The TCU Baseball Diamond Club will host its second monthly Diamond Club meeting on Thursday, Feb. 16 in the Dee J. Kelly Alumni Center from 11:30-1 p.m. Attending the luncheon along with head coach Jim Schlossnagle will be newcomers Brandon Finnegan and Chris Murphy.
AP - The New York Giants are celebrating their Super Bowl win with a ticker-tape parade in the Canyon of Heroes on Broadway, where the city has honored stars for almost a century.
Chomp, the leading app search engine, today released its monthly app search data reflecting the most significant consumer search trends for Android and Apple iOS apps during the month of January.
So much has changed in tennis since the turbulent, historic "boom" of the 1970s. Wooden rackets are collectors' items, just about everyone hits the two-handed backhand, hotheads have been silenced by instant replay, and string technology replaced cat-and-mouse strategy with titanic battles from the baseline.
Fifty-six players hit the courts Sunday in support of donating groceries to the Barnabas Center Food Pantry. Kraft Tennis Players, along with Maharaj Tennis and Yulee Tennis Foundation, sponsored the afternoon round robin event.
( American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons ) In the US, there are nearly three million youth soccer players, and half of them are female. New research presented today at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons found that despite reporting appropriate body perception and attitudes toward eating, elite youth soccer athletes face an increased risk for delayed or ...
AP - Alberto Contador should be considered a "cheat" after being found guilty of doping and stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title, the president of the World Anti-Doping Agency said Tuesday.
The image of a skeleton dunking a flaming basketball rallied the 1992 Lithuanian Olympic Basketball Team to a bronze medal victory in the Barcelona Summer Olympics. The image playe
One of the things I have always liked about golf is that it is a non-violent game. You ride the caddy up and down the green; shoot the breeze with your friends, play your holes and go home smiling. There is no need to worry about someone tackling you from behind like a freight...
AP - The World Anti-Doping Agency on Tuesday urged U.S. federal authorities to quickly hand over evidence collected in their lengthy probe into seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and doping in American cycling.
Crocs, Inc. announced today that its new Crocs™ Golf with Hank Haney collection was selected as one of three overall “Best New Products” at the 2012 PGA Merchandise Show, Jan.
Rice's soccer signees bring dose of fieriness HOUSTON CHRONICLE Copyright 2012 HOUSTON CHRONICLE. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 12:44 a.m., Tuesday, February 7, 2012 1 Midfielder Becca Koval (Camarillo, Calif.) has the height (6-0) that makes her "a lethal weapon on set pieces in the final third" of the field, and she ...
Reuters - South Korean officials have sent a letter of protest to Major League Baseball (MLB) accusing the Baltimore Orioles of breaking protocols in signing 17-year-old schoolboy pitcher Kim Seong-min.
Golf is the one sport for which you can gather all five of the college men’s teams in town, put them on the same playing field at the same time, and let them battle it out for city bragging rights.
AP - Bud Thomas, Langston Hall and Travis Smith scored 11 points each to lead Mercer in a 54-46 victory over East Tennessee State Monday night, its eighth straight win.
To stay ahead of other teams in your fantasy basketball leagues, it is important to scour the waiver wire and free agent pool to pick up players that will help your team succeed in the present and future. Here's a look at five players owned in less than 50% of Yahoo!
John Carpenter, head baseball coach at Coronado High School for 11 years and a 33-year coaching veteran, was inducted into the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame last month.
So ESPN has ranked its top left-handed and right-handed pitchers in the nation, and guess who's No. 1? They come from the same high school -- Harvard-Westlake. Max Fried is the left-hander and Lucas Giolito the right-hander. It's hard to...
Reuters - Los Angeles Clippers guard Chauncey Billups was helped off the court after injuring his left Achilles during his team's overtime victory over the Orlando Magic on Monday.
AP - Niklas Hagman scored the deciding goal in the eighth round of a shootout and the Anaheim Ducks beat Calgary 3-2 on Monday night for their 14th straight home victory over the Flames.
Teenage Australian tennis star Bernard Tomic said Tuesday he was disappointed to have been caught up in another controversy involving his high-powered, bright orange sports car, and he plans to sell it.
? I avoided joining the orgy of coverage for National Signing Day, which is most notable not for the superstar high schoolers committing to play at the biggest football schools, but for being the only thing that keeps the fax machine relevant. However, I?ll toss in one signing day story to follow up on a ...
As with any sport, players can decline in production just as fast as they rise in popularity for a recent hot streak. Whether it's a major injury that will keep the player out for an extended period of time or a recent cold streak in production, here are the most-dropped...
England football great Sir Bobby Charlton underwent "minor surgery" after being taken ill before the Laureus World Sports Awards in London, organisers said.
The French Open title and an Olympic gold medal are the only major prizes in tennis to have eluded Novak Djokovic, and for the Serb, there is no point discussing which he would rather win this year.
AP - Sports fans bet $93.9 million at Nevada casinos on Sunday's Super Bowl matchup between the New York Giants and New England Patriots, the most wagered in the past decade.
The University of Tennessee football team had a "tough fall" academically, which may have been related to their on-the-field performance, said NCAA faculty representative Dan Murphy in a presentation to university faculty Monday.
TPC Scottsdale's 16th hole on the Stadium Course isn't the longest part three on the PGA Tour. Nor is it the shortest, or the easiest or even the hardest. But ask just about any pro and they'll tell you it's one of the favorite holes they'll play all year.
When guard Will Ferguson transferred from O’Connell to Herndon , the already-high expectations surrounding one of the Northern Region’s perennial basketball powers only grew. Never mind that the Hornets still featured four sophomores — led by Dorian Johnson and DeAndre Thomas — the addition of Ferguson brought a belief that the Hornets might suddenly be the favorite in a region lacking a true ...
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For those for whom football fever lingers well after the Big Game, ultra-luxe Crystal Cruises is offering a showdown of gridiron greats during a spring "NFL ...
AP - A dry board in the office of LPGA Tour Commissioner Mike Whan is filled with black-and-blue, an appropriate color scheme for a tour that had been taking its lumps over the last couple of years.
Relief pitchers in fantasy baseball can pad your stats. They can often make up for a poor outing by one of your starters. Early in the season while starters are on pitch limits, they are very valuable. When looking for relief pitchers, look for appearances.
Around 1.5 million football tickets remain available for London 2012 after the sport is identified as the only discipline which has not sold its allocation.