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KTRE: TCU hosts first satellite camp of the season By Delaney Brey, Sports Reporter Today the first satellite camp of the season was hosted by Texas Christian University. This isn’t the first time that the Horned Frogs bus has rolled into Kilgore. TCU Head Football Coach Gary Patterson has been recruiting East Texas athletes for…

Baseball America: Fort Worth Regional preview By Will Bryant 1. Texas Christian (42-15, 16-10 in Big 12 Conference) 14th appearance (third straight), automatic, third place in Big 12 regular-season and Big 12 Tournament champion Top 300 Prospects: RHP Brian Howard (274),  3B Elliott Barzilli (279) Season In A Sentence: The Horned Frogs came into this season with question…

FWST: TCU baseball benefits deeply from DH-closer connection BY CARLOS MENDEZ cmendez@star-telegram.com When Luken Baker went on his home run barrage last week, one teammate had already seen it. Durbin Feltman grew up with the freshman TCU slugger. He’d seen Baker hit home runs in bunches before. Four in five games — as Baker did in…

FWST: Rising college baseball salaries show game’s growth, coaches say BY CARLOS MENDEZ cmendez@star-telegram.com Louisville’s 10-year contract extension worth $1 million per year for head coach Dan McDonnell is a sign of a growing market for college baseball, the coaches at the Fort Worth Regional said. “I think it’s about time,” Arizona State coach Tracy Smith said. “College…

FWST: Big 12 soap opera continues with no expansion decision imminent BY JIMMY BURCH jburch@star-telegram.com IRVING – The absurd soap opera unfolding in the Big 12 continued at warp speed Thursday, with administrators showing a wishy-washy resolve on key topics at the league’s spring meetings while working against a backdrop of more negative headlines from Baylor.…

http://www.gofrogs.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/060116aab.html GoFrogs: Football times, TV plans announced The Big 12 Conference has announced the kickoff times and TV plans for four TCU football games this season. The Horned Frogs Sept. 3 season opener with South Dakota State at Amon G. Carter Stadium will have a 7 p.m. kickoff and be televised on FSN. TCUs Sept.…

ESPN: Texas AD opposes Big 12 expansion, wants to keep Longhorn Network Jake Trotter ESPN Staff Writer IRVING, Texas — Texas athletic director Mike Perrin said Wednesday that he would oppose Big 12 expansion and added “it would take a lot” for the school to give up the Longhorn Network. “I think the prudent thing for…

The Washington Post: Josh Doctson remains sidelined with foot injury unrelated to Achilles’ ailment Rookie wide receiver Josh Doctson missed Wednesday’s practice with a foot injury and will likely remain sidelined until next week, Coach Jay Gruden said. Meanwhile, cornerback and fellow 2016 draft pick Kendall Fuller took part in limited team repetitions after being…

Chicago Sun-Times: Bears release offensive lineman Tayo Fabuluje Adam L. Jahns @adamjahns | email With organized team activities going on at Halas Hall, the Bears waived second-year offensive lineman Tayo Fabuluje on Wednesday. It was the first time general manager Ryan Pace cut one of his own draft selections. Fabuluje’s ability to deal with adversity also appealed…

West Virginia Metro News: Big 12 expansion: Data in hand—also in eye of beholder By Allan Taylor in Sports, WVU Sports COMMENTARY Referencing “a couple hundred pages of fairly dense data,” Bob Bowlsby says conference expansion will sit atop the summer reading list of Big 12 decision-makers. Those analytics are the product of an 18-month deep dive into the…