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College Baseball Player Calvin Riley Killed While Playing ‘Pokemon Go’

Posted by Tyler Conway on August 8 2016 Add Comments
Calvin Riley, a college baseball player at San Joaquin Delta College in California, was shot and killed Saturday in San Francisco while playing "Pokemon Go." He was 20. Sgt. Robert Jansing of the U.S. Park Police told Matt Hamilton of the Los Angeles Times that Riley was shot at 10 p.m. PT by an unknown gunman. He is believed to be the only victim, and officers are still investigating what led to the shooting. "There doesn't appear to be any outstanding motive right ...

2016 College Baseball Home Run Derby: Winner, Twitter Reaction and Highlights

Posted by Scott Polacek on July 3 2016 Add Comments
The theme of non-power-conference schools dominating the college baseball landscape continued at the College Home Run Derby on Sunday, when Hagen Owenby from the Southern Conference's East Tennessee State Buccaneers won the title in Omaha, Nebraska. It took place at TD Ameritrade Park, the same place where the Big South Conference's Coastal Carolina Chanticleers secured the College World Series title over the Pac-12's Arizona Wildcats on Thursday. Following the non-power-conference theme, Owenby defeated Joe Davis from the American Athletic Conference's ...

2016 College Baseball Home Run Derby: Date, Time, TV Schedule and Participants

Posted by Rob Goldberg on July 2 2016 Add Comments
While home runs aren't always a big part of college baseball, that will change Sunday during the College Home Run Derby. Coastal Carolina won the national championship on Thursday in a three-game final series against Arizona that featured just a single long ball. Most hitters are focusing on simply making good contact while only a small percentage even reach double-digit home runs on the season. However, this won't be an issue for the top hitters in action ...

College World Series Finals 2016: Arizona vs. CCU Game 3 Score and Reaction

Posted by Joe Pantorno on June 30 2016 Add Comments
For the first time in school history, the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers are national champions. Their baseball team defeated the Arizona Wildcats 4-3 on Thursday afternoon in Game 3 of the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, per SportsCenter:    Alex Cunningham had never saved a game in 41 collegiate appearances with the Chanticleers, but he did so Thursday by pitching the final three innings, allowing one run and striking out just one.  It was the biggest strikeout ...

2016 College World Series Finals Postponed Due to Inclement Weather

Posted by Joe Pantorno on June 29 2016 Add Comments
Wednesday night's decisive Game 3 of the 2016 College World Series between the Arizona Wildcats and the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers has been postponed until Thursday because of inclement weather in Omaha, Nebraska, per Michael Lev of the Arizona Daily Star.  NCAA Baseball announced that first pitch is scheduled for 1:08 p.m. ET. However, the rain and lightning on Wednesday ensured that Thursday's game will be a historic one. According to Creighton sports information director Rob Anderson, it will be the ...

College World Series 2016: CWS Finals Game 3 Time and TV Coverage Info

Posted by Alex Ballentine on June 29 2016 Add Comments
The 2016 College World Series will all come down to one game when the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers and Arizona Wildcats meet in Game 3 of the series on Wednesday night.  Like Freddy, Jason or any other good villain from a slasher movie, no one has been able to get rid of the Chants in postseason play. The Wildcats became the most recent team to find that out. NC State had them on the brink of elimination ...

College World Series 2016: Latest Comments Before Arizona vs. CCU Game 3

Posted by Matt Fitzgerald on June 29 2016 Add Comments
The 2016 College World Series will go the full distance after Coastal Carolina got off the mat in Tuesday's 5-4 victory over Arizona to force a decisive Game 3 on Wednesday. Chanticleers head coach Gary Gilmore put it best with a brief but fitting postgame comment. He said, per the club's official Twitter feed, "Wow what a baseball game." One person to thank was senior Mike Morrison, who made the transition from closer to starter in Omaha, Nebraska, ...

College World Series 2016: TV Schedule and Pick for Arizona vs. CCU Game 3

Posted by Alec Nathan on June 29 2016 Add Comments
The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers were backed into a corner Tuesday night facing a 1-0 College World Series deficit, but they flashed tremendous resolve and captured a 5-4 Game 2 win over the Arizona Wildcats to force a decisive Game 3 on Wednesday evening in Omaha, Nebraska.  But before breaking down which team will have the edge with college baseball's most coveted hardware on the line, here's a rundown of when and where you can catch all ...

College World Series Finals 2016: CCU vs. Arizona Game 2 Score and Reaction

Posted by Joe Pantorno on June 28 2016 Add Comments
Mike Morrison has been Coastal Carolina's closer for the past four years. On Tuesday night, he went boldly where he's never gone before, pitching 6.2 innings while striking out 10 in the Chanticleers' 5-4 win over Arizona in Game 2 of the College World Series from Omaha, Nebraska.  He was unable to get the win, though, as he was entrenched in a pitcher's duel with Arizona's Kevin Ginkel for much of the game's first seven innings. Coastal ...

College World Series 2016: CCU vs. Arizona Game 2 Live-Stream Schedule and Pick

Posted by Rob Goldberg on June 28 2016 Add Comments
Arizona is now one game away from a national championship, but Coastal Carolina is not giving up on its magical season just yet.  The Wildcats took a 1-0 advantage in the best-of-three series on the back of pitcher JC Cloney, who threw a complete game shutout in a 3-0 win Monday. After an outstanding run to get to the finals of the College World Series, they just have to win one of their next two games ...