Up-To-The-Minute News on 'MLB Power Poll 2011'

Who will Pirates take No. 1 overall in Draft? – Who will Pirates take No. 1 overall in Draft? (This story continues here)

19 Apr: The Bottom – Final – 4.19.2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Los Angeles Angels 0 1 0 2 1 4 5 1 1 15 15 0 Texas Rangers 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 9 4 WP: Matt Palmer (1 – 0) LP: Colby Lewis (1 – 2) Complete Coverage > I didn’t get to watch anything after the fourth inning tonight. My phone died, so no MLB.tv, and I got to run around town to get a new battery in my car, then I got to run from Lowes to Home Depot to Wal … (This story continues here)

Jerry Micco’s sports chat transcript: 5.4.11 – Jerry discusses the Steelers draft, the Pirates play, and Rashard Mendenhall’s latest tweet-gate. (This story continues here)

Baseball. USC Finishes Road Schedule At UC Irvine, No. 2 Oregon State – LOS ANGELES — The USC baseball team (20-27, 10-11) concludes the road portion of its 2011 season with a non-conference game on Tuesday (May 17) against UC Irvine (34-13) at 6:30 p.m. The Trojans then play a Pac-10 Conference series, Friday-Sunday (May 20-22) at No. 2 Oregon State (37-12, 16-5). Game times for the OSU series are 5:35 p.m. on Friday, 2:05 p.m. on Saturday and 12:05 p.m. on Sunday … (This story continues here)

MMC’s Schmidt Named GPAC Player Of Year – With offensive production down across the college baseball world thanks to new composite bats, Jason Schmidt proved to be the exception. (This story continues here)

San Antonio Spurs, Manny Pacquiao, LeBron James and Tuesday’s Sports Stories – San Antonio Spurs basketball is starting to look like Memphis Grizzlies basketball. Wait, that’s not right. The top-seeded Spurs are probably still reeling from going down three games to one to the No. 8 Grizzlies on Monday in their opening round matchup in the 2011 NBA Playoffs. Considered a contender for the championship coming into the postseason, the Spurs have flailed considerably against a … (This story continues here)

Baseball. USC Back In Action Against No. 6 Arizona State – LOS ANGELES — The USC baseball team (18-26, 8-10) resumes its schedule with a Pac-10 Conference series against No. 6 Arizona State (35-11, 13-5), Friday-Sunday (May 13-15). Game times are 6 p.m. for Friday, 3 p.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday at Dedeaux Field. All three games will be broadcast through a live video webcast on usctrojans.com. (This story continues here)

Baseball. USC Hosts UC Riverside Before Finals Week – LOS ANGELES — The USC baseball team (18-25) hosts UC Riverside (22-15) in a non-conference game on Tuesday (May 3) at 6 p.m. USC will not play again until May 13 when the Trojans open a Pac-10 Conference series against Arizona State. Tuesday’s game will be broadcast through a video webcast on usctrojans.com. (This story continues here)

Baseball. Trojans Host Long Beach State Before Series At Arizona – LOS ANGELES — The USC baseball team (18-21, 8-7) hosts Long Beach State (19-18) in a non-conference game on Tuesday (April 26) at 6 p.m. before traveling to Arizona (24-15, 6-9) for a Pac-10 Conference series, Friday-Sunday (April 29-May 1). Game times for the Arizona series are 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and noon on Sunday. (This story continues here)

Goold: Portrait of the closer as a young man – How Boggs compares to the class of rising closers, Pujols' lack of intentional walks, and Barry Larkin … a Cardinal? (This story continues here)