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Ryan Gaydos April 10, 2025 at 6:06 AM The Esports World Cup (EWC) will feature the best competitive gamers from across the globe, and the pressure got more intense on Thursday as a record-breaking prize pool was announced. The Esports World Cup Foundation (EWCF) announced a prize pool of more than $70 million, which will […]

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The Esports World Cup (EWC) will feature the best competitive gamers from across the globe, and the pressure got more intense on Thursday as a record-breaking prize pool was announced.

The Esports World Cup Foundation (EWCF) announced a prize pool of more than $70 million, which will make the event among the most prestigious in sports.

The event will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and run from July 7 to Aug. 24.

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The Esports World Cup trophy in 2023.

“The record-breaking $70+ million prize pool, along with our commitment to the Club Partner Program and our multi-year publisher agreements, is a privilege to announce and validation of our purpose to elevate the industry, by giving players, clubs, publishers and all other stakeholders the stability needed to invest for future success,” Esports World Cup CEO Ralf Reichert said in a news release.

“While more than $70 million is an incredible, life-changing sum, it’s always aligned with a long-term vision rather than short-term impact. It’s not just to have more money at stake, but to create opportunities for everyone at every level of the ecosystem, and strengthen the industry for generations to come.”

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There are 25 tournaments taking place in 24 games so far.

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Esports World Cup officials said the games include: Apex Legends, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Call of Duty: Warzone, Chess, Counter-Strike 2, Crossfire, Dota 2, EA Sports FC 25, FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves, Free Fire, Honor of Kings, League of Legends, Mobile Legends Bang Bang, Overwatch 2, PUBG BATTLEGROUNDS, PUBG Mobile, Rainbow Six Siege X, Rennsport, Rocket League, Starcraft II, Street Fighter 6, Teamfight Tactics, and VALORANT.

There are also 40 clubs that have joined the EWCF Club Partner Program ahead of the Esports World Cup, including: 100 Thieves, All Gamers, Bilibili Gaming, Cloud9, Edward Gaming, EVOS, FaZe Clan, Fnatic, FURIA, G2 Esports, Gaimin Gladiators, Gen.G, Gentle Mates, HEROIC, JD Gaming, Karmine Corp., Movistar KOI, LEVIATAN, LOUD, MOUZ, NAVI, NIP.eStar, ONIC, POWR, REJECT, S8UL, Sentinels, T1, Team BDS, Team Falcons, Team Liquid, Team RRQ, Team Secret, Team Spirit, Team Vitality, Twisted Minds, Virtus.pro, Weibo Gaming, Wolves Esports, ZETA DIVISION.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with FIFA President Gianni Infantino, center, and Saudi sports minister Prince Abdul Aziz bin Turki Al-Faisal during the announcement in October 2023.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with FIFA President Gianni Infantino, center, and Saudi sports minister Prince Abdul Aziz bin Turki Al-Faisal during the announcement in October 2023.

Team Falcons won the Club Championship and a $7 million prize in the inaugural event last year.

The remainder of the prize pool “will be divided into three distribution categories: Game Championships, MVP Awards, and Qualifiers on the Road to EWC. Each of the Game Championships will have its prize pool with a combined total exceeding $38 million. In addition, a $450,000 MVP Award pool will be allocated to standout participants across all competitions,” organizers said. More than $5 million will be awarded to Road to EWC qualifiers.

“Winning the Club Championship crown and $7 million at the inaugural Esports World Cup was a defining moment for Team Falcons,” Team Falcons CEO Mosaad Al-Dossary said in a news release. “The opportunity to compete in front of our home fans, where they made the arenas shake with every great play, motivated us like never before, and it was an honor to secure the victory for them.

“We’ve used the momentum and winnings from last year to build on our success and we look forward to continuing that legacy this summer.”

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Seminoles Advances to National Championship in Record Fashion

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Florida State women’s track and field team concluded the NCAA East Regional Preliminaries on Saturday, highlighted by the 4×100-meter relay team that set a new program and ACC record. The team of Lucy May Sleeman, Shenese Walker, Liana Tyson and Joella Lloyd won the race with a time of 42.72, which […]

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Florida State women’s track and field team concluded the NCAA East Regional Preliminaries on Saturday, highlighted by the 4×100-meter relay team that set a new program and ACC record.

The team of Lucy May Sleeman, Shenese Walker, Liana Tyson and Joella Lloyd won the race with a time of 42.72, which ranks second in the nation this season. The Noles erased the previous conference and program record of 43.13 that was set by the Seminoles in 2019 behind Kelcie Simmons, Karimah Davis, Shauna Helps and Ka’Tia Seymour.

