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MLB owners propose a salary cap for the first time since 1994-95 strike

Major League Baseball owners made their long-expected salary cap proposal to the players' association on Thursday, a system the union has vowed never to accept, setting the sides on course for a confrontation that threatens the 2027 season and perhaps beyond. Baseball owners hadn't proposed ...

WVU wins regional opener at packed home field

GRANVILLE – Perhaps Ben Lumsden is just made for the spotlight of the NCAA tournament. West Virginia’s senior outfielder would never admit to that, in fact he kind of played the moment off Friday. Still, it was a heck of a moment for Lumsden to try and make routine. In the opening game of the NCAA tournament, Lumsden reached base four times, hit a three-run home run and scored twice in the Mountaineers’ 10-1 victory against Binghamton in front of a sold-out crowd of 4,120 inside Kendrick Family Ballpark. WVU (40-14), which reached 40 wins for the third time in four seasons, ...

WVU AD Wren Baker ‘positive’ about men’s soccer split-season change

MORGANTOWN — Amidst all the college football and basketball news and all the postseason changes, there was some big men's soccer news this spring. The Division I Men's Soccer Oversight Committee adopted legislation changing the men's soccer season into two semesters, which would start on Aug. 1, 2027. The action is supposed to be reviewed by the Division I Cabinet during its June 23-24 meeting. This change still keeps the maximum of 25 games. A max of 18 will be played in the fall, starting in late August and going until the Saturday before Thanksgiving. The spring season would start ...

Kavan’s 4-hit shutout keeps defending champ Texas alive at WCWS with 4-0 win over Mississippi State

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Teagan Kavan pitched a complete-game four-hitter, Kaiah Altmeyer and Kayden Henry each belted a home run, and defending-champion Texas defeated Mississippi State 4-0 on Friday to stay alive at the Women's College World Series. Kavan (26-6), who was the losing pitcher in the Longhorns' 6-3 loss to Tennessee on Thursday, returned to the form that led Texas to the WCWS title in 2025. On Friday, she threw only 78 pitches with two strikeouts and no walks. Second-seeded Texas (48-12) advances to another elimination game on Sunday against the loser between Alabama and ...

Browns defense getting up to speed with new scheme despite absences

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Myles Garrett hasn't met his new head coach, but he has at least talked to his new defensive coordinator. "I knew that would be a question. I'm going to leave a lot of that interaction between me and Myles. There has been some. Yes," Mike Rutenberg said on Wednesday ...