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Feb. 28 -- Texas track off and running on website: FORT WORTH -- At the end of his Texas Track and Field Page, Boswell High School coach Phil Murray writes that his site is his way of paying back the sport for "26 years of involvement as a fan, a coach and an athlete."

Feb. 27 -- Southern schools should thrive on ISU track: AMES, Iowa (AP) -- The Texas schools have brought speed aplenty to Big 12 Conference track, and they will have a perfect showcase for it at the league's indoor meet starting Friday at Iowa State.

Feb. 27 -- The Woodlands, Austin Westlake to defend state swimming titles: AUSTIN (AP) -- The boys of The Woodlands and girls of Austin Westlake will defend their titles starting Friday at the University Interscholastic League Swimming and Diving Championships

Feb. 27 -- UT's Virginia Viverette refuses to quit after seven knee surgeries: AUSTIN -- The arthritis in her 21-year-old knees usually throb only when the weather changes. The tendinitis rarely aches when she's on the basketball court.

Feb. 26 -- Bosnian student discovers new life: SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- There was a time when Selfir Selimovic accepted sirens, bombs and frayed nerves as facts of life -- and war -- in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Feb. 26 -- North Texas hires former SMU offensive coordinator as head coach: DENTON, Texas (AP) -- North Texas hired SMU offensive coordinator Darrell Dickey as its new head coach Wednesday in the hope of some new magic and a place in the Division I-A sun.

Feb. 26 -- Fate of two Neches teammates up in air following post-game fight: NECHES, Texas (AP) -- Two Neches basketball teammates who began punching each other after a loss to another team were facing punishment Wednesday.

Feb. 25 -- UIL sued by home schooler: AUSTIN (AP) -- Amy Ensminger, a 16-year-old home-school student from Corpus Christi, says not being allowed to play on a public high school softball team is hurting her chances for a college scholarship.

Feb. 25 -- Successful coach learns life's lessons from young son: BEAUMONT, Texas -- Coaching basketball used to be so important to Chris Coleman.

Feb. 24 -- Rangers offer orientation to help rookies off the field: ARLINGTON, Texas - A promising Rangers rookie recently jeopardized a potential All-Star career because of a night of revelry at an area sports bar. Actually, that incident didn't happen, but it could've, and that's the point Rangers tried to get across to 19 top prospects who participated in the club's third rookie career-development program, a weeklong course that concluded last week.

Feb. 24 -- Florida tornadoes cause minor damage to Astros training field: KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) - Heavy winds destroyed a batting cage and a fence at the Houston Astros' spring training camp Sunday.

Feb. 23 -- Complete BOYS List: Texas High School Basketball Playoffs

Feb. 23 -- Complete GIRLS List: Texas High School Basketball Playoffs

Feb. 22 -- Minor-league hockey player arrested at game after stick-swinging incident: FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- An Oklahoma City Blazers hockey player has bonded out of jail after he was arrested for reportedly smashing a hole in the Plexiglas of a goal judge's booth.

Feb. 22 -- Broadcaster finds career has life of its own: DALLAS -- Twenty-five years ago, hockey sweaters and French would have seemed more relevant to the education of Eric Nadel than suntan lotion and Spanish.

Feb. 21 -- Charles Barkley trying to regain control of his life: PHILADELPHIA -- Charles Barkley couldn't remember the last time he went to dinner and didn't order alcoholic drinks.

Feb. 21 -- Hometown proud of Tara's Olympic Gold: SUGAR LAND, Texas -- This used to be a small suburb just southwest of Houston best known for its 150-year-old sugar mill. Now, the city hall switchboard operator answers with: "City of Sugar Land, home of Tara Lipinski."

Feb. 21 -- North Texas' Craig Helwig's curious lack of timing won't help football turnaround (Kevin B. Blackistone Column): DALLAS -- National Signing Day was three Wednesdays ago. The final polls came out shortly after New Year's, as always. North Texas played its last football game of the 1997 season the weekend before Thanksgiving.

