The Athletics are an American professional baseball team based in West Sacramento,California. The Athletics compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West Division. The team will play its home games at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento for the 2025–2027 seasons before its permanent move to Las Vegas. While in West Sacramento,the team is being referred to as simply the "Athletics" and "A's",with no city name attached. The franchise's nine World Series championships,fifteen pennants,and seventeen division titles are the second-most in the AL after the New York Yankees.
The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the South Central and Southeastern United States. Its 16 members include the flagship public universities of 12 states,three additional public land-grant universities,and one private research university. The conference is headquartered in Birmingham,Alabama. The SEC participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I in sports competitions. In football,it is part of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS),formerly known as Division I-A.
The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an NCAA Division I conference. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the Western United States with member institutions located in Arizona,California,Texas,Utah and Washington.
The Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I. The A-10's member schools are located mostly on the East Coast and Midwest of the United States:Illinois,Massachusetts,Missouri,New York,North Carolina,Ohio,Pennsylvania,Rhode Island,Virginia,and Washington,D.C.
NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States,which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major collegiate athletic powers,with large budgets,more elaborate facilities and more athletic scholarships than Division II and Division III as well as many smaller schools committed to the highest level of intercollegiate competition.
For Love of the Game is a 1999 American sports drama film directed by Sam Raimi and written by Dana Stevens,based on Michael Shaara's 1991 novel of the same title. Starring Kevin Costner and Kelly Preston,it follows the perfect game performance of an aging star baseball pitcher as he deals with the pressures of pitching in Yankee Stadium in his final outing by calming himself with memories of a long-term relationship.
August Edmun "Augie" Garrido Jr. was an American professional baseball player and coach in NCAA Division I college baseball,best known for his stints with the Cal State Fullerton Titans and Texas Longhorns.
Randy Alan Flores is an American professional baseball executive and former pitcher who is the assistant general manager and director of scouting for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the Texas Rangers,Colorado Rockies,St. Louis Cardinals,and Minnesota Twins.
Gordon William Hunter is an American former shortstop,coach and manager in Major League Baseball.
The Army Black Knights football team,historically known as the Army Cadets,represents the United States Military Academy in college football. The Black Knights team competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a member of the American Athletic Conference. The Black Knights play home games in Michie Stadium with a capacity of 36,000 at West Point,New York. The Black Knights are coached by Jeff Monken,who has held the position since 2014.
John Cohen is an American former baseball player and coach who is currently the 16th athletic director for the Auburn University Tigers. He is former head baseball coach of Mississippi State University,where he also served as the athletic director from 2016 to 2022.
The Furman Paladins are the varsity athletic teams representing Furman University in Greenville,South Carolina,in intercollegiate athletics.
The Western Carolina Catamounts are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent Western Carolina University. The Catamounts compete in the NCAA Division I as members of the Southern Conference. Western Carolina fields 16 varsity sports teams. The men's and women's teams are called the Catamounts.
The Mercer Bears are the athletic teams of Mercer University in Macon,Georgia,United States. Mercer is the only private university in Georgia with an NCAA Division I athletic program and fields teams in eight men's and nine women's sports. The university competes in the Southern Conference for most sports. In 2013,the football team competed in the Pioneer Football League.
John Angus Lauchlin Currie is a college athletics administrator,currently serving as the vice president and director of athletics at Wake Forest University. Prior to his post at Wake Forest,Currie held the position of Vice Chancellor and director of athletics at the University of Tennessee from February 28,2017,until December 1,2017.
Eric Hyman is an American former college athletics administrator. He served as the athletic director at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI),Miami University in Oxford,Ohio,Texas Christian University (TCU),the University of South Carolina,and Texas A&M University.
Chad Holbrook is an American baseball coach,who is the current head baseball coach of the College of Charleston Cougars. Prior to becoming head coach for the Cougars,Holbrook was head coach at the University of South Carolina,and an assistant for both the University of North Carolina and the University of South Carolina.
The 2020 Army Black Knights football team represented the United States Military Academy as an independent in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Black Knights were led by seventh-year head coach Jeff Monken and played their home games at Michie Stadium in West Point,New York
The 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level,began on February 19,2021. The season progressed through the regular season,many conference tournaments and championship series,and concluded with the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and 2021 College World Series. The College World Series,consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA tournament and held annually in Omaha,Nebraska,at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha,ended on June 30,2021. The Mississippi State Bulldogs won the tournament,and were named national champions.
James Schaus is a retired sports administrator who most recently served as commissioner of the Southern Conference (SoCon). Before taking the SoCon position,he served as athletic director at Ohio University in Athens,Ohio and Wichita State University in Wichita,Kansas.
