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The Tigers' David Bonuchi placed third in the 1-meter springboard event Thursday at NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Indianapolis to earn All-America honors for the sixth time.

For the first time ever, the top four seeds are the same for consecutive seasons.

The Royals have perhaps the fewest job competitions of any team in the major leagues this spring, mostly because they have one of the youngest, most promising groups of position players in the game.

The 42-year-old second-year coach needed to repair a ruptured disk in his lower back.

Now with the Chicago White Sox organization, Hickman graduate Blake Tekotte is trying to make his dream of a career in the MLB a reality. 

Tennessee followed up victories at South Carolina and Vanderbilt — their first true road wins of the season — with an 88-58 drubbing of Kentucky on Saturday that represented the Volunteers' most one-sided victory in that rivalry's 216-game history.

The University of Miami's statement came shortly after the embattled NCAA said it was pressing on with the case against Miami even after acknowledging "missteps" in the investigation.  

Defending champion Arizona has lost key players, but says it has a good a chance as teams like Arkansas, North Carolina and Vanderbilt to make it to the College World Series.

 The five-game skid is the first since Jan. 2 to 12, 2011, for the Blues, who began the season 6-1. It's their first five-game losing streak at home since Jan. 23 to Feb. 6, 2010.

Second-year manager Mike Matheny showed up at 5:30 a.m., and several pitchers and catchers weren't far behind.

Among the 34 pitchers at spring training Monday were four starters — James Shields, Wade Davis, Ervin Santana and Jeremy Guthrie — who were not with the Royals for spring training last year.

Carpenter, 37, is entering the second year of a two-year, $21 million contract and said he owed it the organization to keep trying. But after undergoing an eighth surgery last season that "absolutely" left concerns about long-term health, he said there would not be a ninth.

Ole Miss muscled in on the powerhouses that usually dominate national signing day, landing some of the most sought-after prospects in the country on college football's annual first-Wednesday-in-February frenzy.

On Wednesday, high school players around the country will sign their letters of intent to play college football. Coaches must evaluate more than just 40-yard dash times and tackling technique when they decide whether to offer a scholarship.

Fueled by a raucous crowd of 13,816, the Razorbacks shocked No. 2 Florida 80-69 on Tuesday night in an energy-filled arena that reminded Anderson of the Arkansas of old when he was an assistant to former coach Nolan Richardson.

Scherzer, a former Missouri student athlete, was 16-7 last season with a 3.74 and struck out 231, a total that trailed only teammate Justin Verlander. He was 1-0 with a 2.08 ERA in the postseason, helping Detroit reach the World Series.

Former Tiger shortstop Ian Kinsler talked about how his unlikely landing at Missouri led to an All-Star career in Major League Baseball. 

St. Louis also agreed to minor league contracts with catchers Rob Johnson and J.R. Towles and outfielder Justin Christian and hired former catcher Bengie Molina as assistant hitting coach. He is the older brother of Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina.

Frequent contributor John Hall shares thoughts and memories of the recently deceased Cardinals legend Stan Musial from friends, family and former minor league baseball players across the country.

Larry writes that Stan Musial's "humility, caring and warmth set an example of how everyone should be treated, no matter who they are."