Baseball

Many sports fans may be hearing the name Mike Fiers for the first time after he threw a no-hitter for the Houston Astros in his first complete game as a professional pitcher last week, but many fans in this area will likely recognize Fiers from his short, but very successful stint at University of the Cumberlands. Fiers, whose no-hitter came against the Los Angeles Dodgers last Friday, is a native of Florida. He was pitching for a junior college in his home state when Patriots baseball Head Coach Brad Shelton began recruiting him. “We recruited him against some of the best schools in the country,” said Shelton. “He had a good...