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Buzz growing in Dallas for Mavs’ rookie Beaubois

Buzz growing in Dallas for Mavs’ rookie Beaubois

NBA.com. The Roddy Beaubois Revue is sweeping through Dallas to rave, um, reviews. The rookie guard, the subject of a tongue-in-cheek Free Roddy campaign not so long ago, is stealing headlines with each stolen outlet pass as the Mavericks, now second in the Western Conference, continue to rack up wins.

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March 10 2010 | Posted in Featured, Sports | Read More »

Stop in final seconds saves Frisco Wakeland against Rockwall

Stop in final seconds saves Frisco Wakeland against Rockwall

ALLEN – The Dallas Morning News. One more time, they would have to stop Rockwall. One more time, they would have to stop Peyton Adamson.
Frisco Wakeland led by two, the program’s first berth in the regionals so close. Adamson waited by the half-court line for the ball. Seventeen seconds, one stop.
Kayla Smith got the ball. [...]

February 25 2010 | Posted in Sports | Read More »

Dennison, Sherman superintendents file UIL appeal, ask that Rockwall ISD schools go to District 13-A

Dennison, Sherman superintendents file UIL appeal, ask that Rockwall ISD schools go to District 13-A

By J.J. Smith. The superintendents of the Denison and Sherman Independent School Districts have filed a formal appeal against last week’s UIL realignment that requires the two Grayson County towns to participate in sports in Mt. Pleasant and Texarkana, which are over 100 miles away.
In a letter to the UIL Appeals Committee, Dr. Henry [...]

February 10 2010 | Posted in Carousel, Sports | Read More »

Royse City, Greenville High Schools out; McKinney, Wylie schools in, as UIL reshuffles District 10-4A

Royse City, Greenville High Schools out; McKinney, Wylie schools in, as UIL reshuffles District 10-4A

By J.J. Smith. Rockwall and Rockwall-Heath High Schools won’t be playing Royse City, Greenville, Carrollton R.L. Turner or Carrollton Newman Smith High schools in District 10-4A   for the next year in some sports and two years in football after the UIL replaced those schools Monday with Wylie, Wylie East, McKinney and McKinney North for [...]

February 5 2010 | Posted in Carousel, Featured, Sports | Read More »

12 Rockwall, Heath senior athletes commit to 11 colleges on national signing day

12 Rockwall, Heath senior athletes commit to 11 colleges on national signing day

By J.J. Smith. Twelve Rockwall and Rockwall-Heath High School senior athletes accepted scholarship offers and signed letters of intent Wednesday to play football, baseball, softball and soccer at 11 different colleges and universities beginning this Fall.
Heading the list is four-star Heath offensive lineman, 6′5,” 290 lb. Austin Woods, who will attend the University of Oklahoma [...]

February 5 2010 | Posted in Carousel, Sports | Read More »

Cowboys player Deon Anderson arrested in Addison

Cowboys player Deon Anderson arrested in Addison

WFAA-TV News (video). Addison police say Dallas Cowboys fullback Deon Anderson was arrested early Tuesday morning by officers responding to a report of an aggravated assault.
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February 3 2010 | Posted in Carousel, Sports | Read More »

Police: Novacek’s wife died of self-inflicted gunshot wound

Police: Novacek’s wife died of self-inflicted gunshot wound

WFAA-TV News (video). The wife of Jay Novacek, a former Dallas Cowboys tight end, was found dead Monday morning at her mother’s home in Burleson.
Police said LeAnne Novacek died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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February 3 2010 | Posted in Sports | Read More »

Girls basketball star Peyton Adamson downplays attention, just wants people out of her face on the hardwood

Girls basketball star Peyton Adamson downplays attention, just wants people out of her face on the hardwood

The Dallas Morning News. Peyton Adamson gets double-teamed every game. Defenders bump her, hold her, push her. They do whatever it takes to keep the Rockwall senior from draining shots and filling up the scorebook.
It’s the star treatment. Quite a compliment, really.
“I don’t care about compliments,” Adamson said with a smile. “I just wish people [...]

January 7 2010 | Posted in Sports | Read More »

Texas Tech fires coach Mike Leach; lawyer: Fight has just begun

Texas Tech fires coach Mike Leach; lawyer: Fight has just begun

The Dallas Morning News. LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech fired coach Mike Leach on Wednesday, just two days after he was suspended by the school as it investigated his treatment of a player with a concussion.
The school handed a termination letter to Leach’s attorney, Ted Liggett, just minutes before the two sides were to appear in [...]

December 30 2009 | Posted in Carousel, Sports | Read More »

Mike Leach’s lawyer takes TV station on video tour of “shed”

Mike Leach’s lawyer takes TV station on video tour of “shed”

KCBD-TV11, LUBBOCK TX (VIDEO) – Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach’s lawyer, Ted Liggett, took KCBD-TV11 sports director Pete Christy on a tour of what was called a “shed” by football player Adam James. 
Click here to see the video.

December 30 2009 | Posted in Sports | Read More »