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It's curtains for Smith's Ballpark after final game
It’s officially the end of baseball at Smith’s Ballpark, as the Utah Utes closed the curtain on baseball at 13th South and West Temple with a final home game, in anticipation of a Salt Lake City-led overhaul. With the Salt Lake Bees (Triple-A; Pacific Coast League) moving to a new ballpark in South Jordan this […]


It’s officially the end of baseball at Smith’s Ballpark, as the Utah Utes closed the curtain on baseball at 13th South and West Temple with a final home game, in anticipation of a Salt Lake City-led overhaul.
With the Salt Lake Bees (Triple-A; Pacific Coast League) moving to a new ballpark in South Jordan this season, Smith’s Ballpark–which opened in 1994–was kept open by the Bees to accommodate the University of Utah Utes until a new on-campus ballpark is completed for the 2026 NCAA season. The history of the site as a baseball Mecca, however, dates back to 1927 when Community Park/Derks Field was built there. Over the years there were plenty of affiliated and renegade teams playing there–the Trappers, Stingers, Gulls, Buzz and Bees–so naturally there’s a few teams shed over the end of an era. From KSL Sports:
“I’ve called a lot of games here over the years for Utah baseball,” Voice of the Utes Bill Riley said from his familiar perch in the press box. “It’s weird to think that I won’t be coming down to this park anymore. That there won’t be baseball at 13th South and West Temple anymore.”…
“There’s been a home plate right where it is here for 97 years,” former Utah head coach and current analyst Bill Kinneberg said. “That’s pretty iconic and kind of amazing. So it’s sad that it’s going away.”
Strictly speaking, the ballpark isn’t totally going way, but being redeveloped in the name of adaptive reuse. We’re likely to see outfield sections torn down, but the playing field will remain as community green space and the current entryway remaining.
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Amelia Haggins – Women’s Volleyball
High School: Amelia joins the Green Wave from Tallahassee, Florida where she attended Leon High School. She finished as a 4-year letter winner in indoor volleyball and track and field. She finished her junior year earning All-Big-Bend Prep First Team and led her team to district championship game in 2023 during her senior year. In […]

High School: Amelia joins the Green Wave from Tallahassee, Florida where she attended Leon High School. She finished as a 4-year letter winner in indoor volleyball and track and field. She finished her junior year earning All-Big-Bend Prep First Team and led her team to district championship game in 2023 during her senior year. In track and field, Amelia competed in the high jump and sprints to earn multiple top 10 state finishes. Off the court, Amelia was highly involved as a member of multiple honor societies, Co-Editor and Chief of her high school newspaper, and her school’s Black Student Union.
Personal: Amelia is the daughter of Odell and Robin Haggins. Her father was a 9th round NFL draft pick out of Florida State in 1990 to the Buffalo Bills where he went on to play in the 1991 Super Bowl season. He is currently the Associate Head Coach for Florida State football. She is currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in Marketing.
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Judge Dismisses Two “Varsity Blues” Lawsuits Against USC
A judge Tuesday dismissed the remaining two claims in a lawsuit filed against USC by a man once implicated in the “Varsity Blues” scandal, finding that they were filed too late. Massachusetts businessman John Wilson and his wife, Leslie Q. Wilson, sued the university last Sept. 20, seeking the return of a $100,000 donation he […]

A judge Tuesday dismissed the remaining two claims in a lawsuit filed against USC by a man once implicated in the “Varsity Blues” scandal, finding that they were filed too late.
Massachusetts businessman John Wilson and his wife, Leslie Q. Wilson, sued the university last Sept. 20, seeking the return of a $100,000 donation he made in connection with their son Johnny’s admission, plus $75 million to compensate them for alleged fraud and deceit by the university.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Holly J. Fujie previously dismissed the couple’s cause of action for negligent misrepresentation, and on Tuesday, she tossed the leftover two claims for fraud and intentional misrepresentation, saying they violated the statute of limitations.
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Guangzhou meets LA: A water polo match that sparks friendship
On July 29, the US Southern California Chinese American Youth Water Polo Team and Guangzhou Youth Water Polo Team met for a friendship match at the Guangdong Olympic Sports Center. It was a close and exciting game. The team from Southern California won by just one point, 13 to 12. But the day was about […]

