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Friday, May 17th, 2013
TEMPE, Ariz. — An opening round featuring five birdies from juniorJohannes Veerman highlighted the Texas A&M men’s golf team’s first day at the NCAA Tempe Regional on Thursday. “I thought we did so many things well today, especially for the first 14 or 15 holes,” Texas A&M head coach J.T. Higgins said. “We were playing outstanding golf but it’s a [...]
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Friday, May 17th, 2013
COLLEGE STATION – Fields for the NCAA Outdoor Championships were announced on Thursday and Texas A&M will have 45 athletes competing in 31 events during the NCAA West preliminary rounds at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. The meet begins next Thursday and concludes on Saturday. The Aggies total 58 entries in the meet, split evenly [...]
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Friday, May 17th, 2013
New York Jets running back Mike Goodson was arrested Friday morning on drug possession and weapon charges, New Jersey state police spokesman Stephen Jones told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Goodson was found with another man stopped in the center-left lane on Interstate 80 in Denville, N.J., just after 3 a.m., according to police. A tow truck truck driver found [...]
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Thursday, May 16th, 2013
Reid Ryan, the son of Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan, will be named the next president of the Houston Astros, MLB.com reported Thursday. Reid Ryan currently runs the Triple-A Round Rock Express (Rangers) and Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks (Astros), both of which are owned by Nolan Ryan and Houston businessman Don Sanders. According to the report, the Astros will [...]
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Thursday, May 16th, 2013
LONDON (AP) _ David Beckham says he is retiring from soccer at the end of the season. The 38-year-old Beckham recently won a league title in a fourth country with Paris Saint-Germain. He has become a global superstar since starting his career at Manchester United. Beckham says he is “thankful to PSG for giving me [...]
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Thursday, May 16th, 2013
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) _ TCU defensive end Devonte Fields has been suspended for the first two games of the 2013 season due to an unspecified violation of “university and team policy.” Coach Gary Patterson announced the suspension of the Big 12 defensive player of the year in a one-sentence statement Wednesday. Patterson didn’t immediately [...]
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Thursday, May 16th, 2013
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - ESPN has moved Friday’s opening round of the NCAA Softball College Station Regional back two hours into primetime. The games will still air on ESPN2 and no other part of the regional schedule has been affected. Baylor and Arizona will now face of in a 4:30 p.m. match-up, and No. 16 seed [...]
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Thursday, May 16th, 2013
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – After its first season in the Southeastern Conference, the No. 13 Texas A&M softball team placed three student-athletes on National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-South Region teams, the organization announced today. Junior Nicole Morgan was named the NFCA All-Region first team first baseman and freshman Cali Lanphear was tabbed first-team utility/designated player. [...]
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Thursday, May 16th, 2013
URBANA, Ill. – The No. 3 Texas A&M women’s tennis team continues its run in the NCAA Championship as the Aggies take on No. 14 seed Virginia in the round of 16, Friday at 4 p.m. at the University of Illinois’ Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex at Atkins Tennis Center. 2013 NCAA WOMEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP INFORMATION [...]
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Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The 11th-ranked and No. 12 seed Texas A&M men’s tennis team advances to the NCAA Sweet 16 to face No. 5 seed Ohio State on Friday at the University of Illinois’ Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex at the Atkins Tennis Center in Urbana, Ill. First serve is slated for 4 p.m. between the Aggies and [...]