The 2014 College World Series begins this weekend, as baseball’s eight best teams have advanced past the super regionals on to Omaha, Nebraska. The double-elimination tournament features two groups of four teams, with the winner of each group advancing to the College World Series beginning on June 23. The first quartet will begin its championship quest on Saturday, while the second group will do the same on Sunday. Here's a preview of Sunday’s action.   Texas Tech (45-19) vs. ...

This year's College World Series has a loaded field that makes it impossible to handicap a single favorite. The eight teams that made the trek to Omaha include five No. 1 seeds, including Baseball America's preseason No. 1 overall Virginia.  Despite the seeds of the teams in the 2014 College World Series, there's a lot of parity in the field. Going by this year's final Baseball America Top 25, Virginia is the only team ranked within the top 10 who ...

The 2014 College World Series is set to kick off on Saturday, as the eight surviving teams prepare to do battle in Omaha, Nebraska. It's been a long and arduous road to this point. After a grueling regular season, each of these teams had to surpass the double-elimination regionals, followed by the best-of-three super regionals, to get here. That will surely only add to the intensity. As we await another round of double-elimination action, let's prepare ourselves by ...

Though college baseball typically exhibits a large amount of parity, five No. 1 seeds have made their way to Omaha for the 2014 College World Series. Thus, with many of the top contenders still alive, baseball fans will truly get to see the best of the best from this season. As a consequence, there is also plenty of star power on display. Vanderbilt's Tyler Beede and TCU's Brandon Finnegan highlight a crop of eight players taken ...

There are moments in sports that you'll never forget. Moments that forever change your life and moments that make you love and truly appreciate sports. For many on October 16th, 2003, that moment came in one of the best games in Major League Baseball history.  The stage was perfectly set. It was a Game 7 that featured the Yankees and Red Sox, the best rivalry in the MLB and possibly in all of sports. Aaron Boone ...

The 2014 College World Series is here to rescue baseball fans and deliver the excitement missing from the midseason slog of Major League Baseball. Some of the best amateur players in the nation will descend upon Omaha, Nebraska to stake their claim as the best team in college baseball. The majority of these teams feature overpowering pitchers with MLB-ready stuff. However, it can't hurt to take a look at the hitters who will provide the necessary offense ...

The 2014 College World Series begins this Saturday, and there will be a ton of exciting games to watch as well as some terrific pitching prospects to keep an eye on. Only eight teams remain, and they'll all be playing this weekend. There will be a lot of pressure to win their first games, but the good news is that their postseason hopes will still be alive if they lose since this is a double-elimination tournament. Before ...

The 2014 College World Series features eight of the top baseball schools in the country, so it's no surprise to see the field loaded with talent sure to tear up the MLB in the coming years.  This year's version of the MLB draft has already taken place, which means the top talent has already been decided and many early-round selections are still playing as their teams head to Omaha to decide the national champion. There are simply ...

Much like college basketball and March Madness, the entire college baseball season builds toward the final moments on the calendar, only the eight-team College World Series is something like the Final Four on steroids.  Each of these teams reached Omaha by surviving the double-elimination regional stage and then the best-of-three series against a fellow regional champion in the super regionals. The cream has a way of rising to the top over a long process, and the ...

On May 30, there were 64 teams fighting for the chance to play for a national championship. On June 6, the field was reduced to 16. Now, only eight remain, and they’ve made it to Omaha, Nebraska, for the 2014 College World Series. The tournament has been filled with late-game heroics and plenty of upsets, as just two of the eight national seeds remain (Virginia and TCU). Per the Associated Press, via FoxNews.com, every College World ...