On July 29, the US Southern California Chinese American Youth Water Polo Team and Guangzhou Youth Water Polo Team met for a friendship match at the Guangdong Olympic Sports Center. It was a close and exciting game. The team from Southern California won by just one point, 13 to 12.
But the day was about more than just the score. With around 100 days to go until China’s 15th National Games, the match brought young athletes from these sister cities together through sport. It was a chance to build friendships, share experiences, and celebrate what connects us.
“We came to compete, but we’re leaving with new friends,” said Enzo Bryden, a player from the U.S. team. It is the first time for Coach Adam Hewko to visit China. “I think it’s so important, especially for the kids, to come here and realize that the world is a big place. We have to get along with everyone. It’s such a great opportunity to experience a wonderful culture and make new friends in a beautiful, first-class city,” said Adam.
The event is part of a broader people-to-people exchange between Guangzhou and Los Angeles, a friendship that goes back over 40 years, now renewed through a new generation.
Reporter: Li Fangwang
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Editor: Hu Nan, Shen He
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Noah Lyles, Sha’Carri Richardson among stars to watch at U.S. track and field championships
The top track and field athletes from around the country will descend upon Eugene, Oregon this week for the 2025 U.S. track and field championships. Noah Lyles, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Sha’Carri Richardson and Grant Holloway represent some of the star athletes who will compete this week at Hayward Field. The championships will determine who will make […]

The top track and field athletes from around the country will descend upon Eugene, Oregon this week for the 2025 U.S. track and field championships.
Noah Lyles, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Sha’Carri Richardson and Grant Holloway represent some of the star athletes who will compete this week at Hayward Field.
The championships will determine who will make the U.S. team for September’s world track and field championships in Tokyo, Japan.
USA TODAY Sports will be on the ground in Eugene, Oregon to report and provide insight on all the action. To get you ready, we have the marquee athletes to watch:
Noah Lyles
Events: 100, 200
Lyles doesn’t have to compete to clinch a spot on the U.S. national team because he’s the defending world champion in the 100 and 200 meters. He’s entered in both events, but he’s indicated he plans to focus on the 200 in Eugene.
Lyles ran a personal-best 9.79 to win the 100 at the Paris Olympic. His career-best of 19.31 in the 200 is an American record.
Lyles’ top times this year are 10.00 in the 100 and 19.88 in the 200, well off his career-best marks. However, Lyles tends to shine when the lights are bright. He’s the fastest man in the country when he’s in top form.
Sha’Carri Richardson
Events: 100, 200
The reigning 100 world champion earned a bye to the 2025 world championships, but she’s still entered in both the 100 and 200 meters.
Richardson finished ninth in the 100 at the Prefontaine Classic, running a season-best 11.19. Her personal-record is 10.65. She’s the most talented sprinter in the 100 field, but her training mate, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, is having a better season. Jefferson-Wooden has the top 100 time (10.73) in the world this year.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
Event: 400
The 400-meter hurdles world record holder and Olympic gold medalist dropped the hurdles and is set to run the open 400.
McLaughlin-Levrone is the heavy favorite in the event. The four-time Olympic gold medalist has run 49.43 in the 400 this year. McLaughlin-Levrone is one of the best female athletes in the country across all sports. She could flirt with the American record (48.70) in Eugene.
Grant Holloway
Event: 110 hurdles
Holloway has a bye into the world championships because he won gold in the 110-meter hurdles at the 2023 world championships. He’s entered in the 110 hurdles, but his bye comes at a necessary times because he’s been dealing with an injury.
Holloway is a three-time world champion in the 110 hurdles and won gold in the event at the Paris Olympics. His lifetime best of 12.81 is the second fastest time ever.
Quincy Wilson
Events: 400
The 400-meter prodigy became one of the darlings of track and field when he earned a spot on the 2024 U.S. Olympic team.
Wilson ran a 44.10 in July to break his own under-18 400 world record. The 17-year-old sprinter is tied for the fourth fastest entry in the 400. He’s a podium favorite and will certainly have the crowd on his side in Eugene.
Quincy Hall, the defending Olympic champion in the 400, won’t run at the U.S. championships due to injury.
Athing Mu-Nikolayev
Events: 800
The 800-meter runner looked unbeatable at the Tokyo Olympics and continued her dominance at the 2022 world championships, but she’s been unable to regain her form since.
Mu-Nikolayev endured a heartbreaking fall at the 2024 U.S. Olympic trials and failed to make the squad. She finished 10th – well behind the other runners – at this year’s Prefontaine Classic.
Mu-Nikolayev is the American-record holder in the 800 (1:54.97), but will she be able to return to her dominant ways? It’s one of the biggest questions at the U.S. track and field championships.
When are U.S. track and field championships
The U.S. track and field championships begin Thursday, July 31. The last day of the competition is Sunday, August 3.
A complete schedule of events can be found here.
Follow USA TODAY Sports’ Tyler Dragon on X @TheTylerDragon.
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A Beacon for Master Water Polo
Naples confirms itself as the capital of master water polo, having hosted the Italian championships in the welcoming setting of the FIN Federal Center at the Scandone pool. The Neapolitan teams, the pride of Maurizio Marassi, who is not only the coach of the M60 and M65 Nuoto 2000 Napoli teams but […]

