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Longtime Alabama baseball coach Jim Wells has retired and will be replaced by assistant Mitch Gaspard.
College baseball is getting ready to crack down on composite-barrel bats.
- Sixty-five Oregon students were in quarantine in Beijing, China, after one of them tested positive for swine flu, a NBC News producer in Beijing said on Sunday.
Texas baseball coach Augie Garrido has been sentenced to four days in jail on a drunken driving conviction.
In a July 9 story about potential NCAA rules violations in Oklahoma State's baseball program, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the school said coach Frank Anderson initially determined that a gift to a former player wasn't a rules violation. The school's associate athletic director for compliance, Scott Williams, made that determination.
The NCAA is citing Oklahoma State for a potential major rules violation in its baseball program.
Former San Diego State right-hander Stephen Strasburg, the No. 1 overall draft pick by the Washington Nationals last month, has been selected as the winner of the Dick Howser Trophy as college baseball's player of the year.
Britain's state broadcaster, the BBC, published details of expenses claims made by top executives Thursday, amid an increasing public clamor to scrutinize the use of public money.
It's almost too much for Jared Mitchell to wrap his mind around.
Connor Rowe hit a game-winning solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, moments after Cameron Rupp tied it with a homer of his own as Texas came from behind to beat Arizona State 4-3 in the College World Series on Friday night.
Few athletes can appreciate or embrace the role as starting pitcher for the College World Series championship game like Cole Green of Texas. That's what happens once you have stared death in the face.
The BBC said Friday it is using two extra satellites to broadcast its Farsi-language service after days of jamming it blamed on Iran, as several Western broadcasters seek to overcome obstacles to transmitting coverage of the country's political turmoil.
Kole Calhoun hit the game-tying grand slam in the fifth inning and the go-ahead double in the seventh, and Arizona State erased a four-run deficit in a 12-5 victory over North Carolina at the College World Series on Thursday night.
Andrew Darr doubled in the go-ahead run in the top of the 12th inning and Arkansas, which had been down to its last strike in the ninth, rallied to defeat Virginia 4-3 in the College World Series on Wednesday night.
Texas' comeback ability was again on full display on Tuesday night.
When it comes to naming the greatest hitters in College World Series history, the conversation now must include Dustin Ackley.
LSU hit four home runs and ace right-hander Anthony Ranaudo threw six solid innings as LSU eliminated Arkansas with a 14-5 victory Friday that sent the Tigers into next week's College World Series finals.
Virginia eliminated second-seeded Cal State Fullerton from the College World Series, beating another ace by chasing Daniel Renken in a 7-5 victory Monday.
Southern Mississippi reliever Jonathan Johnston walked Brandon Loy on four pitches with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth to give Texas a 7-6 win in the College World Series on Sunday night.
Kole Calhoun hit a three-run homer in the top of the 10th inning after a North Carolina error helped Arizona State take the lead, and the Sun Devils won their College World Series opener 5-2 on Sunday.
Sean Ochinko's three-run homer gave LSU the lead in the fifth inning and Ryan Schimpf's two-run blast in the eighth broke open the game for the Tigers, who beat Virginia 9-5 in the College World Series on Saturday night.
Andy Wilkins homered and drove in five runs to help Arkansas start off the College World Series with a 10-6 victory over Cal State Fullerton on Saturday.
Bo Davis is the perfect leadoff hitter for Southern Miss.
A double-digit winning streak and a trip to the College World Series are nothing new for LSU.
TD Ameritrade will pay $20 million over the next 20 years for naming rights to the Omaha stadium that will be home to the College World Series.
BBC News - Mussolini's 'brain and blood for sale on internet'The granddaughter of Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini has said that blood and parts of his brain have been stolen to sell on the internet. Alessandra Mussolini, a former showgirl turned MP, said she immediately informed the police when she found out.
BBC News - Charity EveryChild issues warning on separated childrenThe number of children around the world living without any parents or separated from their families has increased to 24 million with a third of them placed in orphanages, a leading British charity dealing with children's rights has warned.
BBC radio presenter in hot water after playing 'orgasm' clip on school run showFor the parents driving their children home from school, it wasn't exactly what they wanted to hear through the car radio. A BBC presenter used his drivetime show to broadcast a clip of a woman in the throes of an orgasm.
BBC News - Afghan corruption a political obstacleThe problem of corruption in Afghanistan was highlighted recently when an international survey placed the country as the second most corrupt in the world. It was beaten only by Somalia.