Including the 4×100 relay, six additional student athletes and the 4×400 relay qualified for the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday night.

Walker punched her individual ticket after claiming the crown in the 100, lowering her personal best with the second-fastest time in program history at 10.98. Walker will be joined by Lloyd, who followed in fourth place, resetting her own Antigua and Barbuda national record and third-fastest time in program history at 11.01

After claiming the British Virgin Islands national record in the 400 on Thursday, Kaelyaah Liburd lowered her performance best with the third-fastest time in program history at 51.31 to punch her ticket to the National Championship after placing sixth.

 

Kayla Pinkard qualified for her first outdoor nationals in the women’s triple jump, placing 10th with a mark of 13.01m (42-8¼).

 

Brooke Mullins will compete in her first nationals as a Seminole in the 3,000 steeplechase, placing 14th after qualifying by time at 10:05.48.

Tyra Wilson advanced to her second national championship, after placing fourth overall in the 400 hurdles with a time of 55.63.

The women’s 4×400 behind Kaelyaah Liburd, Alyia Green, Takiyah Ferguson and Tyra Wilson concluded competition with the 12th-fastest qualifying time of 3:30.87.

Between the men’s and women’s team, Florida State is set to have 22 entries at the NCAA Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field.

NOLE SUMMARY:  

–Women’s triple jump (first round):

*Kayla Pinkard | 10th | 13.01m (42-8¼)

Oluwadara Soremi | 25th | 12.52m (41-1)

-Women’s 4x100m (quarterfinal):

*Lucy May Sleeman, Shenese Walker, Liana Tyson, Joella Lloyd | 1st | 42.72 *School and ACC Record

-Women’s 1,500-meters (quarterfinal):

Suus Altorf | 13th | 4:11.06

-Women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase (quarterfinal):

*Brooke Mullins | 14th | 10:05.48

Emily Brown | 15th | 10:05.77

-Women’s 100-meters (quarterfinal):  

*Shenese Walker | 1st | 10.98 (PB)

*Joella Lloyd | 4 | 11.01 IPB

-Women’s 400-meters (first round):  

*Kaelyaah Liburd | 6th | 51.31 (PB)

-Women’s 400-meter hurdles (quarterfinals)  

*Tyra Wilson | 4th | 55.63

-Women’s 5,000-meters (Semifinals):  

Bieke Schipperen | 36th | 16:15.70

-Women’s 4×400-meters (quarterfinals):  

*Kaelyaah Liburd, Alyia Green, Takiyah Ferguson, Tyra Wilson | 12th | 3:30.87

*Advancing to National Championship

For more information on Florida State track and field, follow Twitter (X) @FSU_Track and Instagram @FSU_Track.      

 

 





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Transgender student athlete medals in California track championships amid protests, scrutiny from Trump administration

A transgender teenager from Southern California competed in Saturday’s CIF track-and-field finals despite drawing national scrutiny and criticism from President Trump over her participation earlier in the week. AB Hernandez, a Jurupa Valley High School junior, competed in several events on Saturday after finishing as the top qualifier in the girls’ high jump, long jump […]

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A transgender teenager from Southern California competed in Saturday’s CIF track-and-field finals despite drawing national scrutiny and criticism from President Trump over her participation earlier in the week.

AB Hernandez, a Jurupa Valley High School junior, competed in several events on Saturday after finishing as the top qualifier in the girls’ high jump, long jump and triple jump on Friday. 

“There’s no words to express how proud I am of her, despite her being targeted, harassed for all these months. She’s here, she’s successful, she did it,” said Hernandez’s mother Nereyda. “When you’re actually here the whole event, you actually see, it’s not just hating. There’s more support, there’s more love.”

Hernandez took home first place medals in both high jump and triple jump and she placed second in the long jump event. Following a rule change by the California Interscholastic Federation, a co-winner was named in each of the three events in which Hernandez placed.

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Transgender athlete AB Hernandez of Jurupa Valley leaves the track during the CIF State Track and Field Championships at Veterans Memorial Stadium on May 30, 2025 in Clovis, California.

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The policy change allows an additional athlete to compete and earn a medal in events in which a transgender athlete also qualified. 

“If necessary, in the high jump, triple jump and long jump events at the 2025 CIF State Track and Field Championships, a biological female student-athlete who would have earned a specific placement on the podium will also be awarded the medal for that place and the results will be reflected in the recording of the event,” CIF officials said in a statement issued on Wednesday.

