Baseball

Noriatsu Osaka had three home runs and a triple, as the team from Tokyo, Japan beat Goodlettsville, Tennessee, 12-2, on Sunday in the championship game of the 2012 Little League World Series in South Williamsport, PA.

The All-Star break made for a short week around the big leagues. Here’s what’s happening in Major League Baseball:

There are many things to take into consideration when it comes to being a professional athlete. You may not realize it, but a memorable hairstyle has to be high atop the list.

The College World Series has gotten underway, with the NCAA’s best duking it out to be crowned the best baseball team in the land. The series is often a breeding ground for future major league stars.

There is no better feeling for a baseball player than hitting a game-winning home run. So Tennessee slugger Jameson Painter was on cloud nine when his eighth inning round-tripper put his Chuckey-Doak High baseball team in the lead for good in their game against Jonesboro University High. However, when the senior got to the parking lot to drive himself home after the game he went from the thrill of

Bossier Parish Community College’s Cavalier Baseball team and Lady Cavalier Softball team announce their spring 2012 seasons.  “We are looking forward to a very good spring season for our student athletes both on the field and in the classroom,” says Cavalier Baseball Coach Aaron Vorachek...

Allen Craig hit a solo home run to provide the go-ahead run, as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Texas Rangers 6-2 in Game 7 to win the 2011 World Series four games to three in St. Louis on Friday night. Third baseman David Freese, who was named the World Series MVP, had a two-run double in the bottom of the first inning that tied the score at 2-2...

Two groups are teaming up today to "Strike Out Hunger." The Shreveport-Bossier Captains and the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana are partering to gather food items to help replenish the food bank's supply. If you show up to the game tonight at Fairgrounds Field, and you bring a minimum of six non-perishable food items, you get in free...

Despite the city-wide ban on the sale and use of Class-C fireworks, the professional fireworks show planned for Saturday night's Shreveport/Bossier Captains baseball game will go on.  Here's a news release we received today from the team's front office:

You never forget your first love and you can bet you never forget your first title. The Dallas Mavericks, in business since 1980, have claimed their first NBA title in franchise history by knocking off the vaunted Miami Heat. The Vancouver Canucks, who’ve been in the NHL since 1970, came oh-so-close to  hoisting the Stanley Cup for the first time this season, but couldn’t skate by the Boston Bruin