Feb. 20 -- Dallas Stars' Bob Gainey hopes to mine Team Canada gold: FORT WORTH, Texas -- Bob Gainey has always been adventurous. He taught himself French when he was a member of the Montreal Canadiens. He left the game at the tender age of 35, moved his family to France and took a job as a player-coach in Epinol -- a place where he had to Zamboni the ice as well as run the franchise.

Feb. 20 -- Simon dismissed, Michael becomes interim coach at North Texas: DENTON, Texas (AP) -- North Texas coach Matt Simon, who has battled with the athletic department over issues such as scheduling and financial support for the football program, has been relieved of his duties.

Feb. 20 -- Stadium panel's session may have violated open meetings pledge: HOUSTON (AP) -- A closed-door meeting this week of the construction committee of the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority may have violated an open-meetings promise made by Authority Chairman Jack Rains.

Feb. 20 -- Mavs acquire Ceballos from Suns for Scott: DALLAS (AP) -- Cedric Ceballos hardly had time to get used to feeling good again before he was gone.

Feb. 19 -- Disabled golfer showing sport is for everyone: HOUSTON -- JaRo Jones doesn't know Casey Martin personally, but he's lived his life.

Feb. 19 -- NFL exec to visit with Houston group: HOUSTON (AP) -- A National Football League executive planned to meet Wednesday with two Houston businessmen who hope to bring the league back to the Bayou City.

Feb. 18 -- Offensive line coach hired: COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) -- J.B. Grimes, an assistant coach at Virginia Tech, was hired Tuesday as offensive line coach at Texas A&M, replacing Steve Marshall.

Feb. 18 -- Bradley struggles with task of living up to expectations: DALLAS -- In a literal sense, Shawn Bradley was the biggest name involved in the biggest trade in NBA history.

Feb. 18 -- Robinson's Iron Man streak ends at 50: SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- San Antonio center David Robinson, who played only six games last season because of injuries, was expected to miss his first game of the season Tuesday night because of an ailing right knee.

Feb. 17 -- UIL board grants tentative approval of appeals: AUSTIN (AP) - Four appeals by high schools requesting to change districts as a result of the University Interscholastic League's biennial reclassification and realignment have been granted.

Feb. 17 -- Dome has drawbacks, but big events keep booking it: SAN ANTONIO (AP) - It's been maligned by hometown naysayers, but the Alamodome has gotten the job done in luring big sports events to the city.

Feb. 17 -- An extra game might not be a bad idea for some Big 12 schools: KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - This could be the year when most Big 12 teams are better off not getting a first-round bye in the conference tournament. How can such a thing be possible?

Feb. 16 -- Girls basketball pairings: A complete list of Texas high school playoffs

Feb. 15 -- Austin disc golfers may have to pay by the round: AUSTIN (AP) -- Disc golfers, whose sport has flourished in Texas for years, may soon have to pay for the privilege of using Austin's public courses.

Feb. 15 -- Mavs don't win on road very often, but it's big news when they do: DALLAS (AP) -- The Dallas Mavericks' last two road victories have come against the Indiana Pacers and Seattle SuperSonics, making them the only team this season to beat the NBA's two conference leaders.

Feb. 14 -- Women's basketball coming out of the shadows at UTEP: EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- Usually when folks around here talk college basketball, they're going on about Hall of Fame coach Don Haskins and the winning tradition of his Texas-El Paso men's squad.

Feb. 14 -- Astros greet pitchers, catchers: KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) -- The Houston Astros pitchers and catchers begin workouts Saturday as they search for a replacement for last year's starting ace Darryl Kile, who signed as a free agent with the Colorado Rockies.

Feb. 13 -- Simon denies he's out as North Texas football coach: DENTON, Texas (AP) - Denying a published report that he is out as University of North Texas football coach, Matt Simon defends his performance despite a disappointing past season.

Feb. 13 -- Coach takes lifetime of memories into retirement: SAN ANTONIO (AP) Donna Boehle isn't the only volleyball coach in the history of New Braunfels Canyon High School. It just seems that way.

Feb. 12 -- Rockets put old faces in new places, add defense: HOUSTON (AP) - First, the Houston Rockets changed their lineup and then they changed something else - they started playing defense.

