UNC looks to be headed to Omaha

...season ends in Omaha. The East Carolina bus is running. Literally. Outside of the third-base side of Boshamer Stadium. Six outs left in the ECU season, unless the Pirates can somehow hijack this game...

...June 2009: University of North Carolina Tar Heel Dustin Ackley (13...9-3 victory over the East Carolina University Pirates at Boshamer Stadium in Chapel...

Baseball is Perkins' pick

Highly regarded La Porte (Texas) prospect Kendrick Perkins, a Texas A&M verbal commit, will skip his senior year of football to concentrate on baseball.

AL East … King Albert … and lots more

With the All-Star Game now in the rearview mirror, Starting 9 looks ahead at the top things to keep a close eye on in the second half of the season.

Complete 2009 draft results

Check out which players were among the 1,521 selected in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft, from Stephen Strasburg to Alibay Barkley.

Dal Canton, 66, went from high school teacher to big league pitcher

Bruce Dal Canton, a former high school teacher who turned a good showing at a tryout camp into a lengthy career as a major league pitcher and coach, has died. He was 66.

Friday - September 12, 2008

...their lead in the AL East going up against the Yankees...MLB lines for the night: Pirates -119, Dodgers -124 and A...out. Yesterday's Notes: North Carolina did some major damage to...

Manny's third straight HR not enough as O's rally back; Ortiz headed to DL

Adam Jones broke a tie with a three-run double in the eighth inning, and the Orioles overcame another home run by Manny Ramirez to beat the Red Sox 6-3 on Monday night.

Ortiz headed to DL with partially torn tendon in left wrist

Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz will be placed on the 15-day disabled list with a partially torn tendon in his left wrist, manager Terry Francona said Monday night.

Around the NL: Season-ending injuries

Tristan H. Cockcroft discusses the latest National League news, including the players who are out for the year.

Cockcroft: Dempster out as Cubs' closer

Tristan H. Cockcroft discusses the latest National League news, including the Cubs' closer situation and what to expect from Josh Hamilton the rest of the way.

Cockcroft: Soriano hurt, Upton promoted

Tristan H. Cockcroft discusses Alfonso Soriano's injury and other news from the National League.

Around the NL: Pie, Kemp get their shot

Tristan H. Cockcroft takes his weekly trip around the National League.

Carpenter hurt, Schmidt leaves early

Tristan examines news from each of the teams in the National League.

Sports Getaways for Sept. 22-25