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Referee – the crew chief lines up in the offensive backfield, counts players and signals penalties. Umpire – positioned behind the defensive line, watches interior linemen, spots the ball and marks off penalties.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Deshaun Watson reported to his first training camp with the Browns on Friday still not knowing how long he’ll be their starting quarterback. Like one of his passes, Watson’s future remains up in the air.

BRYAN – The Texas Tennis Coaches Association announced that former Brownwood High School tennis coach Sammie Courington, along with Tim Calhoun of DeRidder, Louisiana and Bobby Kramer of Uvalde, will be inducted into the 2022 TTCA Hall of Fame.

ATLANTA (AP) — It’s no easy task to live with expectations at the top of the Southeastern Conference. Alabama’s 2021 season has been described as a disappointment even though the Crimson Tide won the SEC title and played in the national championship game.

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The population shift toward the Interstate 35 corridor has stripped West Texas of its power status in football in the larger classifications. In the 1980s and 1990s, it was common for Odessa Permian, Midland Lee and San Angelo Central all to be ranked in the top 10 in the largest classification of the Harris Rating System.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole and the rest of major league pitchers are likely to be looking over their shoulders next season — at a pitch clock. Clocks have cut the length of minor league games by about a half-hour this year, and baseball officials appear certain to promote the timers to the majors.

Sammy Burnett said being the head football coach of the Brownwood Lions is both a blessing and a curse. Mostly a blessing.

RICHARDSON – Twelve Howard Payne University student-athletes were named to the 2021-22 American Southwest Conference Distinguished Scholar-Athlete Teams, including women’s golfer Mallory Garcia from Brownwood and men’s golfer Jake Angerstein from Early. Both were sophomores in 2021-2022.