Sports

CLEVELAND (AP)_The Tampa Bay Rays are going to the American League division series against Boston. The Rays won their second straight elimination playoff game by blanking Cleveland 4-0 last night as Alex Cobb and three [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Texas medical staff says junior quarterback Davis Ash won’t play Thursday night against Iowa State because of a head injury. Senior Case McCoy will start for the Longhorns (2-2) against the [Read More…]

ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers ace Yu Darvish suffered from a nerve problem in his lower back and buttocks area from the beginning of September through the end of the team’s season, a source familiar with the situation told [Read More…]

The Houston Astros are shuffling manager Bo Porter’s coaching staff. The Astros are not renewing the contracts of first base coach Dave Clark and bullpen coach Dennis Martinez and are reassigning pitching coach Doug Brocail. [Read More…]

CHICAGO (AP)_ The Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks opened the new NHL season the same way they ended last year’s campaign–with a victory. The Blackhawks outscored the Washington Capitals 6-4 with John Oduya (oh-DOO’-yuh) getting [Read More…]

PITTSBURGH (AP)_ The Pittsburgh Pirates are heading to St. Louis to play the Cardinals in the best-of-five NL division series starting Thursday. Russell Martin homered twice and Marlon Byrd also went deep to support Francisco [Read More…]

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas A&M’s Ines Deheza (pronounced ee-nez de-hay-za) and Rutuja Bhosale (pronounced roo-too-ja bo-sah-lee) have advanced to the qualifying round in doubles at the prestigious Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American Championship after winning three [Read More…]

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook will miss the first four to six weeks of the regular season after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery Tuesday. The team announced that Westbrook needed the operation after experiencing swelling in his right [Read More…]

WASHINGTON (AP) _ The government shutdown is now affecting the collegiate sports world. The Defense Department has announced that as a result of the political stalemate, all intercollegiate athletic competitions at the service academies are [Read More…]

The NHL season gets under way tonight with three games including the Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks hosting the Washington Capitals. The Blackhawks beat the Boston Bruins in six games in June to win their [Read More…]