the pedigree of athletes he has developed in his career.
“We are very excited to announce Tyler Sheehan as our new assistant coach for sprints, hurdles and relays. As we strive to build a well rounded, successful program, we were looking for someone who has years of experience along with proven success developing sprinters and hurdlers at the NCAA level. We feel we have found that candidate in Tyler. He has improved every program he has been at, and as we enter a new chapter of excellence at U of Idaho track and field/cross country, he fits what are looking for. We have high goals with our sprint and hurdle crew. We are excited to welcome him to Moscow and U of Idaho.”
The hire is conditional on completion of University of Idaho human resources procedures.
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College volleyball: Gabby Deery named Big Ten Distinguished Scholar | The Hawk Eye – Burlington, Iowa
IOWA CITY — Gabby Deery is coming off a sensational sophomore season for the University of Iowa volleyball team. Deery, a two-time Class 1A Player of the Year for Notre Dame High School, saw action in 24 matches, starting 12, and playing in 73 sets. Deery excelled not only on the court, but in the […]
IOWA CITY — Gabby Deery is coming off a sensational sophomore season for the University of Iowa volleyball team.
Deery, a two-time Class 1A Player of the Year for Notre Dame High School, saw action in 24 matches, starting 12, and playing in 73 sets.
Deery excelled not only on the court, but in the classroom.
Deery was one of 79 University of Iowa student-athletes named Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholars.
Deery, the daughter of Brad and Jeanne Deery, is one of just 24 who maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average during the 2024-25 academic term.
“I feel honored to be named a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, and I’m truly grateful to be recognized among so many dedicated student-athletes across the conference,” Deery said. “Balancing the demands of D1 volleyball with academics isn’t always easy. Between travel, training, and competition, there are long days and late nights. However, this award reminds me that the hard work in the classroom is just as important as what we do on the court.
Deer had 137 kills (1.88 per set), 35 digs, and 20 blocks last season. She recorded a career-best 20 kills and five digs at Maryland and had a season-high three blocks against both Drake and Oregon.
Deery was an Academic All-Big Ten honoree last fall.
Iowa opens the 2025-26 season Aug. 29 at UNLV.
The Hawkeyes’ annual Black and Gold scrimmage is scheduled for 5 p.m. Aug. 23 at Xtream Arena in Coralville.
Iowa opens the home slate at 6 p.m. Sept. 4 against Butler.
Rehal Highlights Women’s Track & Field Academic Honors from USTFCCCA
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NEW ORLEANS—First-year Amrit Rehal (Alpharetta, Ga.) and the Babson College women’s track & field team were honored for their success in the classroom when the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced its 2025 All-Academic awards last week. Rehal became Babson’s first USTFCCCA All-Academic selection […]
NEW ORLEANS—First-year Amrit Rehal (Alpharetta, Ga.) and the Babson College women’s track & field team were honored for their success in the classroom when the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced its 2025 All-Academic awards last week.
Rehal became Babson’s first USTFCCCA All-Academic selection since 2022, while the Beavers were among 212 Division III programs to achieve All-Academic Team honors after concluding the spring semester with a 3.44 team grade-point average. Under the direction of head coach Russ Brennen, the Green and White received All-Academic Team accolades for the 18th consecutive season. Teams must maintain a 3.10 GPA or better in order to qualify for the award.
In order to qualify for USTFCCCA All-Academic honors, a student-athlete must have compiled at least a 3.30 cumulative grade-point average and have competed in an NCAA Indoor or Outdoor Championship, or finished the regular season ranked in the top-50 nationally in an individual event or in the top-35 in a relay event.
Rehal put together a terrific rookie season that included breaking Babson’s 23-year-old record in the high jump while ranking second in the East Region in the event. She broke the record by clearing 5-feet, 5-inches in her collegiate debut at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational on March 22 and then bettered the mark by clearing 5-feet, 5.25-inches in the Farley Inter Regional at Williams on May 10.
Just the third individual to earn USTFCCCA All-East Region honors back in May, Rehal came in second in the high jump to earn all-conference recognition at the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championships on April 26.
