HOUSTON (AP) — The only thing standing between the Kansas City Chiefs and their seventh straight AFC West title are the lowly Houston Texans. But the Chiefs know better than to overlook the one-win Texans, especially after they nearly pulled off a huge upset over Dallas last week.
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas linebacker Micah Parsons didn’t wait until next week to get people talking about the Philadelphia rivalry again. Yeah, the young star knows the Cowboys face Jacksonville and Trevor Lawrence on Sunday before the Eagles and Jalen Hurts on Christmas Eve.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars haven’t played many meaningful December games over the last dozen years.
The considerable number of tributes and remembrances of football coach Mike Leach, who died Monday at age 61 after suffering a heart attack, paint an picture of a unique person who led considerable accomplishments.
Hoops Roundup: Early boys stop Ballinger 60-49 BALLINGER -- John-Stewart Gordon made three 3-point goals and scored 13 points Tuesday night, leading the Early Longhorns to a 60-49 nondistrict boys’ basketball win over the Ballinger Bearcats. Early improved to 7-4 as Jeremy Brown scored 12 points, and teammate Andrew Caten added 11 points.
When Mike Leach first moved to Mississippi State from Washington State, he stayed in the Left Field Lofts at the Bulldogs’ baseball stadium. The two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartments have balconies that look out at the diamond at Dudy Noble Field, and are a 3-minute walk from Mississippi State’s football facility and practice field.
HOUSTON (AP) — Braxton Harris has been named head coach at Houston Christian, becoming only the second coach for the FCS program that was known as Houston Baptist until a name change in September. Harris spent the last two seasons at Campbell, where he was associate head coach, linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator.
Some of the reaction around college football following the death of veteran college football coach Mike Leach: “Every conversation with Mike made you think. His humor, depth and point of view continually challenged all of us to think differently and reevaluate our perspectives.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jada Williams was a social media star and a talented point guard when she moved with her mother from a Kansas City suburb to San Diego, looking to play basketball for a high school powerhouse and parlay her online prowess into endorsement deals.
NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Cohen’s New York Mets are on track to shatter spending records in his third season as owner, boosting payroll to about $350 million for purposes of the luxury tax and poised to pay a penalty of about $80 million.