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July 11, 2008 Archives


White Sox coming to town

3:52 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 |
Ted Madden

The good news is, the Rangers are at home. The bad news is, they're playing another first place team. This is a tough stretch for the Rangers leading into the all-star break, but so far, pretty good. That split with the Angels was a good one, considering who the Rangers' starting pitchers were in each of those four games.

The Sox have been playing really well. After sweeping the Cubs a couple weeks ago, they swept the Indians, split fo...



Mavs sign McLeod, Singleton

3:51 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 |
Aaron Chimbel

The Dallas Mavericks have signed guard Keith McLeod and forward James Singleton.

McLeod (6-2, 190) was a member of Montepaschi Siena, the winner of the Italian National Championship in 2007-08. In four games, he averaged 4.5 points, 0.3 rebounds and 0.3 assists in 14.4 minutes in Euroleague play. The four-year pro has played with four NBA teams (Minnesota, Utah, Golden State and Indiana) and holds career averages of 5.5 points, 2.7...



Mavericks re-sign Wright

1:51 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 |
Aaron Chimbel

DALLAS (AP) -- The Dallas Mavericks have re-signed former Texas
A&M standout Antoine Wright.

Terms of the deal with the guard weren't released Friday.

Wright played two seasons with New Jersey before he was acquired
by the Mavs on Feb. 19 as part of the deal that also brought Jason
Kidd to Dallas.

New Jersey took Wright with the 15th pick in the 2005 NBA draft.

Wright last...



SMU's June Jones interview

12:39 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 |
Aaron Chimbel

Good Morning Texas is not usually a place to talk football.

Today, though, new SMU head football coach June Jones stopped by to talk to his long-time friend and high school football teammate Gary Cogill.

Jones faces a big task to get SMU football back to respectability. But if any coach can, it's probably Jones. He turned around a hapless Hawaii program that was strapped by poor facilities (although, the beach is a pretty good...



Startling cancer diagnosis for Olympian

11:02 AM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 |
Aaron Chimbel

It's the best and worst at the same time.

U.S. swimmer Eric Shanteau learned just a week before the Olympic trials that he has testicular cancer. Then the 24-year-old goes to Omaha, Neb. for the trials and beats a former world-record holder to earn a spot on the Olympic team and a trip to Beijing.

"I was sort of like, 'This isn't real. There's no way this is happening to me right now,"' Shanteau told The Associated Press. "You...



Stars sign left winger Benn to 3-year deal

9:43 AM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 |
Aaron Chimbel

DALLAS (AP) -- The Dallas Stars signed left wing Jamie Benn to a
three-year contract Friday.

The 18-year-old played last season in the Western Hockey League,
leading Kelowna with 33 goals. Benn was selected in the fifth round
of the 2007 entry draft.

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