The Beavers recorded their third highest point total in program history en route to finishing eighth at the NEWMAC Championships.
Penn State women’s volleyball to look to new faces in national title defense season | Penn State Volleyball News
After sharing the Big Ten title and winning the national championship, Penn State will likely rely on a couple of fresh faces in addition to the veterans from the national championship team in 2024. The national championship team featured five seniors, and for a repeat to happen, transfers and freshmen will need to step up […]
After sharing the Big Ten title and winning the national championship, Penn State will likely rely on a couple of fresh faces in addition to the veterans from the national championship team in 2024.
The national championship team featured five seniors, and for a repeat to happen, transfers and freshmen will need to step up in place of the seniors.
Coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley, libero Gillian Grimes and setter Izzy Starck took the stage in Chicago for Big Ten Volleyball Media Days ahead of the 2025 campaign to discuss expectations for this season.
“It’s a new team,” Schumacher-Cawley said. “If the goal is to win and to win the Big Ten and win a National Championship, the best players are going to be on the floor.”
Grimes and Starck are two of the major returning players to a team with repeat national championship hopes.
Right-sider hitter Caroline Jurevicius is another impactful returner, but she’ll have some company at the position with the addition of first team All-American Kennedy Martin.
Martin and Jurevicius have the flexibility to play all over the court despite being at the same position, but the duo brings up some curiosity about how they’ll both see action.
“Don’t you want to know?” Schumacher-Cawley said on how they’ll be used. “(Jurevicius) can play outside, right side, she can hit all along the net. She will make an impact.”
When Martin announced that she was entering the transfer portal after two seasons with Florida, she instantly became the most coveted transfer in the portal.
However, the Fort Mill, South Carolina, native had just a few schools on her list, making the recruiting process easier.
“We recruited Kennedy the first time around, so we had had a prior relationship with her,” Schumacher-Cawley said. “Of course she’s an exceptional player, but she’s a great person. I really enjoyed her the first time around.”
Martin was the final addition to the team, but another big-time hitter made her way to Happy Valley.
Outside hitter Emmi Sellman transferred to Penn State after one season at Ohio State, while middle blocker Gabrielle Nichols joined the Nittany Lions as one of the top recruits in the Class of 2025.
Both players have USA Volleyball experience and joined the blue and white in the spring to get a jumpstart on chemistry.
“I think they both bring such competitive energy to the gym, and I think that’s all what we need,” Grimes said.
The biggest connection that needs building is between the setter and the hitters and the additional time could be a big factor in the start to the season.
“It’s hard to get new players and build that connection fast, but the nice thing about having them in the spring, I had this whole spring to build a bond, know what they want and everything,” Starck said. “I think it’s made progress in a really great way, and I think we have a really good fluid system going right now.”
Penn State has a foundation built with its returning players, but it’ll be the newcomers that could be the difference maker in a potential back-to-back national championship run.
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USC’s Sinia Plotz Helps Germany Win Gold At FISU World University Games
USC women’s water polo rising senior Sinia Plotz was Germany’s top scorer in helping her team win gold at the 2025 FISU World University Games. Competing in her home country, Plotz scored 13 goals at the event, including a hat trick in the gold-medal game. Plotz also pinned up a team-best six blocks at the […]
USC women’s water polo rising senior Sinia Plotz was Germany’s top scorer in helping her team win gold at the 2025 FISU World University Games. Competing in her home country, Plotz scored 13 goals at the event, including a hat trick in the gold-medal game.
Plotz also pinned up a team-best six blocks at the competition and stacked up four games with hat tricks — against Australia and Türkiye in group play, in a 13-11 quarterfinal win over Japan and in the 9-6 gold-medal win over the United States. She also scored a key goal in Germany’s 9-8 semifinal win over New Zealand to advance to the final.
A native of Duisburg, Germany, Plotz is entering her second season at USC. This is her first gold medal earned representing Germany, and her first participation at the World University Games, which were held this year in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany. Plotz served as Germany’s captain for this summer’s Games.
