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.
Bill Self hasn’t had to go through many stretches like this in his 20 seasons at Kansas. Yet the coach hasn’t seemed angry or even all that discouraged during a rare three-game losing streak.