Feb. 12 -- Rockets owner offers $82.5 million for NHL's Oilers: HOUSTON (AP) - Are the Oilers coming back to Houston? If they do, this time it will be on ice.

Feb. 12 -- Study: New domed stadium may be better value than Astrodome renovation: HOUSTON (AP) - Sprucing up the Astrodome would cost slightly less than building a new domed football stadium, a study shows.

Feb. 12 -- Top-scorer Nailon finds his focus with Horned Frogs: FORT WORTH, Texas - Some afternoons while walking across the TCU campus, Lee Nailon finds himself the center attraction. Everyone seems to know his name.

Feb. 12 -- Report: Coach returning to UNT? DENTON, Texas (AP) - Matt Simon will not be the head football coach at the University of North Texas this fall, according to the Denton Record-Chronicle's copyright story Wednesday.

Feb. 11 -- Longtime track coach battles cancer: McALLEN, Texas -- Everything seemed fine. An ardent golfer, Alfredo "Boxer" Hernandez -- McAllen Memorial's head boys track coach for the last 13 years -- didn't think twice about his back pain. He figured that years of playing golf were finally beginning to take their toll on his back.

Feb. 11 -- Top collegian trying luck against pros: AUSTIN (AP) -- Brad Elder, the University of Texas golfer who was voted national collegiate player of the year last season, plans to try his luck against the pros next month at the Austin Nike Tour stop.

Feb. 11 -- San Antonio aims to maintain winning ways: SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- The Spurs rode a wave of victories into the All-Star break. Now they hope to maintain the momentum.

Feb. 10 -- Girl hockey players take their hits in boys league: DALLAS -- For Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD defenseman Tracy Kraemer, the difference between competing in a full checking league and the kind she was used to hit home recently.

Feb. 10 -- Aggies lose fourth player to injury: COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) -- Guard Chris Clayton will miss the rest of the basketball season with a fractured right foot, the fourth Texas A&M player to suffer a season-ending injury.

Feb. 10 -- Stars send two to minors: DALLAS (AP) -- The Dallas Stars on Monday assigned goal-tender Manny Fernandez and forward Jamie Wright to the minor-league Michigan K-Wings.

Feb. 9 -- Despite poor start, surging Texas Tech has outside shot at NCAA Tournament: DALLAS -- Cover your flank, Big 12 Conference, the anticipated late-season blitz is coming from the rear - not from the league's most likely suspects.

Feb. 9 -- Missouri, Texas A&M now lone Big 12 teams without a road win: KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Now the embarrassment belongs only to Missouri and Texas A&M.

Feb. 9 -- Oklahoma 81, Texas 74: AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson knew the Sooners would get their chance against Texas. It was only a matter of when.

Feb. 8 -- 2 high-school players reinstated after credit-card fraud charges: HALTOM CITY, Texas (AP) -- Two Haltom High School basketball players have been reinstated for play three weeks after they were charged with using a teacher's credit card to buy shoes, compact discs, clothing, dinner and gasoline for themselves and friends.

Feb. 7 -- Rangers optimistic for 1998: ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- The Texas Rangers have new ownership and a new attitude for 1998 with spring training only a week away.

Feb. 7 -- UT considering year-round club inside stadium: AUSTIN (AP) -- The possibility of opening a year-round club in the University of Texas' renovated football stadium has faculty concerned that too much money and emphasis is being focused on athletics.

Feb. 7 -- Del Rio's Todd Hays finds niche in bobsledding: NAGANO, Japan - There are two home-grown Texans here at the Winter Olympics, one a miniature figure skater from Sugar Land, world champion Tara Lipinski, a high jumper almost certain to win a medal.

Feb. 7 -- Austin declares Willie Wells Day for Negro Leaguer: AUSTIN (AP) -- Legendary Negro Leagues player Buck O'Neil joined elementary school students in a chorus of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" as Austin honored a native son by declaring Friday to be Willie Wells Day.

Feb. 6 -- TCU's mile-relay team wants to take the dash-happy Frogs to new lengths: FORT WORTH, Texas -- A virtual who's who of collegiate track powers came calling as Roy Williams wrapped up a stellar high school career at Class 3A Clarendon last year.

