Rangers Earn 2nd Straight World Series Berth
Nelson Cruz and the Texas Rangers are headed to their second straight World Series, finishing off the Detroit Tigers to become the American League's first repeat champion in a decade.
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Nelson Cruz and the Texas Rangers are headed to their second straight World Series, finishing off the Detroit Tigers to become the American League's first repeat champion in a decade.
Move over, Reggie, Babe and all those other October sluggers. Nobody has ever had a postseason power surge like Nelson Cruz just did in the AL championship series.
J.J. McDermott threw for 358 yards and two touchdowns to lead SMU to a 38-17 victory against UCF on Saturday.
J.J. McDermott threw for 358 yards and two touchdowns to lead SMU to a 38-17 victory against UCF on Saturday.
Detroit manager Jim Leyland would love to see Justin Verlander pitch again because that would mean the Tigers are in the World Series.
The Mountain West Conference and Conference USA say they are combining their football programs to form a 22-team league.
Only 3 years ago, Cruz was there to be had by any other team when Texas waived him at the end of spring training to keep another young slugger on its roster.
The latest collective bargaining agreement between the league and its players includes a provision to begin testing players for HGH - contingent on the union agreeing to the testing methods.
Dwayne Goodrich once answered to the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, now he will be checking in with his parole officer. The former NFL cornerback and convicted hit-and-run driver has been released on parole.
The Aggies' rivalry with Texas has more buzz, but the one against Baylor also spans more than a century. The teams first met in 1899 and Saturday's game will be the 108th between the pair.
The erratic Cowboys, fresh off a Week 5 bye, could have made this matchup a colossal one had they been able to hold onto a pair of second-half leads earlier in the season.
Kari Lehtonen made 36 saves, Loui Eriksson scored short-handed, and the Stars hung on to beat the Blues 3-2 on Thursday night.
Some high school football teams across Texas matched up on Thursday night. See how your favorites fared under the lights.
Detroit held on for a 7-5 victory over the Rangers on Thursday. That win cut the Texas team's lead to 3-2 in the AL championship series.
At Chad Stone's house in Grandview, the Rangers game is on full blast. The Stones will tell you they've always loved baseball, especially the hometown Rangers.