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Naperville Sun: TCU commit Eiermann regains top form, pitches Naperville Central past Neuqua Joshua Welge Naperville Sun Ryan Eiermann’s relief was a big relief for Naperville Central. The Texas Christian recruit’s spring didn’t finish the way he wished. The senior left-hander lost his last two decisions. Eiermann didn’t even play in the regional final loss to…

Longview News-Journal: Former Lobo Howard added to Butkus Award watch list By FROM STAFF REPORTS Former Longview Lobo standout Travin Howard was one of two East Texas football players named to the 2016 Butkus Award watch list on Tuesday. The Butkus Award is presented annually to college football’s top linebacker. Howard, who will be a…

FWST: TCU quarterback position still not settled, Patterson says BY JOHN HENRY Special to the Star-Telegram Among the burning topics of the day — and in July in North Texas there is no better descriptor — TCU football coach Gary Patterson was emphatic about perhaps the most important one to college football want-to-knows. Who is the…

WTOL: Mike Renfro among 2016 Southwest Conference Hall of Fame Inductees By John Elizondo, Sports WACO, TX – July 7, 2016 – The Texas Sports Hall of Fame (TSHOF) is proud to announce the induction of nine new members into its 2016 Southwest Conference Hall of Fame class. The 2016 class will honor Joe Kleine…

SIU: Research focuses on demise of Texas horned lizard by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – The horned lizard is well-loved part of culture in its range, which stretches from Kansas through Oklahoma and into Texas. But the once plentiful species has been harder to find in recent years. A graduate student from Southern Illinois University…

Lexington Herald-Leader: Family hire puts TCU in the mix for five-star UK basketball target BY BEN ROBERTS broberts@herald-leader.com The recruit-in-the-family college basketball coaching hire drawing all of the national attention this offseason has been Washington’s addition of assistant coach Michael Porter Sr., the father of top-five recruit Michael Porter Jr. Another interesting hire: New Texas Christian…

https://twitter.com/MG3_2423/status/752216283693940737 FWST: Former Texas Ranger’s son gets first collegiate offer from TCU BY BRIAN GOSSET bgosset@star-telegram.com Keller Timber Creek junior Mateo Gil received his first college offer from TCU on Sunday. Gil is the son of former Ranger Benji Gil, who played for Texas in 1993 and again from 1995-97. Gil was named first-team all-District 5-6A…

DMN: Wheelchair-bound former TCU football player: Ali was ‘the most amazing and Godly man I ever met’ By Kevin Sherrington, Staff Columnist Contact Kevin Sherringtonon Twitter:@KSherringtonDMN Over the last 42 years in a wheelchair, Kent Waldrep has encountered a lot of luminaries while covering the map searching for a cure to spinal cord paralysis. Every president since…

FWST: Larry Brown’s predictable exit from SMU opens door for TCU BY [big steaming pile] tengel@star-telegram.com The timing of this announcement could not have been worse but SMU men’s basketball coach Larry Brown has predictably quit after four years in Dallas. Brown, 75, was in contract dispute with SMU and rather than accept a shorter deal…

http://www.gofrogs.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/070816aaa.html GoFrogs: TCU Duo on Nagurski Trophy Watch List CHARLOTTE, N.C. — TCU defensive end Josh Carraway and linebacker Travin Howard have been named to the watch list for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, recognizing the nation’s top defensive player. Carraway and Howard are also on the Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List. Carraway is the Big 12’s only returning first-team all-conference…