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Aug. 31 -- Florida State set for Texas A&M in Kickoff Classic: EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Even though Chris Weinke starts for the first time in nearly nine years, the Florida State quarterback knows exactly what to expect in tonight's Kickoff Classic.

Aug. 30 -- Nguyen already part of A&M linebacking lore: COLLEGE STATION -- The twists and turns of Dat Nguyen's life could hardly be called ordinary.

Aug. 30 -- Maxwell herpes trial halted by bankruptcy: HOUSTON (AP) -- The civil trial of pro basketball player Vernon Maxwell, who is accused of knowingly giving a woman herpes, is on hold after the former Houston Rockets star filed for bankruptcy.

Aug. 29 -- High school football: A is for abundant: AUSTIN -- With high school football upon us, it's time to mention the need for Texas to eliminate the superfluous letter A from the high school football size-ranking system.

Aug. 29 -- Phoenix can take WNBA title with Saturday victory at Houston: HOUSTON -- After breezing through the regular season and sweeping through the opening playoff round, the Houston Comets finally face a must-win game.

Aug. 29 -- Twelve "graduates" told their diplomas are worthless: GALVESTON, Texas (AP) -- It may be back to school for 12 students who received diplomas this spring from O'Connell High School.

Aug. 28 -- Can Gonzalez carry Rangers to pennant? ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - The Texas Rangers are looking for a hot streak that will carry them to the AL West pennant.

Aug. 28 -- Cooper unanimous All-WNBA First Team selection: NEW YORK (AP) - Cynthia Cooper of the Houston Comets, the league's Most Valuable Player for a second straight year, on Thursday was made a unanimous selection to the All-WNBA team.

Aug. 28 -- SMU's missing piece might be backup quarterback: FORT WORTH, Texas - With the departure of Ramon Flanigan, SMU's career total offense leader, it is hardly surprising that head coach Mike Cavan finds himself searching for a quarterback.

Aug. 28 -- Home schooler denied access to UIL activities: AUSTIN (AP) - A state district judge Thursday denied an injunction that would have allowed a Corpus Christi home schooler to play softball on a public high school team.

Aug. 28 -- Horned Frogs don't want any part of Nebraska: LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Texas Christian has backed out of a three-game series with Nebraska, saying it's not healthy for a struggling program to face a perennial national power.

Aug. 27 -- Celina-Lindsay to make Texas high school football history: DALLAS (AP) - G.A. Moore's name already is a fixture in the annals of Texas high school football. The Celina coach is one of three men with 300 victories and he's among a select group with four state titles.

Aug. 27 -- This weekend's Texas high school football schedule

Aug. 27 -- Home schooler lawsuit against UIL heads to court: AUSTIN (AP) - If Corpus Christi home school student Amy Ensminger's lawsuit against the University Interscholastic League is successful, the makeup of high school extracurricular activities in Texas could be forever changed.

Aug. 27 -- High school volleyball players caged as disciplinary action: CHANNELVIEW, Texas (AP) - A high school girls' volleyball coach has been suspended because she locked eight players in an equipment cage for almost an hour for disobeying her.

Aug. 27 -- Foreman-Holmes fight could be in January in the Astrodome: HOUSTON (AP) - The Astrodome has cleared January 23 for a possible heavyweight fight between George Foreman and Larry Holmes, Houston television station KRIV reported Wednesday.

Aug. 27 -- A&M quarterback still trying to turn hype into heroics: Branndon Stewart was one of those can't-miss quarterback prospects coming out of high school.

Aug. 26 -- Pennant fever? Experience helps Rangers keep their cool: ARLINGTON, Texas - The ghosts of collapses past have been exorcised. There has been little talk about the scorching heat, even during one of the hottest summers in recent memory, and few worries about how young players will respond to the pressure.

Aug. 26 -- Maxwell's lawyer asks out of lawsuit because he's not getting paid: HOUSTON (AP) - A state legislator has been allowed to withdraw as the attorney for NBA player Vernon Maxwell, who's been sued by a woman who accuses him of knowingly giving her herpes.

Aug. 26 -- Aggies once again seeking national prominence: COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - It won't take the Texas A&M Aggies long to know whether they once again belong among the nation's elite.

Aug. 25 -- Simms looking for new chance with Rangers: ARLINGTON, Texas - Some baseball players are born to greatness. Others have Tucson thrust upon them. Mike Simms is Mr. Tucson. He is to the Tucson Toros what Crash Davis (or Kevin Costner) was to the Durham Bulls.

