Big 12’s Bowlsby: CFP expansion for 2024 ‘in some jeopardy’
By RALPH D. RUSSO ARLINGTON, Texas ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby says expanding the College Football Playoff as soon as…
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Shapen starts as Baylor QB for injured Bohanon in B12 game
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Redshirt freshman quarterback Blake Shapen started for ninth-ranked Baylor in the Big 12 championship game against…
Continue Reading BP oil spill fund: $103M to projects in 3 Gulf states
Alabama, Florida and Mississippi are receiving more than $103 million in BP oil spill settlement money for new and continued coastal projects. The…
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Roadrunners beat Zappe, Hilltoppers, 49-41, for C-USA title
By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Sincere McCormick rushed for 204 yards and three touchdowns and the UTSA Roadrunners escaped…
Continue Reading Pelicans overtake Mavs 107-91, answer blowout loss to Dallas
By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Brandon Ingram scored 24 points, and New Orleans beat Dallas 107-91 two nights after the Pelicans…
Continue Reading Gordon’s late shot lifts Rockets over Magic 118-116
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Eric Gordon scored 24 points and his short jumper with 1.6 seconds left lifted the Houston…
Continue Reading Rice leads New Mexico St. past UTEP 72-69 at buzzer
EL PASO, Texas — Jabari Rice hit a 3-pointer as time expired to lift New Mexico State to a 72-69 win over UTEP. Jabari Rice had 19 points to lead…
Continue Reading Mark scores 22, No. 15 Houston routs Bryant 111-44
HOUSTON (AP) — Tramon Mark tied a career high with 22 points, Josh Carlton added 17 and No. 15 Houston won its third straight, beating Bryant…
Continue Reading Bishop leads No. 7 Texas over UT Rio Grande Valley 88-58
By MARK ROSNER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Christian Bishop scored 17 points and No. 7 Texas used suffocating defense in the second half…
Continue Reading San Francisco philanthropist, chief of protocol dies at 88
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Charlotte Mailliard Shultz, the long-reigning chief of San Francisco protocol and unofficial aide to 10 mayors, died Friday of…
Continue Reading Officer killed, suspect wounded in Dallas-area shooting
MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — A police officer has died and a suspect has been wounded in a shooting outside a suburban Dallas supermarket. Mesquite…
Continue Reading DeChambeau leads a holiday event shaping up to be much more
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — A holiday exhibition in the Bahamas suddenly is shaping up to be a lot more. Bryson…
Continue Reading Plumber’s find possibly tied to 2014 Texas megachurch theft
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities are investigating whether cash and checks discovered during repair work being done at…
Continue Reading Oklahoma St’s Gundy steadies program after tumultuous 2020
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma State is having one of the best seasons in program history. The Cowboys have done…
Continue Reading Power, influence growing for SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey
BY RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer DALLAS (AP) — Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey could easily be called the most…
Continue Reading Robert Griffin III still has designs on playing in NFL
By The Associated Press Robert Griffin III is still training to play in the NFL while enjoying his duties as an ESPN college football analyst.…
Continue Reading Pitre began as lone recruit for No. 9 Baylor after scandal
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer Jalen Pitre was the lone recruit still verbally committed to Baylor when Matt Rhule was hired in December 2016.…
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US will resume policy for asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Migrants seeking to enter the United States will again have to stay in Mexico as they await…
Continue Reading Hill’s promising start for Saints flames out late vs Cowboys
By GUERRY SMITH Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The jolt Taysom Hill provided for the reeling New Orleans Saints against Dallas dissolved in a…
Continue Reading EPA head: ‘Journey to Justice’ tour ‘really personal for me’
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press RESERVE, La. (AP) — EPA Administrator Michael Regan says a recently completed “Journey to Justice” tour from…
Continue Reading EPA head: ‘Journey to Justice’ tour ‘really personal for me’
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press RESERVE, La. (AP) — EPA Administrator Michael Regan says a recently completed “Journey to Justice” tour from…
Continue Reading Forbes leads Spurs in 114-83 win over shorthanded Blazers
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Bryn Forbes had 18 points off the bench and the San Antonio Spurs extended their winning…
Continue Reading ‘We just feel it’: Racism plagues US military academies
By AARON MORRISON, HELEN WIEFFERING and NOREEN NASIR Associated Press The nation’s military academies provide a key pipeline into the leadership of…
Continue Reading Preview of ‘a post-Roe world’ in Texas over abortion access
By PAUL J. WEBER and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The state of Texas is offering a glimpse in real time of what would be a…
Continue Reading Defense lifts Dallas to 27-17 victory over sinking Saints
By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — CeeDee Lamb had 122 yards from scrimmage, Tony Pollard had a 58-yard touchdown run and the…
Continue Reading Robertson scores twice, streaking Stars top Blue Jackets 3-2
By LARY BUMP Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Jason Robertson scored 68 seconds in and added the go-ahead goal late in the second period as the…
Continue Reading Grand Canyon narrowly tops UTSA 74-71
PHOENIX — Grand Canyon held off UTSA for a 74-71 win on Thursday night. Aleu Aleu made a layup with two seconds left to pull the Roadrunners within…
Continue Reading Smith’s double-double helps Mississippi St. beat Lamar 75-60
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Tolu Smith scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Mississippi State pulled away early in the second half for a 75-60…
Continue Reading TCU beats back Oral Roberts in 71-63 win
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Damion Baugh and Mike Miles scored 13 points apiece and TCU fought off Oral Roberts for a 71-63 win. The Horned Frogs led…
Continue Reading Lampley carries Sam Houston St. over Schreiner 106-46
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Demarkus Lampley had 21 points as Sam Houston routed Division III Schreiner 106-46. Bronson Evans led the Mountaineers…
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