Posted: 11:22 PM Senior outfielder Colby Roberts (Benton, Ark./Benton) homered twice and drilled a game-winning three-run double in the ninth to lift James Madison to an 8-6 baseball win at Radford that snapped an 11-game losing streak on Tuesday night at the RU Baseball Stadium.
Posted: 11:20 PM Kansas Speedway is increasing the police presence for this weekend's NASCAR race after two explosions at the Boston Marathon left three dead and more than 170 wounded.
Posted: 10:51 PM Jordan Zimmermann pitched a six-hitter for his third victory of the season, and the Washington Nationals bounced back from a humbling weekend to beat the Miami Marlins 10-3 Monday night.
Posted: 10:36 PM James Madison University football has named Earl Chambers as its new assistant coach, Head Coach Mickey Matthews announced. Chambers will take over as the tight ends coach, replacing Latrell Scott who left to become the head coach at Virginia State.
Posted: 10:02 PM Winner: Adam Scott, who beat former champion Angel Cabrera on the second hole of a playoff.
Posted: 5:28 PM Justin Upton and Andrelton Simmons homered, leading Paul Maholm and the Atlanta Braves past the Washington Nationals 9-0 Sunday for a three-game sweep and their ninth straight win.
Posted: 5:23 PM William and Mary grabbed a 5-1 lead after one inning and finished a three-game sweep over James Madison with an 8-4 decision in a Colonial Athletic Association baseball game Sunday afternoon at Plumeri Park.
Posted: 5:21 PM Three players smacked home runs and junior pitcher Heather Kiefer (Potomac Falls, Va./Potomac Falls) tossed a three-hit shutout to lead the James Madison softball team to an 8-0, five-inning win over George Mason at Veterans Memorial Park on Sunday.
Posted: 10:39 PM William and Mary struck for three runs each in the seventh and eighth innings with five of the runs scoring unearned to rally from a 7-3 hole past James Madison 9-8 in the second game of a Colonial Athletic Association baseball series on Saturday afternoon at Plumeri Park.
Posted: 10:37 PM Nolan Reimold, Ryan Flaherty and Nick Markakis hit solo home runs, sending the Baltimore Orioles over the Yankees 5-3 Saturday and stopping New York's four-game winning string.
Posted: 6:47 PM Sophomore pitcher Heather Kiefer (Potomac Falls, Va./Potomac Falls) tossed a three-hit shutout in game two and freshman catcher Erica Field (Manassas, Va./Osbourn Park) had three hits in the opener to lead the James Madison softball team to a Colonial Athletic Association doubleheader sweep over George Mason at Veterans Memorial Park on Saturday. JMU earned a 3-2 win in game one and claimed the nightcap, 4-0.
Posted: 6:43 PM There aren't going to be many times when Stephen Strasburg doesn't give up an earned run and the Washington Nationals lose the game. Unfortunately for Washington and its ace right-hander, that is precisely what happened Saturday in an NL East duel against the Atlanta Braves.
Posted: 11:09 PM Jason Day leads the Masters after the second round, and 14-year-old Guan Tianlang has become the youngest player to make the cut in PGA Tour history.
Posted: 10:59 PM Sergio Garcia has turned in a bogey-free round to claim a share of the Masters lead.
Posted: 10:56 PM Ryan Zimmerman delivered a two-run double after Bryce Harper was intentionally walked in the fourth inning, and the Washington Nationals beat the Chicago White Sox 7-4 on a windy Thursday night to cap a three-game sweep.
Posted: 10:52 PM Freshman pitcher Jailyn Ford (Hot Springs, Va./Bath County) scored on a throwing error in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the James Madison softball team a walk-off win over Virginia Tech at Veterans Memorial Park on Wednesday. The Dukes split the non-conference doubleheader with the Hokies, losing game one 5-2 before rebounding with a 2-1 win in game two.
Posted: 10:50 PM The Royals kept BC off-balance for the first six innings before the Eagles took over for a 12-4 decision in Harrisonburg.
Posted: 10:48 PM The fourth-ranked Virginia baseball team nearly dug its way out of an early eight-run hole but fell a run short in a 9-8 loss to Radford Wednesday evening at Davenport Field. Virginia (30-4) saw its five-game win streak come to an end, while Radford (20-11) extended its streak to eight straight victories.
Posted: 11:58 PM After leading James Madison to its third 21-win season in five years and first Colonial Athletic Association championship and NCAA Tournament appearance in 19 years, head coach Matt Brady was announced Tuesday as the State Coach of the Year by the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID).
Posted: 11:56 PM James Madison matched a season-high with four errors, including two in the bottom of the 10th, as Liberty pulled out a 12-11 non-conference baseball victory in extra innings on a controversial bases-loaded hit by pitch on Tuesday night at the Liberty Baseball Stadium.
Posted: 12:11 AM Rick Pitino capped the greatest week of his life with the prize he wanted most of all.
Posted: 8:36 PM The Baltimore Orioles went through the final two months of 2012 without losing three games in a row, and they never fell below .500 last season while making an improbable return to the playoffs.
Posted: 6:41 PM Can't he play with someone his own age? Not at this Masters.
Updated: 6:59 PM Jimmie Johnson pulled away on a restart with eight laps to go and won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday.
Posted: 6:56 PM Johnny Cueto outlasted Stephen Strasburg in a highly anticipated matchup of young aces and Jay Bruce drove in three runs as the Cincinnati Reds wrapped up an impressive opening week homestand with a 6-3 win over the Washington Nationals on Sunday