Aug. 25 -- Cooper, Chancellor praise teamwork for their awards: HOUSTON (AP) - In their drive for a second straight WNBA championship, the Houston Comets added to their rapidly expanding trophy case Monday.

Aug. 24 -- Killeen Ellison, La Marque, Sealy, Stanton, Tenaha enter season at No. 1: DALLAS - High school football is supposed to be cyclical. Players spend two, maybe three, years on varsity. Districts are reshaped every other year. Lately, the playoff system have changed just as often.

Aug. 24 -- Bears, still learning to crawl, strive to compete in 1998: WACO - Baylor coach Dave Roberts doesn't mention winning when he talks about the upcoming season.

Aug. 23 -- PGA Championship not bound for Texas anytime soon: DALLAS -- They play the PGA Championship in August, a month that in Texas ranges from hot to hotter 'n heck.

Aug. 23 -- Pennant fever? Experience helps Rangers keep their cool: ARLINGTON, Texas -- The ghosts of collapses past have been exorcised. There has been little talk about the scorching heat, even during one of the hottest summers in recent memory, and few worries about how young players will respond to the pressure.

Aug. 23 -- Bulldogs take to field as Texas Lutheran resumes football: SEGUIN, Texas (AP) -- It's been a decade since the students and alumni of Texas Lutheran University have cheered on their Bulldogs in football.

Aug. 22 -- Former UT players can't wait to get to UH, Drexler: CONROE (AP) -- Bernard Smith says he had no real complaint with former University of Texas basketball coach Tom Penders, even though he was one of four players responsible for forcing Penders' resignation earlier this year.

Aug. 22 -- Former women's college begins football after 153 years: BELTON, Texas (AP) -- When Pat Shannon attended the Baylor College for Women in the early 1950s the best sports moment was a demonstration by a pro golfer.

Aug. 22 -- UT's Williams strikes remarkable friendship with Doak Walker: HOUSTON -- Every day when Ricky Williams reports to Texas' new football locker room, he will see Doak Walker. But he won't see the old man whose life has been taken over by paralysis. He won't even see the young man whose 1940s magazine-cover-perfect photograph Williams ordered to have pinned to the middle of his new locker.

Aug. 21 -- It's no big secret: Stottlemyre must stand and deliver: ARLINGTON, Texas - It's a company secret, of course. Nobody's talking. But here's the way I figure it: Whatever it was that Rangers pitching coach Dick Bosman whispered in Esteban Loaiza's ear when he arrived here from Pittsburgh, isn't it time Todd Stottlemyre heard the same thing?

Aug. 21 -- Ex-Army tech now plays at Texas Tech: LUBBOCK, Texas - Like the rest of his Texas Tech teammates, Zeno McCoy begins each day by slipping into shoulder pads before rush-hour traffic reaches its road-rage-inducing zenith in most large cities.

Aug. 21 -- SWT names Wacker AD: SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) - Jim Wacker, who led Southwest Texas State to NCAA Division II national championships as football coach in 1981 and 1982, is returning to the school as athletic director.

Aug. 20 -- McCombs: San Antonio lacks political leadership to get football team: SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Minnesota Vikings owner Red McCombs says he doesn't expect San Antonio to attract a professional football team any time soon because the city lacks the necessary political leadership.

Aug. 20 -- NCAA tries out new bat, whiffs on Texas Tech penalty: DALLAS - The NCAA did something really bad earlier this month. The response was a national outpouring of indifference. From Maine to Manhattan Beach, yawns were stifled.

Aug. 20 -- Texas to release sophomore guard for Houston transfer: AUSTIN (AP) - The second of four players who led a revolt against former Texas basketball coach Tom Penders after last season has decided to transfer.

Aug. 19 -- Astros pitcher irks some opponents with emotion: HOUSTON (AP) - Houston Astros starter Jose Lima tried only one time to be like other pitchers. That was in 1990 and he hasn't repeated the mistake.

Aug. 19 -- Team to be called Round Rock Express: ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) - Nolan Ryan's minor league baseball team is going to have something in common with its owner - a nickname.

Aug. 19 -- Teaff says coaching group studying new recruiting schedule: AUSTIN (AP) - Grant Teaff, executive director of the American Football Coaches Association, said Tuesday that college coaches have begun a yearlong study into possible changes in the recruiting calendar.

Aug. 18 -- Alamodome officials ponder life after Spurs: SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- The Alamodome won't be the same if the San Antonio Spurs leave for a new arena, but dome officials insist the downtown stadium will remain viable.

