At the Women’s College World Series on Monday, No. 9 Stanford did what very, very few teams have managed to do so far this year: It pushed No. 1 Oklahoma to its limit.
Even at its limit, however, Oklahoma is still … Oklahoma. It took extra innings. It involved the kind of pitching duel that has rarely been required this year for the Sooners, who lead the nation both in batting average and slugging percentage. But it still ended the way most games do for Oklahoma—which is to say, of course, with a win.
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Rumors of Oklahoma softball’s demise have been greatly exaggerated.
The two-time defending national champion Sooners are headed back to the women’s College World Series finals after dispatching Stanford 4–2 Monday afternoon in nine innings. The win represented Oklahoma’s 51st victory in a row—the longest streak in Division I history.
In fact, the Sooners own four of the five longest winning streaks in Division I college softball history. Oklahoma previously posted streaks of 41 (2019), 40 (’21–22), and 40 (’20–21) games.
Athletes are people, too. Despite their money and notoriety, athletes are highly susceptible to problems we assume only of the common man.
Take Cleveland Browns running back Demetric Felton, who reportedly had his Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat stolen on Sunday.
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As reported by FOX 5 Cleveland’s Camryn Justice, Felton noted that a vehicle followed into a parking garage before his Dodge was stolen.
Chase Herbstreit is set to begin an incredibly busy month of June on Wednesday. The youngest son of college football and NFL analyst Kirk Herbstreit will embark on a run of college camps that includes five of the 12 teams to reach a New Year’s Six Bowl game last season.
Herbstreit, a 2025 quarterback recruit, has not yet been ranked because he simply has not played that much on the high school level. However, the position is obviously in his blood, and he is considered to be one of the rising prospects in his class.
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The NFL is investigating a Colts player after it found evidence that the player placed “hundreds” of bets, Mark Rybaltowski of the Sports Handle reports.
According to the report, the player placed some of the bets on Indianapolis and most of them occurred during the 2022 season. A Colts official confirmed the investigation to ESPN’s Stephen Holder.
“We are aware of the NFL’s investigation and will have no further comment at this time,” an official said.
Apparently, the NFL has a gambling problem. The league has gone all-in on legalized gambling, but not when it comes to their players.
Last year, the league suspended Calvin Ridley for an entire year over a gambling violation. This offseason, several more players received lengthy suspensions for violating the league’s gambling policy.
Essentially, the league wants people to bet on the NFL. Why? Because it raises interest in the sport. But, they don’t want players betting on games because it jeopardizes the integrity of the game.
That puts the NFL in a tough spot.
Former Jets offensive lineman D’Brickashaw Ferguson said on the NFL Players: Second Acts podcast he plans on attending nursing school.
The 39-year-old, who retired from the NFL in 2016, spoke about his journey on the podcast. He discussed how his confidence was low since he hadn’t taken any science classes since high school.
He then enrolled in community college to take “one class at a time” and take the prerequisites needed to apply to nursing school. Ferguson completed all the coursework, and multiple schools accepted him. He plans to go in the fall.
Southern Mississippi baseball has leaned on its ace Tanner Hall in each of the last two seasons. But at what point are the Golden Eagles leaning on him too much?
That is the question being asked after a surprise announcement on Monday.
Hall, a junior from Louisiana, is considered one of the best right-handed pitching prospects to come out of college in this year’s MLB Draft class. There is an argument to be made that he has the best command of any prospect this season.
He stands 6-foot-1, 186 pounds and throws cheddar.
Tanner Hall (‘23 Elig.
Kendrick Perkins wasn’t a fan of Nuggets coach Michael Malone’s comments criticizing his team’s lack of effort in Denver’s loss to the Heat in Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night.
During an appearance on ESPN’s First Take on Monday morning, Perkins said Malone needs to “hold himself accountable” rather than blaming his players, specifically pointing to Malone’s usage of Michael Porter Jr. as an area he feels the Nuggets’ coach needs to improve upon.
DUBLIN, Ohio — Viktor Hovland of Norway speaks during the trophy ceremony after winning the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday at Muirfield Village Golf Club on June 04, 2023. | Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images
The 25-year-old Norwegian pulled out a playoff victory at The Memorial Sunday, and less than 24 hours, took up a side job.
The day after winning his biggest tournament to date, Viktor Hovland was back out on the links.
He did not practice. Nor did he enjoy a celebratory round.
Instead, Hovland showed up to the U.S.