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FWST: QB Kenny Hill ready to write a happy new chapter at TCU BY GIL LEBRETON [email protected] The first thing Gary Patterson wanted to know, Kenny Hill recalled, was what happened at Texas A&M. The whole story. The 5-0 start. The three-game collapse. The two-game suspension. The night the police found him drunk and passed out…

FWST: TV partners push back against Big 12 expansion plans BY JIMMY BURCH [email protected] As speculation about Big 12 expansion candidates continues to circulate at warp speed, the league’s primary television partners are pushing back in attempts to add new teams to the 10-member league simply to produce a short-term financial windfall. The Sports Business…

Today’s U: Quarterback play will make or break TCU’s playoff chances By Garrett Kroeger In 2015, the TCU Horned Frogs dealt with more than a handful of injuries, especially on the defensive side. Those Frogs finished 11-2, against all odds. This year’s team faces an even more daunting challenge. If TCU can dodge the injury bug…

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 Jim Owczarski, [email protected] 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 BY MATTHEW MARTINEZ [email protected] 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 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 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 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 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…