Category: News

  • DMN: Jamie Dixon says he always dreamed of coming back to TCU and coaching

    DMN: Jamie Dixon says he always dreamed of coming back to TCU and coaching By Grant McGalliard, Twitter:@GrantMcGTCU New TCU basketball head coach Jamie Dixon relived his childhood days starring in commercials and discussed trading moderate Pittsburgh summers for sweltering Texas heat in a video published on NBCDFW.com on Monday. “It was always kind of a dream to…

  • Cincinnati Enquirer: Gruden, Newton and a nixed trade: How Andy Dalton became a Bengal

    Cincinnati  Enquirer: Gruden, Newton and a nixed trade: How Andy Dalton became a Bengal Jim Owczarski, jowczarski@enquirer.com On Thursday, The Enquirer published “Being Andy Dalton: The Bengals quarterback loosens up” in the run up to the start of training camp. The piece focused on Dalton off the field and his emergence as a franchise quarterback…

  • FWST: TCU freshman earns gold, silver with USA Basketball

    FWST: TCU freshman earns gold, silver with USA Basketball BY MATTHEW MARTINEZ mmartinez@star-telegram.com Amber Ramirez, incoming freshman and one of the newest members of the TCU women’s basketball team, doesn’t hesitate for a second when asked what she hopes to bring to the Horned Frogs in her first season at TCU. “Leadership,” Ramirez said. “Leadership and my ability…

  • 247 Sports: Four-star DB Atanza Vongor talks TCU offer

    247 Sports: Four-star DB Atanza Vongor talks TCU offer Jeremy Clark TCU extended an offer to one of the top defensive back prospects in the Lone Star state on Saturday as they offered South Grand Prairie 2018 prospect Atanza Vongor. The 6-foot-1, 192-pounder is currently rated as the No. 18 safety prospect in the nation according…

  • Deseret News: Critical vision of Oklahoma’s Boren has put BYU in crosshairs of Big 12 expansion plans

    Deseret News: Critical vision of Oklahoma’s Boren has put BYU in crosshairs of Big 12 expansion plans By popsicle Harmon, Deseret News Oklahoma President David Boren started the ball rolling on Big 12 expansion, and if this summer move saves that league from implosion, credit the Chief Sooner for standing up. A year ago, Boren spoke publicly,…

  • The Katy Rancher: Featherston continuing development at Phillies’ Triple-A affiliate

    The Katy Rancher: Featherston continuing development at Phillies’ Triple-A affiliate By Jack Marrion Taylor graduate Taylor Featherston made the jump straight from Double-A to the American League at age 25 last season. Due to being selected in the Rule 5 Draft from the Colorado Rockies’ minor league system, Featherston had to spend the entire year on…

  • Pittsburgh Tribune: Ex-coach Dixon defends his offensive system at Pitt

    Pittsburgh Tribune: Ex-coach Dixon defends his offensive system at Pitt BY JOHN HARRIS Former Pitt coach Jamie Dixon said he understands why forward Michael Young, the Panthers’ leading scorer last season, believes (Dixon’s) “coaching style was not the right fit for our team.” Young recently told the Tribune-Review that he expects to have more offensive freedom under new…

  • FWST: Former TCU, NFL player brings knowledge, energy to Texas Wesleyan

    FWST: Former TCU, NFL player brings knowledge, energy to Texas Wesleyan BY JOHN HENRY Special to the Star-Telegram Football at Texas Wesleyan only last year was a proposition that sounded too good to be true. So, too, now does its new assistant football coach. But Quincy Butler is real — a bright yellow shirt emblazoned with…

  • DMN: Breaking down TCU: Find out who has the Horned Frogs in the national title picture

    DMN: Breaking down TCU: Find out who has the Horned Frogs in the national title picture By SportsDayDFW.com TCU seems like one of the harder teams to project in 2016. Depending whom you ask, they’re anything from a middling Big 12 team to an outside national championship contender. We’ve consulted a handful of national college football…

  • WNDU: Preston Morrison promoted to Myrtle Beach

    WNDU: Preston Morrison promoted to Myrtle Beach South Bend starting pitcher Preston Morrison has been promoted to the Myrtle Beach Pelicans while pitcher Jose Paulino has joined the Cubs. Morrison appeared in 17 games with South Bend including 16 starts posting a record of 9-4 with a 2.24 earned run average over 92 and a…