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![Oklahoma outfielders Tanner Tredaway, left, Kendall Pettis (7) and John Spikerman celebrate the team's win over Texas A&M during an NCAA College World Series baseball game June 17 in Omaha, Nebraska.]()
Underdogs Ole Miss, OU set for College World Series finals
OMAHA, Neb. - Less than a month ago, Mississippi players and coaches didn't know if they would make the NCAA baseball tournament.
This weekend, the Rebels will play for the national championship.
Next up is Oklahoma in the College World Series …
![South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley celebrates with her team after a college basketball game in the final round of the Women's Final Four NCAA tournament against UConn on April 3 in Minneapolis. South Carolina won 64-49 to win the championship. The number of women competing at the highest level of college athletics continues to rise along with an increasing funding gap between men's and women's sports programs, according to an NCAA report examining the 50th anniversary of Title]()
Title IX: NCAA report shows stark gap in funding for women
The number of women competing at the highest level of college athletics continues to rise along with an increasing funding gap between men's and women's sports programs, according to an NCAA report examining the 50th anniversary of Title IX.
The …
![Tennessee Titans tight end Chig Okonkwo takes part in a drill at the NFL football team's practice facility in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 2. Okonkwo has a really good reason not to be working with the rest of the Titans' rookies as they wrap up their offseason at the team headquarters. Okonkwo, the rookie who ran the fastest 40-yard dash among tight ends earlier this year at the NFL Combine had somewhere better to be: Tight End University.]()
Tight ends gather in Nashville to learn from NFL's best
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee tight end Chig Okonkwo has a really good reason not to be working with the rest of the Titans' rookies as they wrap up their offseason at the team headquarters.
Okonkwo, the rookie who ran the fastest 40-yard dash …
![Helio Castroneves, of Brazil, prepares to drive before the final practice for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis on May 27.]()
Castroneves hoping SRX win leads to seat in Daytona 500
Justin Marks' own mother heard the rumor and texted her son, the owner of Trackhouse Racing, to find out if Helio Castroneves will be running the Daytona 500 for the NASCAR team.
That would be the logical spot for the four-time Indianapolis 500 …
![Alex Bowman waits for the start of a NASCAR Cup Series auto race on June 20, 2021, in Lebanon, Tennessee. Bowman felt he underperformed last year when NASCAR brought the Cup Series back to the Nashville area for the first time in 37 years. He's now seeking a stronger showing Sunday, June 26, 2022.]()
Alex Bowman seeks big Nashville Superspeedway weekend for Ally
LEBANON, Tenn. - Alex Bowman looks back at last year's return to Nashville Superspeedway as a bit of a bust.
The weekend opened just fine: Hendrick Motorsports announced a two-year contract extension with Bowman that locked him in the No. 48 …
![Isidore Newman quarterback Arch Manning (16) looks to throw a pass against Lafayette Christian Academy in the LHSAA Division III football semifinals Friday, Nov. 26, 2021, in Lafayette, La.]()
Top QB recruit Arch Manning tweets that he's going to Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The latest Manning quarterback, and the nation's top recruit for next year's class, has verbally committed to a future SEC school: Arch Manning tweeted Thursday that he plans to play at Texas.
The quarterback's message …