BBC News : Iran doctor 'committed suicide'Iran's police chief says a doctor who died at a detention centre shut in July after the deaths of several opposition supporters committed suicide.
BBC News - United Arab Emirates footballer Saad dies at trainingA striker with the national United Arab Emirates football team has died of a heart attack suffered during a club training session. Salem Saad, 31, collapsed while training with his club Al Nasr and could not be revived in hospital.
BBC News - President Obama replies to Cuba's dissident bloggerUS President Barack Obama has engaged in an unprecedented written exchange with a blogger in Cuba who is openly critical of its communist government. His comments came after prize-winning blogger Yoani Sanchez sent questions chiefly about US-Cuba relations.
BBC News - Google previews Chrome open source operating systemInternet search giant Google has lifted the lid on its operating system, known as Chrome OS. The free and open source system is initially aimed at low-cost netbooks and does away with many of the features of a traditional program.
BBC News - Newsnight - Defector tells of life in North Korean armyNewsnight has spoken to two North Korean defectors about life inside the secretive Stalinist state, one of whom says that he was an anti-tank battalion commander in North Korea's army before fleeing.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Indian heroine's letter unearthedA previously undiscovered letter written by one of India's best known female rebels against British colonial rule has been found by academics. The letter was written by Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi, shortly before the Indian mutiny - or first war of independence - in 1857.
BBC News - Suicide bomb kills 19 in Pakistani city of PeshawarA bomb attack outside a court in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed at least 19 people and injured many others, medics say. The blast on the busy Khyber Road came during rush hour and is the latest in a series in the city in recent weeks.
BBC News - Egypt recalls Algerian envoy as football row deepensThe Egyptian government has recalled its ambassador to Algeria following complaints about violence toward football fans, reports say. The move comes hours after Algeria's ambassador in Cairo was summoned to the Egyptian foreign ministry.
DAWN.COM | Front Page | Fazlullah escapes to AfghanistanPESHAWAR, Nov 17: Maulana Fazlullah, one of the most wanted Taliban leaders, has told the BBC that he has escaped to Afghanistan and is planning new attacks on Pakistani forces.
Military personnel spend 141 days on Top Gear stuntsThe Ministry of Defence has been forced to answer more awkward questions about how it allocates resources after admitting that military personnel spent the equivalent of 141 days taking part in stunts for the television show Top Gear.
Brown Man Thinking Hard: Brown Man Has His Say On BBC RadioI joined a panel yesterday on "World Have Your Say", a BBC Radio show that focuses on hot topics from around the world, to try to answer the question "if it's not racism, why do some Americans hate President Obama so much?"
Iraq VP vetoes new election law One of Iraq's two vice-presidents has vetoed part of the country's new election law, putting the parliamentary polls scheduled for January in doubt.
First Minister blames BBC for Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games extra costsScottish first Minister Alex Salmond has verbally attacked the BBC for failing to commit to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. There is a shortfall in how much the games will cost and the Scottish Government and Glasgow city council will add the rest.
Tackling climate change with technologyNew technologies will be required if the world economy is to grow without accelerating climate change.
Today Kris Broughton will be on "World Have Your Say", an hour long news discussion show on BBC Radio, this Tuesday afternoon at 1:00 pm.
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'Small beer' Blyton banned by BBCChildren's author Enid Blyton was banned from the BBC for nearly 30 years because her work was considered "small beer", archive documents have revealed. The best-selling writer unsuccessfully approached the corporation several times to get her material on the radio. Executives …
BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Lebanon's struggle to move forwardAfter months of negotiations, Lebanon has a new unity government comprising several factions but, as Natalia Antelava reports, many people there now view any government as largely irrelevant.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Explosion at Nato base in KabulThe BBC's Martin Patience assess the damage caused by the blast A car bomber has struck outside a Nato base in the Afghan capital Kabul, injuring three foreign soldiers and three Afghan civilians, officials say.
First film of a 'giant' stingrayIt is one of the rarest giants of the ocean, and it has been caught on film for the first time. An underwater camera crew filming for the BBC recorded a smalleye stingray swimming off the coast of Mozambique.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Pakistan's Taliban dilemma, Despite being relatively few in number, the Afghan Taliban are thriving in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as they take advantage of Islamabad's apparent ambivalence towards them, the BBC's Hugh Sykes reports from Kabul.
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