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Sweet Caroline, No

As 2024 gets underway, ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd will be continuing their “Sharp Dressed Simple Man Tour,” an amalgamation of ZZ Top’s “Sharp Dressed Man” and Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Simple Man.” It causes me to wish that somewhere, someone would combine Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” with the Beach Boys’ “Caroline, No” to start a “Sweet […]

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Organizers for the 2028 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles present its recommendations to the sports program at Monday's IOC Session meetings in Mumbai, which were approved. Photo via International Olympic Committee.

Olympics: Baseball, Softball, Cricket, Flag Football Among Sports on LA28 Program

The LA28 sports program was officially confirmed by the International Olympic Committee during its annual session on Monday in India with baseball/softball, flag football, cricket, lacrosse and squash providing a mix of new and returning sports to the Olympic Summer Games. All five were voted in as a single package with two “no” votes from […]

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PCB College Baseball Classic Field Announced

Publix Sports Park will host 16 junior college baseball teams in the second annual Panama City Beach College Baseball Classic in Florida scheduled for February 3–5. The three-day preseason tournament features seven teams that finished the 2022 season ranked in the top 20 nationally wth three players in last year’s tournament selected in the first […]

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Capitol Broadcasting Company to Acquire Coastal Plain League

Capitol Broadcasting Company has bought the Coastal Plain League, a summer collegiate wood bat leagues, from the Petitt Family, who have owned and operated the league since 1997. Capitol Broadcasting Company has owned and operated the league’s Holly Springs Salamanders since 2017.  The Coastal Plain League is currently comprised of 13 franchises playing in Georgia, […]

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Hillsboro Hops Plans Stadium Improvements

The home of the Hops will have a new look in the future. Ron Tonkin Field in Hillsboro, Oregon, will undergo a redesign starting later this year for stadium improvements to bring it in line with Major League Baseball’s new standards for High-A Long Season ballparks. The city of Hillsboro has contracted with a design-builder, […]

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The New York Yankees, left, and the Boston Red Sox line up for the national anthem before a baseball game in London on June 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

MLB Returns to London in 2023, 2024 and 2026

Major League Baseball has announced a long-term strategic partnership with the city of London that includes the league’s commitment to hold major events in the city over the next five years. The deal includes regular-season games in 2023, 2024 and 2026. The league has also announced the formation of the MLB London Legacy Group, which […]

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Matt Hogue: Growing a Division I Athletics Program at Coastal Carolina

In the increasing competitive collegiate landscape, it is becoming harder and harder to stand out. But Coastal Carolina University is a prime example of a university that has managed its growth well, fielding a football team that has become a powerhouse out of nowhere in recent years and a formidable basketball program. Its new football […]

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Field of Dreams Site to Get Hotel as Part of Expansion

The site for the movie “Field of Dreams,” used to great effect by Major League Baseball with a special game last season with plans for another game this season, will be expanded as part of an $80 million private investment plan to include more baseball fields, dormitories for visiting teams and a hotel. The expansion […]

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San Diego Padres left fielder Allen Cordoba passes a logo for Play Ball, an initiative from Major League Baseball and USA Baseball, during the fifth inning of a game against the Colorado Rockies in 2017. Players voted Thursday to accept MLB's offer on a new labor deal, paving way to end 99-day lockout and salvage 162-game season. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Baseball is Back: Lockout Ends as MLBPA, Owners Reach CBA Agreement

Belatedly, it is time to play ball. Major League Baseball’s lockout by owners was ended on Thursday after a new five-year collective bargaining agreement was agreed upon and ratified, ending a 99-day lockout and coming just in time to allow MLB to have a full 162-game season that will start April 7. Spring training camps […]

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New Sports Venues to Watch in 2022

As the demand for spaces to host sporting events continues to grow with an eye toward sports-related travel in a post-coronavirus world, destinations across the country are examining their inventory, identifying needs and building accordingly. Here are 16 new sports complexes to keep an eye on in 2022. Alabama A&M Event Center Huntsville, Alabama OPENING: […]

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