SPORT POST

While the Pearl River baseball team has 12 seniors on the roster this year, only two of them are returning starters.
So when the Pirates kick off their 2012 season 4:30 p.m. today against Byram Hills at home, their team might have some familiar faces, yet at the same time a very different look....

It wasn’t the way Union Head Coach Ryan Bailey wanted to start the 2012 Union baseball season.
The Wildcats dropped a pair of home games last week to O’Fallon Christian last Tuesday, 7-2, and Rolla last Wednesday, 7-0.
Union’s scheduled game for Thursday at home against Waynesville was rained out....

One of the things a keen observer might notice before a baseball game is the way players play catch with each other.
Some warm up with short toss and then long, while others pick specific partners to toss with, and often stay with that partner all season....

Doug Gottlieb wouldn't be the first to leave ESPN for a college coaching job. But he might be the first with no coaching experience.
The college analyst/radio host is throwing his hat into the ring for the Kansas State job.
"I'm pretty self aware and I understand that the idea is not necessarily out of left field, but it would not technically be the norm for an athletic director," Gottlieb told Cole Manbeck of The Mercury. "But I do believe if given the chance I would do...