Longtime slick-fielding third baseman Scott Rolen has been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, getting 76.3% of the ballots cast in his sixth year of eligibility to earn enshrinement.
Japan completed naming its 30-man roster for the World Baseball Classic, which includes outfielders Lars Nootbaar of the Cardinals and Masataka Yoshida of the Red Sox.
Oklahoma’s Taylor Robertson made two 3-pointers in Wednesday’s loss to Texas to raise her career total to 497, equaling the Division I women’s record Ohio State star Kelsey Mitchell set from 2014-2018.
NCAA president Mark Emmert said he has “very mixed emotions” about his 12-year tenure ending as the college sports industry sorts through several potentially existential issues.