Category: Sports

  • The Detroit News: Alexander, Ravenelle cruising but Tigers will be patient

    Tyler Alexander The Detroit News: Alexander, Ravenelle cruising but Tigers will be patient  Lynn Henning, The Detroit News Those familiar with Tyler Alexander’s pitching history will see nothing particularly surprising about a left-handed starter’s 2016 season. After all, he pitched, and pitched well, at Texas Christian, where Tigers scouts were so impressed they made him…

  • Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Travs’ Kipper not as good, but good

    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Travs’ Kipper not as good, but good By Troy Schulte Arkansas Travelers Manager Mark Parent has seen starting pitchers react negatively to a career-defining performance. He was a bench coach for the Chicago White Sox in 2012 when Phillip Humber threw a perfect game, yielded nine runs in his next start and was demoted…

  • FWST: TCU freshman golfer Triston Fisher beats Gary Patterson in chipping challenge

  • GoFrogs: TCU Closes Regular Season With Sweep

    http://www.gofrogs.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/052116aaa.html GoFrogs: TCU Closes Regular Season With Sweep Final Stats |  Photo Gallery FORT WORTH – TCU completed the sweep of Kansas State Saturday afternoon with a 9-3 victory to close out the regular season with a five game winning streak. The Rundown Jared Janczak (6-3) gave the Horned Frogs a solid five innings on the mound, allowing just…

  • ESPN: What a blown-up CFB map could look like

    ESPN: What a blown-up CFB map could look like Ryan McGeeESPN Senior Writer Last week’s college football headlines were dominated by expansion chatter emanating from the Big 12, which has been a 10-team league since 2012, when it went from being a 14-team league to an eight-team league to the current dime roster. If you…

  • TCU 360: Frogs close regular season with 9-3 win, sweep over Kansas State

    TCU 360: Frogs close regular season with 9-3 win, sweep over Kansas State By Clayton Youngman The Wildcats lost the strike zone, and the Frogs made them pay. TCU closed out its regular season by completing the sweep of Kansas State in a 9-3 victory at Lupton Stadium on Sunday. A six-run TCU fifth inning sparked…

  • CSN Chicago: Matt Purke realizes his dream in major league debut

    CSN Chicago: Matt Purke realizes his dream in major league debut By JJ STANKEVITZ Matt Purke’s major league debut Friday night was the culmination of a seven-year journey to get here, complete with plenty of peaks and valleys. The 25-year-old left-hander was a first-round pick of the Texas Rangers in 2009 out of a high school…

  • Scout: TCU Offers Receivers Jalen Reagor, Kenedy Snell from Waxahachie

    Scout: TCU Offers Receivers Jalen Reagor, Kenedy Snell from Waxahachie GABE BROOKS TCU issued a pair of offers Saturday to 2017 receiver teammates at Waxahachie (Texas) High School: Kenedy Snell and Oklahoma four-star commit Jalen Reagor. Waxahachie High School south of Dallas has a pair of Power Five conference-caliber receivers and both garnered TCU offers Saturday. Jalen…

  • KXAN: Kerley returns to Hutto, representing new team

    KXAN: Kerley returns to Hutto, representing new team By Andrew Schnitker HUTTO (KXAN) — NFL receiver Jeremy Kerley returned to Hutto for his annual youth football camp. This year, Kerley will be representing a new team. Cut by the New York Jets in March, Kerley found a suitable replacement quickly in the Detroit Lions. “As soon as I…

  • Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Telegraph: Should Big 12 get bigger, or better?

    Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Telegraph: Should Big 12 get bigger, or better? By BRIAN WOODSON, Bluefield Daily Telegraph It must be the long layoff between spring football and August that produces the same familiar refrain every year. Conference expansion is back, but should it be? Apparently the Big 12 is discussing the possibility of adding…