Aug. 18 -- True believers keep their wishbone options alive: FORT WORTH, Texas -- Coaches scribbled furiously, clutching notebooks and No. 2 pencils in hopes of capturing a bit of the Marcus mystique.

Aug. 18 -- Lockout at standstill pending arbitrator's decision, players say: DALLAS (AP) -- While NBA players await a crucial arbitrator's ruling that could determine who has the best bargaining position in new negotiations, the NBA Player's Association continues to hold meetings with players throughout the country.

Aug. 18 -- Longhorns guard says he'll transfer to Houston: HOUSTON (AP) -- Texas Longhorns guard Bernard Smith says he'll transfer to the University of Houston to play for new coach Clyde Drexler.

Aug. 17 -- Yanks beat Rangers in last inning: NEW YORK - Bernie Williams hit a solo home run into the upper deck with one out in the ninth inning Sunday and the New York Yankees won their 90th game, beating the Texas Rangers 6-5.

Aug. 16 -- Texas Tech seeks success despite NCAA sanctions: LUBBOCK -- When Texas Tech tailback Ricky Williams takes on defenses this year, he'll know that much more than the outcome of one game is on the line.

Aug. 16 -- New stadium requires separation of church and home plate: beer sales must be 300 feet from church: HOUSTON (AP) -- To beat a Depression-era alcohol ban, city officials interested in seeing beer sold at the new Astros stadium are having to fine-tune the ballpark entrance.

Aug. 16 -- The Big Unit creating big excitement in Astrodome: HOUSTON -- Suddenly, the Astrodome is rocking again.

Aug. 16 -- Brown trying to pump life into Texas: AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- New Texas coach Mack Brown has Longhorns faithful optimistic about the future.

Aug. 15 -- More championships, longer season in 1998: HOUSTON (AP) -- If you believe bigger is indeed better, then you'll love Texas high school football in 1998.

Aug. 15 -- With 21 suites unsold, UT plans per-game leases: AUSTIN (AP) -- With 21 of its new football stadium luxury skyboxes still unsold for this season, the University of Texas has approved a plan to lease the suites on a game-by-game basis.

Aug. 15 -- Dominant Houston Comets scoff at dynasty talk: HOUSTON -- Call them talented, call them gritty, but Houston Comets coach Van Chancellor is cautions against calling them the WNBA's first dynasty.

Aug. 15 -- Champion Espinosa exudes confidence: EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- If nothing else, Luisito Espinosa is concise.

Aug. 15 -- Aggies once again seeking national prominence: COLLEGE STATION -- It won't take the Texas A&M Aggies long to know whether they once again belong among the nation's elite.

Aug. 15 -- Former Soviet athlete finds a new home in Texas: SAN ANTONIO -- Vaho Iagorachvili remembers the days he lived like a king.

Aug. 14 -- A&M's Stewart hopes to show QB creativity: Branndon Stewart has started 24 games for Texas A&M, but quarterbacks coach Ray Dorr likes to talk about the one he didn't start. It was against Texas Tech, the seventh game of the 1997 season.

Aug. 14 -- Mentor Ryan gets up close look at Johnson: HOUSTON (AP) - The teacher got a first-hand look at his prized pupil - and he loved what he saw.

Aug. 14 -- Cougars hoping to be carried by offense: HOUSTON (AP) - The only consistency the Houston Cougars have shown the last two seasons is bad defense.

Aug. 14 -- Owls now seeking championships: HOUSTON (AP) - It says something about how far Ken Hatfield has taken the Rice Owls when the team is no longer satisfied with a winning season.

Aug. 14 -- Cavan believes that with hard work, SMU can keep achieving: DALLAS (AP) - Mike Cavan was hired to coach Southern Methodist because he had shown he could turn around losing football programs. Given a few years, maybe he could do the same thing for the once-proud Mustangs.

Aug. 14 -- NBA franchise makes proposal for publicly owned arena: SAN ANTONIO (AP) - After months of testing local political waters, the San Antonio Spurs have unveiled plans for a $150 million publicly owned basketball arena in an abandoned rock quarry.

Aug. 14 -- New coach says it'll take time to turn around TCU: FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Dennis Franchione says he welcomes challenges, and as Texas Christian's freshly installed football coach, he's inherited a whopper.

Aug. 14 -- New coach, new era at North Texas: DENTON, Texas (AP) - The first four games on the North Texas schedule are so tough they helped get the last coach fired.

Aug. 14 -- Improving Texas-El Paso ready to make its mark: EL PASO, Texas (AP) - Charlie Bailey has never had a winning season since taking over as Texas-El Paso's football coach midway through the 1993 season, yet he's smiling as he prepares for the upcoming campaign.

