Associated Press ARLINGTON — Texas Rangers righthander Jon Gray will miss at least four to six weeks after being placed on the injured list Tuesday with a left oblique strain. Team president Jon Daniels said Gray will not resume throwing for at least two to three weeks, then will need a similar amount of time to build back up to get back on the mound.
Associated Press OXNARD, Calif. — CeeDee Lamb says he’s ready to be the No.
No. 10 Payton Poston goes up for a catch during the Yellow Jackets practice Tuesday morning. Teams across the state returned to the gridiron this week early in the day to avoid the harsh Texas heat. Maci Guay/For the Empire-Tribune
Bill Russell hated autographs. Saw no point to them. If he was out dining and got approached by someone asking for his signature, Russell’s usual response was to instead ask the person to join him at the table to have a conversation about life.
Washington, D.C. — Thursday, Congressman August Pfluger played in the 2022 Congressional Baseball Game for Charity, an annual tradition between Republican and Democrat Members of Congress. A record $1.7 million was raised for charities that serve children and families.
Hall of Fame coach John Madden always believed that the busts of the football greats in Canton, Ohio, talked to each other every night once the building was empty. If those busts ever wanted to play an actual game of football, they now finally have all the necessary characters.
Stephenville’s Dylanjer Meiron leads a group of eight Big Country athletes on the Texas Sports Writers Association’s Class 4A all-state baseball team announced Thursday, including five from Snyder and one from Big Spring.
OXNARD, Calif. — Dak Prescott had fair warning before his first meeting with reporters at training camp that Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy had just delivered his best line so far in California.
STEPHENVILLE — Tarleton baseball signee Grant Kerry is no stranger to newness. The utility player who has played baseball on four different continents and will be playing for a third different college this spring since making his way to the United States is as accustomed to being new as you can be.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — New Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark is learning the NCAA’s issues in real time and during a period of sweeping change and uncertainty. While Monday is Yormark’s first day working full-time out of the Big 12 office, leaving behind Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, the ex-CEO of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets has been steadily involved in conference matters since landing his first job in college athletics.