Naples confirms itself as the capital of master water polo, having hosted the Italian championships in the welcoming setting of the FIN Federal Center at the Scandone pool. The Neapolitan teams, the pride of Maurizio Marassi, who is not only the coach of the M60 and M65 Nuoto 2000 Napoli teams but also the true driving force of the master movement in the Neapolitan city, triumphed. The field proved him right: the M65 team, coached and captained by him, dominated the tournament, winning the Italian title after an almost perfect elimination round (three wins and a draw) and after defeating the strong opponents of Europa Sporting Roma, among whom Adrian Muntean, 70 years old and not feeling it, stood out, being named the best player of the tournament and top scorer.
This is the M65 team: Schenone, Muntean, Ionescu, Scebba, Severino, Marassi, Nardi, Rapallini, Mancusi, Cametti, Cims, De Gennaro, Marchese, and Galassi V.
No less significant is the journey of the M60 team, also forged by Marassi, which won a well-deserved bronze medal. Although it failed to defend last year’s title, it decisively beat Torino 81 (later champions in the final) and overcame the tough Europa Sporting, winner of the group, in the third-place final. M60 team: Frodà, Imperatrice R., Rossomandi, Sciaccaluga, La Torre, Crovetto, La Sala, Grillo E., Guarino, Fonzi, Esposito R., Savasi, Falanga, and Margarita.
Alongside Maurizio Marassi, the silent but decisive work of Renato Galassi, coach of the M55 team and tireless organizer of the entire master group throughout the year, is no less important. Galassi is the logistical and relational pillar of the movement: he schedules training, manages communications, handles registrations and memberships, and oversees the integration of new athletes. Under his guidance, the M55 team won a prestigious bronze, improving on last year’s fourth place and demonstrating cohesion, sportsmanship, and ambition. M55 team: Leone, Licastro, Scivicco, Silvestri, Giovannini, Esposito P.M., Carbone, Bottiglieri, Avegno, D’Alò, Rosiello, De Vito, Galassi, and Princigalli.
Marassi and Galassi form a winning, complementary, and synergistic tandem: one is the technical-tactical architect, the other the organizational and motivational director. Their work has transformed Naples into a reference model for Italian master water polo, capable of combining victories, passion, and sportsmanship.
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Six from Women's Lacrosse Named to IWLCA Academic Honor Roll
Story Links BABSON PARK, Mass.—Six members of the Babson College women’s lacrosse program were recognized for their success in the classroom when the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) announced its Division III Academic Honor Roll late last week. Graduate students Abbie Downer (North Andover, Mass.), Ellie Hilsabeck (Hingham, Mass.) and Eileen Manning (Needham, Mass.), […]


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BABSON PARK, Mass.—Six members of the Babson College women’s lacrosse program were recognized for their success in the classroom when the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) announced its Division III Academic Honor Roll late last week.
Graduate students Abbie Downer (North Andover, Mass.), Ellie Hilsabeck (Hingham, Mass.) and Eileen Manning (Needham, Mass.), seniors Kathryn Blake (Medfield, Mass.) and Clare Connolly (Hanover, Mass.), and junior Lilly Bedard (Jupiter, Fla.) were all honored for the first time in their respective careers.
The Beavers’ six honorees were among 1,289 student-athletes to earn a spot on the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll. To be eligible for this award, student-athletes must be a junior, senior, or graduate student and have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.50 or better.
In addition to the individual accomplishments, Babson was one of 179 Division III programs to receive IWLCA Academic Honor Squad laurels with a team GPA of 3.29 during the 2024-25 academic year. To qualify for this prestigious honor, the women’s lacrosse team must have posted a 3.2 or higher team GPA for the academic year.
Connolly, who graduated as Division III’s all-time leader with 766 draw controls, finished with career highs of 59 goals and 63 points to go along with a program-record 243 draw controls in 19 games on the way to being selected as the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Player of the Year and earning All-America first-team honors this past spring. Blake also put together her best offensive season scoring a career-high 52 goals and recording 24 assists for a career-best 76 points in 19 starts to collect all-conference and all-region accolades.
Hilsabeck, who transferred to Babson from Vanderbilt University, provided 29 goals and 10 assists for 39 points before suffering a season-ending injury prior to the postseason. Bedard set new career highs in all three scoring categories with 11 goals and nine assists for 20 points in 14 games.
Manning concluded her career with All-NEWMAC and all-region honors for the third consecutive season after recording a team-high 27 caused turnovers and scooping up 22 ground balls in 19 starts. Downer, who started 59 of 64 career games, was limited to just six contests this past spring after suffering a season-ending injury in late March.
Babson, which captured its second consecutive NEWMAC regular season title, finished the year with an overall record of 15-4 after reaching the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
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