Feb. 6 -- Rivera signs minor league contract with Astros: HOUSTON (AP) -- After getting a special waiver from the other 29 major league teams, the Houston Astros re-signed infielder Luis Rivera to a minor league contract Thursday.

Feb. 6 -- Cougars to play games on campus: HOUSTON (AP) -- The Houston Cougars will play their home football games on campus at Robertson Stadium this season, after playing the past 33 seasons in the Astrodome.

Feb. 5 -- Texas universities make early recruiting haul: Texas A&M, behind recruiting-savvy coach R.C. Slocum, and Texas, riding the wave of new coach Mack Brown, collected an impressive array of schoolboy football talent on national signing day Wednesday.

Feb. 5 -- Big 12 recruiting for non-Texas schools: A list of signings by Big 12 schools outside of Texas. Kansas State did not release its list.

Feb. 5 -- Texas Signings: DALLAS (AP) - Here is a list of football recruits signed by NCAA Division I-A Texas universities on Wednesday, the first day players can sign a national letter of intent.

Feb. 5 -- Rockets' Owner May Buy Hockey Team: HOUSTON (AP) - Houston Rockets' owner Les Alexander is ready to make a second attempt at buying the NHL Edmonton Oilers, Houston television station KRIV reported.

Feb. 4 -- Horn covers created to protect riders: FORT WORTH, Texas -- Most bull riders refuse to wear protective helmets, although they risk butting heads with the rampaging 2,000-pound animals they're trying to tame. Too bulky, they insist.

Feb. 3 -- UIL realigns 1,200 schools over 267,000 square miles: The University Interscholastic League realigned its 267,000 square miles and 1,200 high schools on Monday, unleashing a surprise move for San Angelo Central, settling a prickly situation in the Rio Grande Valley, and setting a higher attendance bar for membership in Class 5A.

Feb. 3 -- Competition realignment reflects suburban population growth: A big jump in the state's top high school competition class, fueled by growth in the suburbs, was announced Monday in Austin in the University Interscholastic League's biennial realignment.

Feb. 3 -- Schools moving up and down in UIL realignment: AUSTIN (AP) - Here are the new schools and schools changing classes in the UIL realignment announced Monday (Size ranges included).

Feb. 3 -- Big 12 has logjam at halfway point of conference season: KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - There is Kansas. Then there is everybody else. The general feeling about Big 12 basketball this year is that, overall, it's a weak conference.

Feb. 3 -- Stars recall Fernandez, Keczmer: DALLAS (AP) - The Dallas Stars recalled goaltender Manny Fernandez and defenseman Dan Keczmer from the Michigan K-Wings, the club announced Monday.

Feb. 3 -- DeSoto athlete fights back after ordeal: DESOTO, Texas - When DeSoto defensive lineman Steve McCown committed to a track scholarship at Texas A&M last month, his decision represented equal parts happy ending and fresh start.

Feb. 2 -- No state churns out All-Pro talent like Texas: DALLAS - Texas football fans haven't had much to be proud of lately. The Cowboys are searching for a new coach; Texas and Texas Christian University just hired new ones themselves. The Houston Oilers and the Southwest Conference are just faint memories. And no team from Texas has won a national championship in nearly 30 years.

Feb. 2 -- Texas Tech 80, Baylor 71: WACO, Texas (AP) - Cory Carr scored 31 points, 20 of them in the second half Sunday, as Texas Tech overcame an 11-point deficit to upset Baylor 80-71 in a Big 12 game.

Feb. 2 -- Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Polls: Boys and Girls

Feb. 1 -- Doak Walker paralyzed indefinitely in skiing accident: ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -- Hall of Fame running back Doak Walker sustained a paralyzing injury when he fell while skiing at a Steamboat ski resort, and his prospects for recovery are uncertain, doctors reported Saturday.

Feb. 1 -- Investor who bilked athletes of $11.8 million sentenced to 10 years: SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Former investment adviser John W. Gillette Jr. will spend 10 years in prison and must pay $11.8 million plus interest in restitution to the professional athletes he bilked.