“The CIF values all of our student-athletes and we will continue to uphold our mission of providing students with the opportunity to belong, connect, and compete while complying with California law,” the statement said.

Related: Nationwide debate over Jurupa Valley transgender athlete’s eligibility in CIF finals continues

CIF officials announced the new policy days before the championships, which then drew a response from the U.S. Department of Justice as they launched a Title IX investigation over transgender athlete participation in California high school sports.

Their rule change was announced less than a day after Mr. Trump took to Truth Social to comment on the matter, threatening to pull federal funding from the state if Hernandez competed. 

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People hold Save Girls Sports signs in protest of transgender athlete AB Hernandez of Jurupa Valley (not pictured) during the CIF State Track and Field Championships at Veterans Memorial Stadium on May 30, 2025 in Clovis, California.

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Some high school coaches who had student-athletes participating in the finals offered their support for Hernandez, including Santa Margarita High School’s Bryn Williams.

“This is still a high schooler,” Williams said. “She is learning, she is navigating the world just like we are every single day and that I know I would want grace if I was put in a situation where I had a bunch of light on me and what I was doing. So I encourage people to remember that. We are all human and at the end of the day we are all trying to navigate this world.”

The finals began Friday at Buchanan High School in Clovis, which is located in Fresno County. Aside from the crowd that gathered to support participating athletes, the event also drew about 20 protesters who denounced Hernandez’s participation. Some could be seen holding signs that read “Save Girls Sports” and an airplane also flew over the event pulling a banner that read, “No Boys in Girls’ Sports.”

One person was arrested following an altercation between counterprotesters, Clovis police said. Video shows the moments that the person is taken into custody by officers, as well as the moments leading up to their arrest, when they shoved a flag pole through someone’s window. 

The car owner on the other end of the alleged attack spoke with CBS News Los Angeles on Saturday about why he was protesting.

“I think it’s completely unfair to these girls,” said Josh Fulfer. “They’ve worked hard. He has an advantage by being a male and it’s really unfortunate that these girls, the psychological effect that it has on them and places on them when they know they’re not only competing against people of their own sex, but now they gotta go up against a man. … I think it’s really bad that we’re setting this precedent.”

Despite this, business continued as usual inside the stadium, and the events were completed without disruption. 



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Oregon Bound! Crull Qualifies for NCAA D-I Outdoor Track & Field Championship in Men’s 1500

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Jack Crull qualifies for the NCAA Outdoor Championships at Oregon with a fifth-place finish in Heat #2 of the Men’s 1500m Quarterfinals at the NCAA West First Round in College Station, Texas. Crull becomes the first Bradley athlete to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship since Tiana LoStracco qualified for […]

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COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Jack Crull qualifies for the NCAA Outdoor Championships at Oregon with a fifth-place finish in Heat #2 of the Men’s 1500m Quarterfinals at the NCAA West First Round in College Station, Texas.

Crull becomes the first Bradley athlete to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship since Tiana LoStracco qualified for the Women’s 800m championship in 2023. He is the first Bradley man to qualify since Daniel Gagne qualified for the Men’s 1500 championship in 2017 and the second Bradley man to do so since 1955. Crull is the sixth Brave to qualify for the NCAA Championships in the 21st century.

Crull began his third career NCAA West First Round meet with the First Round of the Men’s 1500m championship on Wednesday night. Crull finished second in Heat #1 to advance to the quarterfinals on Friday night. His time ranked 13th out of the 48 competing athletes at 3:50.37. 

In the quarterfinals, Crull battled in Heat #2 against fierce competition. Coming to the finish, Crull lunged for the line and placed fifth at 3:47.31, nine-hundredths ahead of sixth place, to qualify for the Outdoor Championships in Eugene.

Six other Braves competed at the NCAA West First Round in College Station.

Jaxson Copelin and Jamie Phillips made their NCAA West First Round debut in men’s 800m competition. Copelin finished fifth in Heat #4 at 1:49.07 and Phillips finished sixth in Heat #3 at 1:49.14, just narrowly missing the quarterfinals by one-tenth of a second.

Abigail Hancock and Kaitlyn Sheppard also made their NCAA West First Round debut, competing in the Women’s 1500m First Round. Hancock finished 10th in Heat #3 at 4:27.34, while Sheppard finished ninth in Heat #2 with a 4:29.81. Trixie Wraith ultimately was a scratch in Heat #2.