Guardians’ Emmanuel Clase placed on paid leave amid MLB gambling investigation…Report: Bryce Harper, Rob Manfred clash over idea of salary cap in Phillies clubhouse meeting…WBD unveils new company names post-split. Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase is the second Cleveland pitcher probed by MLB as part of a gambling investigation, following starter Luis Ortiz. Getty Images Guardians […]
Guardians’ Emmanuel Clase placed on paid leave amid MLB gambling investigation…Report: Bryce Harper, Rob Manfred clash over idea of salary cap in Phillies clubhouse meeting…WBD unveils new company names post-split.
Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase is the second Cleveland pitcher probed by MLB as part of a gambling investigation, following starter Luis Ortiz. Getty Images
Guardians P Emmanuel Clase has been “placed on nondisciplinary paid leave” as part of MLB’s gambling investigation. Clase will be “unable to pitch in games through at least Aug. 31.” Guardians P Luis Ortiz is “also on nondisciplinary paid leave through Aug. 31,” a decision made earlier this month. MLB informed the Guardians that “no other players or team personnel are expected to be impacted by the investigation” (AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 7/28). MLB Network’s Jayson Stark said, “This is one of baseball’s biggest concerns about their sport right now, whether players are betting on their sport in any way. … This is something to watch.” MLB Network’s J.P. Morosi: “It is a time in the industry for everyone to understand thoroughly what the rules are and … about what is OK and what is not OK” (“MLB Now,” MLB Network, 7/28).
Phillies 1B Bryce Harper, one of MLB’s most influential players,” took issue with Rob Manfred during a clubhouse meeting with the team last week. GETTY IMAGES
Phillies 1B Bryce Harper “stood nose to nose” with MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred during a meeting between the commissioner and the team last week, with Harper telling him to “‘get the f— out of our clubhouse’ if Manfred wanted to talk about the potential implementation of a salary cap,” according to sources. Manfred “never explicitly said the words ‘salary cap,’” however, the discussion about the game’s economics “raised the ire of Harper, one of MLB’s most influential players.” Manfred responded that “he was ‘not going to get the f— out of here,’ saying it was important to talk about threats to MLB’s business and ways to grow the game.” Manfred “eventually shook hands” with Harper, though Harper “declined to answer phone calls from Manfred the next day.” Sources said that the meeting with the Phillies “covered a variety of topics,” but “CBA negotiations, and their potential consequences, loomed large” (ESPN.com, 7/28).
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Warner Bros. Discovery announced its corporate names and senior leadership appointments for when the company separates in mid-2026. Getty Images
Warner Bros. Discovery announced its corporate names and senior leadership appointments for when the company separates in mid-2026, with the entertainment, sports, digital and news television brands — including TNT Sports and Bleacher Report — set to fall under the Discovery Global banner. Meanwhile, brands including Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, HBO and HBO Max will fall under the Warner Bros. banner. Warner Bros. leadership will include David Zaslav — currently President & CEO of WBD — who will serve as President & CEO. Leadership for Discovery Global includes Gunnar Wiedenfels — currently CFO of Warner Bros. Discovery — who will serve as President & CEO and TNT Sports Chair & CEO Luis Silberwasser (WBD). Following the split, Zaslav’s new employment agreement as CEO of Warner Bros. will “significantly reduce his target annual compensation.” Wiedenfels’ pay package will be “upped” from his existing CFO compensation “to reflect his expanded responsibilities” running Discovery Global (VARIETY, 7/28).
Max Eisenbud has been named Head of Client Representation for WME Sports, where he will oversee the agency’s representation business across tennis, golf, action sports and sports content. Getty Images
Max Eisenbud, longtime tennis agent and head of clients for IMG Tennis, has been elevated to WME Sports’ head of client representation. He will oversee WME Sports’ representation business across tennis, golf, action sports and sports content. Eisenbud, a 2010 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree, will be based out of Miami and report to WME co-chairs Christian Muirhead and Richard Weitz.