Aug. 13 -- UT's plan to move students causes fuss: AUSTIN (AP) - Some University of Texas students are objecting to a plan by Longhorn athletic officials to relocate about 2,000 students seats to the upper deck on the east side of the football stadium.

Aug. 13 -- Bears, still learning to crawl, strive to compete in 1998: WACO, Texas (AP) - Baylor coach Dave Roberts doesn't mention winning when he talks about the upcoming season.

Aug. 13 -- Champion softball team looking for victory over cancer: FRIENDSWOOD, Texas - The Texas City Amoco Oilers softball team had planned to celebrate its 20th year this year with a big victory at the Texas ASA Men's Class A Industrial State Softball Tournament. But now, the Oilers are hoping to celebrate an even bigger victory - teammate Bryan Davidson's victory over cancer.

Aug. 13 -- Private school football star's transcripts vanish: GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - The school records for a private school football star who graduated last spring despite a poor academic record have disappeared, The Galveston Daily News reported.

Aug. 12 -- Indoor football team may be headed to Austin: AUSTIN (AP) - Indoor pro football may be headed to Austin. Starting next spring, Jeffrey Parnell, who runs an Austin lumber yard, said he plans to bring a franchise in the Professional Indoor Football League to the state capital.

Aug. 12 -- Texas Tech seeks success despite NCAA sanctions: LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - When Texas Tech tailback Ricky Williams takes on defenses this year, he'll know that much more than the outcome of one game is on the line.

Aug. 12 -- Texas' Williams in no hurry to grow up: AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Ricky Williams' face lights up as he recalls one of his favorite football memories. "There were bodies flying all over the place," said the nation's leading rusher and Doak Walker Award winner as a junior at Texas last year. The game wasn't against Texas A&M or Oklahoma. It was girls vs. boys at Kiker Elementary School in Austin.

Aug. 12 -- New coach trying to change Texas' old habits: AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Mack Brown wants to turn Texas into a school that supports its football team through good times and bad. It's a tall order.

Aug. 12 -- Nguyen already part of A&M linebacking lore: COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - The twists and turns of Dat Nguyen's life could hardly be called ordinary.

Aug. 12 -- Big 12 spotlight on Solich, Williams this season: DALLAS (AP) - There are two intriguing story lines in the Big 12 this year: Frank Solich replacing Tom Osborne as coach at Nebraska and Ricky Williams' run at the Heisman Trophy for the Texas Longhorns.

Aug. 11 -- Though chances are slim, free agents eager: WICHITA FALLS -- Officially, it's the NFL. But for the lowly rookie free agent, there is very little glamour involved in training camp or the agonizing hunt for a roster spot that, deep down, many of them know will never come.

Aug. 11 -- Astros 5, Brewers 2: HOUSTON (AP) -- Sean Berry hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the eighth and Billy Wagner pitched a perfect ninth for his first save since being struck in the head by a line drive, leading the Houston Astros to a 5-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers Monday night.

Aug. 10 -- Livingston instructor teaches students how to get a deadly aim: SAN ANTONIO -- That ticking sound you hear? It's the countdown to Sept. 1, opening day of dove season in the Central and North zones -- the first day of the first season on the new hunting calendar.

Aug. 10 -- Astros 11, Phillies 2: HOUSTON (AP) -- Randy has arrived and Billy is back.

Aug. 9 -- Johnson-fueled Astros energizing Houston fans: HOUSTON (AP) -- Though the Houston Astros acquired Randy Johnson to pitch them to the World Series, he might also turn the city's notoriously fickle baseball fans into major league devotees.

Aug. 9 -- Texas Tech reforms compliance efforts: LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- For the past decade, Texas Tech football players had huddled with athletic personnel and muddled through NCAA rules manuals, trying to figure out if their grades were good enough for them to suit up for the season.

Aug. 9 -- Fire breaks out at Texas Motor Speedway: FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- The troubled Texas Motor Speedway has fallen victim to another mishap, as fire burned an exterior section of a building under construction.

Aug. 8 -- Johnson creates playoff excitement in home debut: HOUSTON -- The playoffs haven't arrived yet. But Randy Johnson has -- and that was enough to excite Houston Astros fans.

Aug. 8 -- Retama's top jockey back in the saddle now that knee pain's gone: SAN ANTONIO -- When Ricky Frazier goes to bed at night, he rests.

Aug. 7 -- Spurs pushing plan for new arena at quarry site: SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Executives with the San Antonio Spurs and a real estate company have been meeting with city leaders to build political support for a plan to turn an abandoned rock quarry into the team's new home.

