college baseball

Birmingham-Southern is still swinging. Now playing for a school that technically no longer exists, the Panthers kept their hopes of winning a national championship alive on Saturday with a 9-7 comeback win over Randolph-Macon in the Division III World Series.

The baseball team soon to be without a school has a growing fan base. Birmingham-Southern's inspiring, unexpected journey has won over some hearts. The Panthers, who have kept their season alive as their school is on the brink of shutting down for good.

The NCAA handed down a five-year suspension as part of a 15-year show cause order against former Alabama baseball coach Brad Bohannon on Thursday, effectively banning him from college coaching, after he provided information to a gambler who used it to make illegal wagers against the Crimson Tide.

An Indiana man whose son is a member of the University of Cincinnati baseball team is the bettor at the center of separate college sports gambling investigations, according to two people familiar with the inquiries. One investigation led to the firing of Alabama coach Brad Bohannon earlier this month.

A sports integrity monitor has launched a tool to help athletes, coaches and staff anonymously report suspicions about gambling activity to regulators and law enforcement.

Fans and their best canine friends are invited to take in the midweek game against the Trojans with first pitch scheduled for 6 p.m. CT. The game will feature a special $7 "Bark at the Park" ticket package for the first 100 fans.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — It wasn't a pop-fly that landed in shallow right field during the eighth inning of a college baseball game.It was a dead fish.An…