Eisenbud will continue to lead IMG Tennis including marquee names in the sport like Carlos Alcaraz, Coco Gauff, Iga Swiatek, Serena Williams, John McEnroe, Andy Murray, Taylor Fritz, Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe. He previously helped form the portfolios of superstars such as Maria Sharapova and Li Na when he represented them.
Eisenbud joined IMG in 2000 and was named a senior partner at WME this year (IMG Tennis is a division of WME). To support him in his new leadership role, he will have a team consisting of: WME partner and agent Lee White, who leads WME’s sports content group; partner and broadcast agent Josh Levy; partner and WME Sports EVp overseeing property solutions Mike Zavodsky; partner Jason Horrell, who will continue to lead the golf division; and Mark Ervin, partner and Olympic/action sports clients group head.
There’s a new agency in the NFL representation space. Lift Sports Management, best known for its NBA representation business, today announced the launch of its football representation business, Lift Football. Leading the division will be recent Lift additions Jared Fox and Ron Slavin, who will each serve as Co-Heads of Lift Football. Under Fox and Slavin, the agency immediately launches with a robust roster including Lions RB David Montgomery, Broncos G Quinn Meinerz, Jets DE Will McDonald, Seahawks DE Byron Murphy and dozens more. Fox and Slavin are NFLPA certified agents who most recently spent their time working as agents at Sportstars.
Lift was already a bigger player in the NBA representation business with three draftees being selected in the 2025 NBA Draft, two of which were first rounders in Pelicans G Jeremiah Fears and Bulls F Noa Essengue. The agency also represents big names like Magic G Paolo Banchero, Rockets F Jabari Smith and Mavericks F PJ Washington. Last year, the agency also added Cardinals QB Kyler Murray to its roster.
Lift CEO Donnie McGrath said Fox and Slavin “perfectly align with our [Lift’s] values” and “marks a new and exciting era for our agency and the athletes we serve.”
The Everton women’s club has been “transferred to a company called Roundhouse Capital Holdings,” which records show is controlled by Everton owner Dan Friedkin. Getty Images
Premier League club Everton has sold its women’s team to a sister company in a “move that should generate a paper profit of tens of millions of pounds that could help the club make new signings and still comply” with the league’s Profitability and Sustainability Rules. Everton Football Club Women Ltd has been “transferred to a company called Roundhouse Capital Holdings,” which records show is controlled by Everton’s owner, Dan Friedkin. Roundhouse is the company that The Friedkin Group used to buy Everton during its takeover in December. Sources said that the move is to “ensure the women’s team is a standalone entity that can attract its own investment from the United States” but “accept that the profit will help with PSR compliance.” Everton is the third Premier League club to take advantage of a law that allows clubs to sell assets such as the women’s team to “related companies and register that as a profit for PSR calculations” joining Chelsea and Aston Villa (London TIMES, 7/28).
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Following the 2025 MLB regular season, Marquee Sports Network will transition to the Ultimate TV level of service on Comcast for customers in Chicago (Comcast).
Philadelphia Soccer 2026 announced Fashion District Philadelphia as the site of its FIFA World Cup 2026 Volunteer Center (Philadelphia Soccer 2026).
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Cricket Australia confirmed that opening day of The West Test, a cricket match between Australia and England at Optus Stadium on Nov. 21, is “officially a sell-out,” with the body viewing the match a “certainty to break Perth’s all-time attendance record” (WEST AUSTRALIAN, 7/28).
The KBO has “set a single-season record for sellouts,” reaching 224 for the season on Friday, surpassing last year’s record of 221 sellouts in 720 games. This year’s record was set in 470 games (KOREA HERALD, 7/26).
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Bristol Motor Speedway President/GM Jerry Caldwell joined WJHL to discuss the work put into the track to get it ready for the Speedway Classic on Saturday between the Reds and Braves.
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14 — Number of Banana Dogs that Joey Chestnut ate in three minutes during the fourth inning of the Savannah Bananas game Saturday at Citizens Bank Park. The activation was done alongside Aramark Sports + Entertainment (SBJ)