Major League Baseball Thursday announced its master 2025 regular-season schedule, which will begin with the Tokyo Series presented by Guggenheim, featuring the Los Angeles Dodgers with Oshu, Japan native Shohei Ohtani and Bizen, Japan native Yoshinobu Yamamoto against the Chicago Cubs with Kitakyushu, Japan native Shota Imanaga and Arakawa, Japan native Seiya Suzuki on Tuesday, March 18 and Wednesday, March 19 at the Tokyo Dome. Traditional Opening Day, featuring all 30 Major League Clubs, will take place on Thursday, March 27.

Seeing their professional dreams take root during Tuesday’s final day of the 2024 MLB Draft, Virginia Tech pitcher Jordan Little and second baseman Christian Martin were chosen during the 15th and 18th rounds, respectively, rounding out the Hokies’ record-tying, five-player draft pool.

The Cincinnati Reds have unfortunately fallen back far enough to become sellers at the trade deadline. Their lackluster performance in Washington has officially become what I believe to be the nail in the coffin for this Reds season. I guess Joe Biden wasn’t the only person to drop out of the race in Washington this weekend.

Miami University outfielder Zach MacDonald was selected in the 15th round of the 2024 MLB Draft by the Detroit Tigers.

The Wilmington College athletics department and Interim Director of Athletics Briana Clark announced Friday the hiring of Cole Huggard as the Quakers’ new Head Men’s and Women’s Swimming Coach. Huggard is the second coach in program history, as he replaces long time head coach Trip Breen.

Experience led the way as the U.S. Paralympic Team Trials – Track & Field opened with the first of three days of competition at the Ansin Sports Complex in Miramar, Fla. Paralympians looking to earn slots on another Games roster won 10 events on the day.

Junior catcher Brock Tibbitts and sophomore right-handed pitcher Brayden Risedorph were the final members of Indiana University’s roster to be selected in the 2024 MLB Draft. The pair of Hoosiers were taken in the 13th round (397th overall) by Toronto and 20th round (602nd overall) by Chicago (NL) respectively on Tuesday (July 16) afternoon.

The University of Dayton and Marquette University have jointly announced they will play a two-game series in men's basketball.

The NCAA Men's and Women's cross-country and Track and Field Rules Committee recently recommended rules for shoes competitors can wear and a modification to lane violations.

Ohio State had a conference-best 220 student-athletes named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars for 2023-24, the league announced recently.

Virginia Cavaliers outfielder Anthony Stephan was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the 13th round (389th overall) on day three of the 2024 MLB Draft. Virginia had a total of four players taken in this year’s draft.

The Cincinnati Bengals Thursday announced that HB Corey Dillon (1997-2003) and NT Tim Krumrie (1983-94) will be added to the team’s Ring of Honor in 2024.

Auburn right-handed pitcher Will Cannon was selected by the Cincinnati Reds with the 359th overall pick in the 12th round of the Major League Baseball Draft Tuesday.

Miami University head men's basketball coach Travis Steele announced that Elijah Pennington has been promoted to Assistant Coach. Pennington joined Steele's program in August of 2022 as a Graduate Assistant through the McLendon Minority Leadership Initiative (MLI).

In its 39th year of honoring the nation’s most elite high school athletes, Gatorade recently announced Dillon Morlock of Norwayne High School is the 2023-24 Gatorade Ohio Boys Track & Field Player of the Year. Morlock is the first Gatorade Ohio Boys Track & Field Player of the Year to be chosen from Norwayne High School.