Nadia Potgieter competed in the Women’s 5000m Semifinals at the NCAA West First Round for the second consecutive season. Potgieter finished 21st in Heat #1 at 16:59.28.

UP NEXT…

Crull travels to Eugene, Ore., for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on June 11-14, 2025. 

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Massachusetts Gov. Healey demands answers after Milford student arrested by ICE

Milford student describes moment his friend was taken by ICE on the way to volleyball practice Milford student describes moment his friend was taken by ICE on the way to volleyball practice 02:38 Governor Maura Healey is demanding answers after a Milford High School student was detained by ICE on his way to volleyball practice […]

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Governor Maura Healey is demanding answers after a Milford High School student was detained by ICE on his way to volleyball practice on Saturday.

Healey demands information from ICE

“I’m disturbed and outraged by reports that a Milford High School student was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice yesterday. Yet again, local officials and law enforcement have been left in the dark with no heads up and no answers to their questions,” Healey said in a statement. “I’m demanding that ICE provide immediate information about why he was arrested, where he is and how his due process is being protected. My heart goes out to the Milford community on what was supposed to be a celebratory graduation day. The Trump Administration continues to create fear in our communities, and it’s making us all less safe.”

Milford Police say they were not informed that ICE would be conducting this operation.    

Students at Milford High School graduated on Sunday, June 1, just a day after the arrest. The Milford community planned to protest the student’s detention after graduation. The 18-year-old who was detained is a member of the school band and was set to play at the graduation ceremony.

What happened?

A student who was in the car said he and three other students were on their way to volleyball practice when three unmarked vehicles pulled them over. The agents interrogated the students about their documentation and took the 18-year-old driver into custody. The student who described the event did not want his name released. He said he is also undocumented and was not taken into ICE custody because he is underage.

The student witness said that the 18-year-old driver did not commit any moving violations and there was no reason for ICE to stop the car.

Town responds to ICE arrest

Milford Public Schools said ICE had detained several parents of students in recent weeks.

“We are all distraught by this news,” Superintendent of Milford Public Schools Kevin McIntyre said in a statement. “The Milford Public Schools play no part in immigration enforcement and support all of our students and families, including those who are immigrants to the United States. They are members of the community, students in our classrooms, athletes that compete representing Milford, musicians, artists, friends, and neighbors.”

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10 Takeaways From Day 2 Of The 2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament

Image credit: UTSA’s Braylon Owens (Photo by David Buono/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Two full days of the NCAA Tournament have already come and gone and 16 teams have officially been eliminated from the mix with at least 16 more set to make their exit throughout Day 3. You can follow along with results from […]

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Two full days of the NCAA Tournament have already come and gone and 16 teams have officially been eliminated from the mix with at least 16 more set to make their exit throughout Day 3. You can follow along with results from every game here.

Here’s a quick snapshot of how No. 1 seeds have fared so far. We’ll cover Oregon’s surprising exit below. The following hosts all have one loss and must play their way through the elimination bracket:

  • Clemson
  • Georgia
  • Texas
  • Ole Miss
  • Oregon State
  • Vanderbilt
  • Southern Miss

These hosts played their way into regional finals: Florida State, North Carolina, Coastal Carolina, Auburn, Arkansas, Tennessee, LSU, UCLA.

Here are 10 takeaways from Saturday’s action in the NCAA Baseball Tournament:

A host has fallen

We warned that this could be a chaotic start to the tournament. On Saturday, the Eugene Regional was first to fully deliver on that unpredictability as host Oregon fell 10-8 to three-seed Cal Poly, becoming the first nationally seeded team to be sent home empty-handed.

This was a true shock. The Ducks entered with a Player of the Year candidate in Mason Neville, a high-end ace in Grayson Grinsell and a veteran roster with deep postseason experience. But ultimately four-seed Utah Valley and Cal Poly sent Oregon packing before it ever found its footing.

For the Ducks and their fans, disappointment shouldn’t overshadow the program’s bright future. Head coach Mark Wasikowski has already delivered unprecedented success with back-to-back super regionals in 2023 and 2024 and Oregon just claimed a share of the Big Ten regular-season title. 

The Ducks should remain contenders. Right now, though, the sting is sharp.

The SEC is playing well, but not great

The SEC shattered its own Selection Monday record this year, placing 13 of its 16 teams into the NCAA Tournament. None were even considered bubble teams, a surprise in itself. Through 26 tournament games involving SEC teams, the league holds a 16-10 record, with only Alabama already eliminated after a quick two-game exit.

