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WVU coach Steve Sabins named national coach of the year

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OMAHA, Neb. – It took all of two years as a head coach for Steve Sabins to reach a major coaching milestone Friday. His moment of glory was brief. “I’d stay here and celebrate, but I’ve got a game to get to,” the WVU head baseball coach said, as he rushed down a hallway inside Charles Schwab Field to get ready for the Mountaineers’ matchup against Troy. In any manner, Sabins, who was first hired as a WVU assistant coach in 2015, was named the Coach of the Year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association after leading the Mountaineers to their first-ever ...

WVU wins CWS opener 7-5 over Troy

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OMAHA, Neb. – Tyrus Hall’s blooper down the right field line in the eighth inning Friday – WVU head coach Steve Sabins admitted later – put the wheels in motion on what was about to be a historic day inside Charles Schwab Field. “Hall gets that hit down the line and I start ...

Derrick Lewis has President Donald Trump to thank for spot on UFC White House card

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Derrick Lewis rang up his latest knockout inside the UFC cage and asked if his biggest fan was in the Tennessee crowd. Please hold. President Donald Trump was not in attendance, but he was on the line with friend and UFC CEO Dana White. White passed his phone to the fighter, and Lewis and Trump shared a quick conversation. The topic? "It's classified," Lewis said with a laugh. It sure helped a fighter such as Lewis to have a boss with a direct line to the president and even more so to have the president in his corner. Lewis, who holds the UFC record for most ...