Fahnbulleh sprints to 100, 200 NCAA track titles

EUGENE, Ore. — Florida’s Joseph Fahnbulleh pulled away at the finishes to win the 100 and 200 meters at the NCAA track and field championships Friday night. Fahnbulleh, who competed for Liberia at the Tokyo Olympics, won the 100 title first in a personal-best 10 seconds. Tennessee freshman Favour Ashe was second in 10.08. Oregon’s […]

Notre Dame blasts four HRs, stuns No. 1 Vols

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Carter Putz hit a two-run home run in the first inning, Notre Dame matched its season-high with four home runs, and the Fighting Irish beat No. 1 seed Tennessee 8-6 on Friday night in the opener of the Knoxville Super Regional. This super regional pitted college baseball’s winningest programs since the start […]

French sports minister apologises to Liverpool fans over Paris chaos

France’s sports minister apologises to Liverpool supporters after the Champions League final fiasco and admits the chaotic scenes in Paris may have brought back ‘painful memories’ of the Hillsborough disaster The Champions League final in Paris was disrupted by distressing incidents   Fans were tear-gassed by police, and the game was delayed on two occasions France’s […]

East Carolina one win from first CWS appearance

East Carolina moved within one win of reaching the College World Series for the first time, and Oklahoma is on the cusp of making the final eight in the NCAA baseball tournament for the first time since 2010. No. 8 national seed East Carolina, playing a super regional on its Greenville, North Carolina, campus for […]

Origin I: The greatest shame of them all

The seasons change, the catastrophic concussion episodes go on. In the opening minutes of Origin I, the enormous Maroons prop Josh Papalii takes the ball up at full pelt, and as the NSW forward Isaah Yeo tackles him, Yeo’s head takes a huge first impact, before his head swings back and hits ground. Yeo staggers […]