There were nearly more. Florida, Ole Miss and Kentucky staved off elimination Saturday, while Mississippi State, Georgia, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt and Texas all lost their winner’s bracket games and will now join those three in Sunday’s elimination rounds.

Just four SEC teams—Tennessee, Auburn, Arkansas and LSU—have advanced unbeaten to their regional finals.

Is that good enough? 

In one sense, yes—the league that filled nearly a quarter of the tournament field has only one team out. With 48 teams still alive, the SEC still represents exactly a quarter of the field.

But it’s also fair to ask whether the conference that commanded such an untouchable aura on Selection Monday should already have more than four teams through to regional finals, especially with eight of the 16 host sites belonging to its members.

Fans have every right to be and should ask these questions. So should the committee as it looks to keep refining its selection process.

Murray State is the early Cinderella run to watch

The NCAA Tournament is always at its best when it delivers an unlikely hero. Last year, that postseason magic was missing when Omaha’s field of eight came entirely from the SEC and ACC. This year, it feels like we’re getting back to form.

Murray State secured its second postseason stunner Saturday, knocking off Oxford Regional two-seed Georgia Tech to advance directly to Sunday night’s final. There, the Racers will face the winner of a surprising elimination game between Georgia Tech and host Ole Miss.

Murray State was no ordinary four-seed. The Racers entered the tournament ranked in the national top 50 in batting average, slugging percentage and runs scored per game, with a 14.1% walk rate that ranked 13th, clear signs of a disciplined, opportunistic offense. They also arrived with 38 wins and a 21-8 league record, showing season-long consistency.

Their pitching staff, with a 4.70 ERA and 5.41 FIP, is plenty serviceable for a team that can hit this well.

Statistically, we thought the Racers looked more like a three-seed than a four. So far, they’ve proven it and then some.

Foley Field is at it again

We flagged the Athens Regional as one of the most likely to get weird this weekend thanks largely to the ballpark itself, though the field of teams didn’t hurt.

With its extremely short right field, Foley Field was always going to be a home run haven and recipe for volatility. That didn’t fully show on Friday, when results went to script, but it came alive Saturday when Oklahoma State and Binghamton combined for 10 home runs in one game. In the nightcap, Duke rode three homers to an upset win over Georgia.

With Binghamton now out, only power-conference teams remain in Athens and all three bring major home run power. More fireworks are almost guaranteed.

The ‘junkyard dogs’ of UTSA

UTSA demanded national attention throughout the regular season, turning AAC play into its own playground en route to a regular-season title and comfortable at-large bid as the No. 2 seed in the Austin Regional.

After a tournament-opening win over Kansas State on Friday, the Roadrunners stunned national No. 2 seed Texas with a 9-7 victory in the winner’s bracket on Saturday night to take control of the regional.

It was UTSA’s second win over Texas this season and left the program one victory away from its first-ever super regional appearance.

“That is not some jackleg team who is just hot,” Texas head coach Jim Schlossnagle told media members after the game. “They are some junkyard dogs. They’re good players, and they present a lot of problems. They play fearlessly and they will take a shot at something even if it doesn’t work. They can really hit.”

The flexibility of the UTSA bats was put on full display Saturday when Mason Lytle, Garrett Gruell and James Taussig all slashed doubles throughout the contest, Lytle drove in what proved to be the winning run on a single in the seventh and a bunt provided the final insurance run in the ninth. 

Pat Hallmark’s Roadrunners are set to rematch against the winner of the elimination game between Texas and Kansas State on Sunday evening. A win would propel it to the super regional round while a loss would force a decisive regional final game on Monday.

With Kansas out, a fascinating offseason begins in Lawrence

Like Alabama, Kansas’ postseason ended in surprising fashion Saturday. It was eliminated from the Fayetteville Regional after back-to-back losses, including one to sub-.500 North Dakota State.

The Jayhawks appeared to run out of steam. 

Now the focus shifts to what should be a fascinating offseason in Lawrence. Head coach Dan Fitzgerald has built a fast-rising reputation that’s led to interest on the coaching search front. While Brian O’Connor remains the favorite for the Mississippi State opening, sources familiar with that search told Baseball America that Fitzgerald is also a serious candidate and would be in the mix to become the frontrunner if an agreement with O’Connor falls through.

Fitzgerald is also expected to be in the mix for any other major jobs that open this summer.