Aug. 7 -- Teen works on baseball skills overseas: DANBURY, Texas -- During the summer months, high school baseball players join teams in various leagues to help improve their skills.

Aug. 7 -- Rangers 7, Red Sox 4: ARLINGTON -- Juan Gonzalez hit his 33rd homer, extending his major league-leading RBI total to 118, and John Burkett pitched 6 1-3 innings as the Texas Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 7-4 on Thursday night for their fifth straight victory.

Aug. 6 -- Wagner ready to close on rehab stint: JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Billy Wagner can't wait to return to Houston's bullpen, and insists he is not worried about the possibility of another line drive screaming toward his head.

Aug. 6 -- Mayor backs idea of stadium vote: ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) -- The mayor of Round Rock, who hopes to attract Nolan Ryan's minor league baseball team with a $13 million stadium, says he supports the idea of a citizen vote on the question.

Aug. 6 -- Johnson mania taking hold with Astros fans: HOUSTON -- Want to watch Randy Johnson pitch his first game as an Astro at home?

Aug. 6 -- Stottlemyre eager to please Texas teammates: ARLINGTON -- When Doug Melvin traded for Todd Stottlemyre last week, the Texas general manager bragged the team was getting a poised veteran eager to be on the mound in the biggest games.

Aug. 5 -- NCAA adds to Texas Tech's self-imposed sanctions: LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- For eight years in nine sports, Texas Tech ran afoul of NCAA rules.

Aug. 5 -- Nationally ranked shooters have sights set on Australian Games: DALLAS -- Terry Anderson's shooting career has taken him around the globe. Now, with the help of old friends, he looks forward to going back home.

Aug. 5 -- Rangers 11, Blue Jays 9: ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Carlos Delgado hit three home runs for Toronto, but they were not enough to overcome Todd Stottlemyre's solid debut for the Texas Rangers in an 11-9 victory Tuesday night over the Blue Jays.

Aug. 4 -- Galveston star finds baseball goes on even after injury: HITCHCOCK, Texas -- A shoulder injury ended former Ball High star Hondo Medellin's college baseball career in 1996, but he hasn't stopped playing baseball.

Aug. 4 -- NCAA will announce ruling on Texas Tech: LUBBOCK -- The NCAA will announce today whether Texas Tech, which imposed sanctions on itself for rampant rules violations, should face additional punishment.

Aug. 3 -- To some agents, Champions for Christ is holy terror: AUSTIN, Texas -- Champions for Christ shares a three-story red brick building with a travel agency, an insurance firm, a dentist, a regional National Wildlife Federation office and the headquarters for a car lube company, among other businesses.

Aug. 3 -- Johnson a winner in first start for Astros: PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Randy Johnson was everything the Houston Astros wanted when they sacrificed their future to get him: Overpowering, dominating, intimidating. Best of all, he was a winner.

Aug. 3 -- No angler is complete without a selection of rods: HOUSTON -- The concept of a quiver dates to the archers of Asia and Europe. And, no doubt, to the early tribes of the Americas. From the get-go, the full quiver was the universal ally of the A-Team warrior and hunter.

Aug. 2 -- The Big Unit gets his wish and so do the Astros: HOUSTON (AP) -- For once, the little guy won the day.

Aug. 2 -- A really big deal: Astros land Big Unit: PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Getting Randy Johnson was a big deal for the Houston Astros -- one bigger than they dreamed they could make.

Aug. 2 -- Mike Singletary: 'He made good with what he had': HOUSTON -- He didn't belong to a prominent football program. Worthing High School had no weight room. Its athletic department used old equipment. Its athletes were siphoned from physical education classes. They were average kids.

Aug. 1 -- Wheelchair-bound archer gives new life a shot: DENTON, Texas -- Arthur Pettijohn sullenly packed away the memories. What use did he have for the trophies he had won as a competitive and talented archer?

Aug. 1 -- Rangers get Zeile in trade from Marlins: MIAMI (AP) -- Todd Zeile was traded for the second time this season as the cost-cutting Florida Marlins sent the third baseman to the Texas Rangers on Friday for a pair of minor leaguers.

Aug. 1 -- Cardinals trade Stottlemyre and Clayton to Texas for Oliver and Tatis: ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- In a big deal made on the day of the trading deadline, the St. Louis Cardinals sent pitcher Todd Stottlemyre and shortstop Royce Clayton to the Texas Rangers on Friday for pitcher Darren Oliver and third basemen Fernando Tatis.