Thursday's three games in the 2014 ACC baseball tournament saw the playing field become more even with two of the top three seeds falling in the round-robin pool. Just one day after pulling off a shocking upset over top-seeded Miami (Florida), the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets came crashing back to earth, getting shut out 6-0 by Duke. The Blue Devils managed to bounce back from their loss to Clemson in the opener, getting a sensational, five-hit ...

Urban Meyer has proven himself as one of the elite recruiters in college football, securing three consecutive top-five recruiting classes during his tenure at Ohio State. That streak, though, is in serious jeopardy. The Buckeyes' 2015 class only has two commitments from a pair of 4-star prospects, ranking No. 63 in the country. Programs such as Rice, Florida Atlantic and Texas-San Antonio currently boast better classes than Ohio State. That should change very soon. Despite the slow start, Meyer has the Buckeyes ...

The Cleveland Cavaliers' incredible luck continued when they drew the No. 1 overall pick for the third time in four years in the NBA draft lottery. With several elite prospects to choose from, it seems new general manager David Griffin and the front office are wary of selecting Kansas center Joel Embiid. According to FoxSportsOhio.com's Sam Amico, sources with knowledge of Cleveland's current thinking suggest the back injury that kept Embiid out of the NCAA tournament is a big ...

Transfers like Bryce Dejean-Jones and Anthony Lee will be huge contributors for their new respective team during the 2014-15 men's college basketball season. For a second consecutive year, more than 500 players have filed the necessary paperwork to transfer schools. For many coaches, recruiting via transfers has become an even more lucrative investment than recruiting incoming freshman. Though the vast majority of transfers barely even cause a blip on the national radar, there are always a few ...

When a head coaching job opens up in college basketball, the backs of every assistant coach suddenly become a little bit straighter. Toiling in relative anonymity as just one of many smart-suited individuals on the bench—and not the one who gets to stand up and yell at referees—the assistants don't get much attention. But that all changes when head coaching vacancies start to pop up, as the second- and third-in-command guys become highly coveted for schools ...

The 2014 offseason has been busier than most. Or at least it feels that way. More than 500 transfers have either signed with new teams or are seeking one, two of the country’s top coaches (Bruce Pearl and Kelvin Sampson) are back in the college game after an NCAA-mandated hiatus and some of the nation’s most powerful programs keep finding ways to get stronger. Granted, the past few months have been busier for some than others. ...

Ninety-seven wins, 215 losses, two general managers, two head coaches and nearly four years later, the Cleveland Cavaliers are still all about LeBron James. Maybe.  Pingpong balls gave the Cavaliers' rebuild new life when they won the NBA draft lottery for the second consecutive season—and third time in the last four years—despite only having a 1.7 percent chance of landing the No. 1 pick.  Possibilities abound now that they own the top selection of a can't-miss draft. Days ...

Every baseball team needs a guy who lightens the mood in the dugout. It's safe to assume that Minnesota Golden Gophers pitcher Cody Campbell is the one who keeps his team loose. It looks like he is either trying to give Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Brian Wilson a run for his money or show the Boston Red Sox that he is willing to do whatever it takes to build team chemistry. The Gophers also believe that the beard ...

The Philadelphia 76ers emerged from the NBA Lottery with the third and tenth overall selections in a draft that most level-headed analysts agree is one of the best in a generation. So, not a bad evening. And yet lottery night marked something of a disappointment for the Sixers, who under the watchful eye of General Manager Sam Hinkie threw a season about a brazenly as a team can. In pursuit of the lottery win that eluded them ...

The basketball gods have a thing for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Not only did they deliver the franchise an against-all-odds top selection for the third time in four years; they did so in a year with a cornerstone big man sitting at the top of all draft boards. (Or all the ones that got it right, at least). There is no three-man race to the No. 1 spot. Kansas freshman phenom Joel Embiid is in a class of ...