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Your guide to the 2023 WCWS: X factors, expert picks and the biggest challenge facing OU

Can anyone stop Oklahoma's historic winning streak? What is an X factor worth watching? Our experts preview the WCWS.

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The 2023 WCWS field is set: The final 8 teams, schedule and how to watch

The WCWS begins on Thursday, and the main question remains: Who has the best chance at dethroning Oklahoma?

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Beer showers, cowbells, Woo Pigs: Welcome to the wide world of SEC baseball

The SEC is amateur hardball's biggest party, seemingly no matter which of the league's 14 venues one chooses to visit.

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2023 MLB draft rankings 2.0: The top 160-plus prospects -- and a mini-mock draft

Starting with a player being called 'Baby Trout,' here's who your favorite team could be targeting this summer.

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2023 NCAA gymnastics championships: Oklahoma repeats and Trinity Thomas ties record

On Saturday, Oklahoma won its second consecutive title and Trinity Thomas tied the perfect 10 record in a whirlwind day at NCAA gymnastics championships.

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Trinity Thomas' journey to tying the Perfect 10 record

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NCAA Men's Baseball

Alabama, Auburn competitive heading to regionals

SEC Now looks at No. 13 seed Auburn and No. 16 seed Alabama's groups heading into regional play.

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NCAA Men's Baseball

SEC Now crew breaks down NCAA baseball bracket

SEC Now analysts Chris Burke and David Dellucci discuss which SEC team has the toughest road and how many SEC teams make it to Omaha.

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NCAA Men's Baseball

Bracket Evaluation: SEC Teams poised to dominate

With ten teams selected for the NCAA tournament, the SEC has several programs that could make a run at the MCWS.

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NCAA Men's Baseball

Kentucky faces flailing West Virginia in regionals

SEC Now examines how the Wildcats' regular-season strength of schedule has prepared them for a struggling Mountaineer team.

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NCAA Men's Baseball

Petry key in determining Gamecocks' NCAA success

After hitting a lull in May, the SEC Now crew explains why South Carolina freshman Ethan Petry will be crucial in the team's NCAA success.

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NCAA Men's Baseball

Bradfield Jr. on outfield operation, Vandy's end goal

Enrique Bradfield Jr. says winning the SEC tourney is "just another step in the process" for Vanderbilt and explains why robbing a homer is better than hitting one.

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NCAA Men's Baseball

Johnson says LSU is 'battle-tested' after SEC season

Jay Johnson joins SEC Now and insists that "there is nothing we haven't seen" after the Tigers, a No. 5 national seed, leave conference play behind for the NCAAs.

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NCAA Men's Baseball

Smith says hogpen line fires up Hogs for home games

Pitcher Hagan Smith tells the SEC Now crew what he loves most about playing at Baum-Walker stadium and what it means to Arkansas to host the Fayetteville Regional.

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NCAA Men's Baseball

Can Vols produce on road, Aggies rule Stanford?

The SEC Now crew looks at the two SEC teams going on the road for their baseball regionals and breaks down Tennessee and Texas A&M.

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