But being a candidate doesn’t guarantee a move and if Fitzgerald stays, recruiting at Kansas remains a huge challenge. This year’s roster featured just three true freshmen and now comes the tough task of re-recruiting the standout veterans from this historic season while filling key holes left by graduating seniors and draft departures.

Saturday results set up for Sunday madness

Saturday’s results have teed up an outstanding Sunday slate of elimination games. Thirteen of the 16 early-Sunday matchups feature at least one power-conference team, and six—Wake Forest-Cincinnati, Kentucky-Clemson, Georgia-Oklahoma State, Oklahoma-Nebraska, Ole Miss-Georgia Tech and Texas-Kansas State—will pit two Power Four programs against each other.

As we’ve said before, this postseason has already delivered plenty of twists and turns. When at least 16 more teams are cut from the field by sunset Sunday, expect more of the same.

Player of the Day

It didn’t take much thought to land on Murray State left fielder Dan Tauken for Saturday’s top individual honor after the graduate student went 3-for-5 with two home runs and five RBIs in the Racers’ wild 13-11 win over Georgia Tech, moving them to the brink of a super regional berth. 

Tauken launched his ninth and 10th home runs of the season in the victory, securing back-to-back double-digit homer campaigns at the Division I level after transferring from Rockland Community College.

Oklahoma defense, Kyson Witherspoon stumble against Tar Heels

Everything seemed to be falling into place for Oklahoma. The Chapel Hill Regional two-seed successfully saved ace Kyson Witherspoon for the winner’s bracket game by using No. 2 starter Malachai Witherspoon to beat Nebraska in the opener.

Kyson, one of the nation’s best arms this year, entered Saturday night’s matchup against North Carolina with a sparkling 2.48 ERA and 120 strikeouts in 91 innings. But sloppy defense and an uncharacteristic outing turned it into his worst start of the season: 4.0 innings, 10 hits, nine runs (three earned), four strikeouts and three walks.

The loss itself wasn’t a shock, but the way it happened certainly was. Now Oklahoma faces an elimination game rematch with Nebraska.

The Player of the Year race is murky

We’re halfway through regionals, and it’s still difficult to project who will take home Baseball America’s Player of the Year Award.

Mason Neville from Oregon was a strong candidate, but the Ducks’ early exit clouds his case. Tennessee ace Liam Doyle remains in the mix, though he hasn’t quite looked like himself in recent weeks. LSU ace Kade Anderson just ripped off 11 more strikeouts over seven scoreless against Dallas Baptist. Florida State’s Alex Lodise might be the frontrunner. His team is well-positioned for a super regional berth, and his individual numbers remain stellar, but he hasn’t completely broken away from the pack, either.

The point is, just as the regular season and postseason have been wildly unpredictable, so too are the individual awards. The race is still far from settled.

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What is the water quality at Edgewater Beach, Villa Angela Beach today?

The E. coli concentration at Edgewater Beach is 106 MPN/100mL. While that’s an improvement from Saturday, the predicted water quality is still “poor.” CLEVELAND — The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District in Cleveland has again listed the water quality as “poor” at Edgewater Beach for Sunday. Today is the second day this weekend NEORSD has warned […]

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The E. coli concentration at Edgewater Beach is 106 MPN/100mL. While that’s an improvement from Saturday, the predicted water quality is still “poor.”

CLEVELAND — The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District in Cleveland has again listed the water quality as “poor” at Edgewater Beach for Sunday.

Today is the second day this weekend NEORSD has warned about the water quality at Edgewater. However, unlike yesterday, the predicted water quality at Villa Angela is listed as “good.”

  • Edgewater Beach: The predicted E. coli concentration is 106 MPN/100mL. The threshold is listed at 80 MPN/100mL.
  • Villa Angela Beach: The predicted E. coli concentration is 96 MPN/100mL. The threshold is listed at 135 MPN/100mL. 

The predicted E. coli levels at both beaches have improved since Saturday. Sunday’s predicted concentration at Edgewater is 106 MPN/mL — down from Saturday’s count of 139 MPN/mL. At Villa Angela Beach, the E. coli concentration has dropped by more than 200 MPN/mL today to yesterday.

“The percent probability that a beach will exceed the set threshold is calculated by the Virtual Beach 3.0 software based on beach conditions measured during sample collection,” according to NEORSD. “When the percent probability generated by Virtual Beach 3.0 exceeds 50%, the true E. coli concentration is expected to exceed the Bathing Water Recreational Criteria of 235 MPN/100mL.  Increasing percent probability indicates an increased likelihood of a true exceedance of the recreational criteria and vice versa. ”



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