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Rangers activate LHP Cody Bradford in return from elbow surgery
The Texas Rangers activated left-hander Cody Bradford for the first time since internal brace surgery on his left elbow over a year ago and placed left-hander MacKenzie Gore on the paternity list.,Bradford, 28, will start Wednesday's game against the San Francisco Giants after last pitching in the m...
Ohio State tops coaches poll; defending champ Indiana out of top 5
Defending College Football Playoff champion Indiana, coming off an undefeated season, is not the Big Ten conference member at the top of the preseason coaches poll.,Instead, it is Ohio State that was voted No. 1 in the poll, according to results released Tuesday by USA Today.,Another Big Ten program...
Woeful Giants could be remedy for Rangers' 'ugly' performances
The Texas Rangers just finished a poor road trip and look to get back on the winning track when they battle the San Francisco Giants on Monday night at Arlington, Texas.,The Rangers lost the final five games of a six-game excursion against the Tampa Bay Rays and Houston Astros.,Sunday's 7-3 loss to ...
Texas lands 5-star RB Landen Williams-Callis
Texas added one of the top running backs in the 2027 recruiting class Saturday when five-star Landen Williams-Callis announced his commitment to the Longhorns.,Williams-Callis, a 5-foot-7.5-inch, 185-pound prospect from Richmond, Texas, is ranked as the nation's No. 3 running back and No. 29 overall...
Rangers RHP Jakob Junis (adductor) returns to injured list
Rangers right-hander Jakob Junis landed on the 15-day injured list for the second time this month on Thursday.,Texas recalled right-hander Winston Santos from Triple-A Round Rock in a corresponding transaction.,Junis, who missed 11 games from July 1-17 with a right hip impingement, now is dealing wi...
Rangers use strong defense to begin road trip with victory at Rays
Cal Quantrill fired 5 1/3 innings to break a personal three-game losing streak, Austin Wynns homered, and the Texas Rangers got a crucial six-game road trip off to a good start with a 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night in St. Petersburg, Fla. ,It was Quantrill's (4-3) first victory sin...
Rays, Rangers open clash of AL division leaders
After a slow start out of the All-Star break, the Tampa Bay Rays regrouped to have an outstanding week and will look to start another one Tuesday night when they host the Texas Rangers in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Following a four-game sweep by the Boston Red Sox right after the break, the Rays won six o...
Dominic Canzone, Mariners seek series split against Rangers
Dominic Canzone was closer to assistant hitting coach Bobby Magallanes than just about anyone on the Seattle Mariners' roster.,The two spent hours working on making Canzone more than just a platoon player.,So Canzone took it pretty hard when Magallanes was fired Thursday, the fall guy for the Marine...
Dominic Canzone, Randy Arozarena spark Mariners in win over Rangers
Dominic Canzone and Randy Arozarena hit back-to-back homers in the seventh inning as the Seattle Mariners rallied to defeat the Texas Rangers 6-4 Sunday afternoon in an American League West showdown at Arlington, Texas.,Ezequiel Duran went deep for the Rangers, who had won the first two games in the...
Nathan Eovaldi leads Rangers to another win over Mariners
Nathan Eovaldi pitched seven strong innings as the Texas Rangers defeated the visiting Seattle Mariners 7-1 Saturday night in Arlington, Texas. to increase their lead over the defending American League West champions to 2 1/2 games.,The top three batters in Texas' order -- Joc Pederson, Wyatt Langfo...
Rangers place 3B Josh Jung (calf) on 10-day IL
The American League West-leading Texas Rangers placed starting third baseman Josh Jung on the 10-day injured list on Saturday -- retroactive to Wednesday -- with a left calf strain.,In a corresponding move, the Rangers recalled infielder Josh Smith from Triple-A Round Rock before Saturday's home gam...
SEC notebook: Texas motivated by daily work, not exterior expectations
There may not be a team in college football with more exterior pressure entering the 2026 season than the Texas Longhorns.,After Texas lost in the semifinals of the College Football Playoff in the 2023 and '24 seasons, last year's squad ended up just outside the CFP despite a season-ending victory o...
Texas QB Arch Manning wishes he could be 'under the radar'
The hype machine around Arch Manning never stopped last season and nobody knows that better than the Texas quarterback.,Entering his fourth college season, Manning has been giving outsiders a Heismanesque stiff-arm so he can focus on what he can control.,"My goal this offseason was just to stay pres...
White Sox playing hard to beat, face challenge from Rangers
Chicago White Sox shortstop Colson Montgomery summed up his team's mentality in one word after their 3-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday: "Relentlessness.",That attitude is serving the White Sox well, as they are currently one game up on the Cleveland Guardians for first place in the Americ...
Austin Riley, Drake Baldwin lead Braves past Rangers
Austin Riley and Drake Baldwin each hit two home runs to lead the Atlanta Braves to an 8-5 win over the visiting Texas Rangers on Sunday in the rubber game of their three-game series.,Riley was 3-for-4, including his 11th and 12th home runs, with four RBIs and scored two runs. Baldwin went a career-...
Starting pitchers for Rangers, Braves come with questions
Texas right-hander Nathan Eovaldi has sufficiently recovered from his recent illness in time to make the start on Sunday when the visiting Rangers meet the Atlanta Braves in the rubber game of the series between two division-leading teams.,Atlanta, the first-place team in the National League East, w...
Rangers rally in 6th to edge Braves
Brandon Nimmo had three RBIs, including two that gave Texas the lead in the crucial four-run sixth inning, helping the visiting Rangers come from behind to beat the Atlanta Braves 7-6 on Saturday.,Nimmo went 2-for-5 to lead the Rangers' 12-hit attack and secure a bounce-back win after Friday's 15-1 ...
Reports: Former Texas coach Tom Herman joining Florida State staff
Former Texas, Houston and Florida Atlantic head coach Tom Herman is joining Florida State's coaching staff in an unspecified role, according to multiple media reports Monday.,Herman, 51, was once seen as a rising coaching star, winning the Broyles Award, given to the best assistant coach in college ...
5-star recruit Marcus Spears Jr. reclassifies to 2026, picks Texas
Five-star basketball recruit Marcus Spears Jr. will reclassify and has committed to Texas for the 2026-27 college season, he informed ESPN on Thursday.,The 17-year-old Spears, a native of Plano, Texas, is regarded as the nation's No. 1 prospect. He elected to play for Texas and coach Sean Miller ove...
Texas Tech’s Joey McGuire talks life after Sorsby, chasing Texas game
As Joey McGuire settled in before a throng of reporters and cameras at Big 12 media days Tuesday in Frisco, Texas, the first words out of his mouth were, "I know nobody believes this, but I am fired up to be here.",It was a tongue-in-cheek reference to the upcoming questions he expected about Texas ...