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Hunter turns 23, beats Rays for 1st Major League win

Last Updated: 10:47 PM 07/03/09 - ARLINGTON, Texas(AP) Tommy Hunter earned his first career victory on his 23rd birthday, Hank Blalock homered and the Texas Rangers won their third in a row, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 Friday night. (Full Story)
Report: MLB loans millions to Rangers owner

Last Updated: 10:14 PM 07/02/09 - NEW YORK (AP)—Major League Baseball has loaned millions to Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks, Yahoo! reported. The league would not go into details about any borrowing, but said it was assisting Rangers owner Tom Hicks with the sale of the franchise. (Full Story)
Thunder’s Mullens overcomes tough times

Last Updated: 10:12 PM 07/02/09 - OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)—B.J. Mullens(notes) has seen the worst and made the best of it. While he was growing up, his family bounced around to a dozen different homes with stops at a homeless shelter in between. He got shuttled around from one school to the next. His brother got in trouble for dealing drugs. (Full Story)
Blalock's blast gives Rangers 9-7 victory

Last Updated: 11:06 PM 07/01/09 - ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Hank Blalock's second homer of the game,
a two-run shot with two outs in the ninth inning, gave Texas a 9-7 victory over Los Angeles on Wednesday night and moved the Rangers
within one-half game of the Angels in the AL West. (Full Story)
Cuban, Mavs in hot pursuit of keeping Kidd

Last Updated: 1:54 PM 07/01/09 - DALLAS (AP)—Mark Cuban wants to be first in line to talk to Jason Kidd. Cuban posted Tuesday on Twitter, “Getting ready to fly up to NYC for Free Agent meeting at 12:01,” and that free agent is Kidd, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. (Full Story)
Five homers power Rangers past Angels

Last Updated: 11:05 PM 06/30/09 - ARLINGTON, Texas(AP) Marlon Byrd homered twice to drive in five runs and the Texas Rangers again had their way at home against Joe Saunders , beating the AL West-leading Los Angeles Angels 9-5 on Tuesday night. (Full Story)
Denison hires Holley as girl's basketball coach

Last Updated: 10:59 PM 06/30/09 - DENISON, TX – The Denison Yellow Jackets have hired former Van Alstyne star and University of Texas recruit Katie Holley to be its new girls head basketball coach. (Full Story)
Angels make it 6 in row with win at Texas

Last Updated: 11:13 PM 06/29/09 - ARLINGTON, Texas(AP) Sean O'Sullivan threw the pitch Marlon Byrd was expecting. And the Los Angeles Angels rookie starter still prevailed. (Full Story)
Madill's Spencer Bond takes QB honors in OKC

Last Updated: 11:10 PM 06/29/09 - MADILL, OK – Madill High School Junior quarterback Spencer Bond won the Top Gun Quarterback Challenge in Oklahoma City over the weekend. (Full Story)
2009 Texas All-State Softball teams announced

Last Updated: 11:02 PM 06/29/09 - AUSTIN, TX – The 2009 Texas high school softball All-State teams were announced on Monday. Below is the list of the local student athletes that were named to each of the teams. (Full Story)
Rangers have plan for Hamilton's return from DL
Last Updated: 12:32 PM 06/29/09 - ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Texas outfielder Josh Hamilton will be the designated hitter for Double-A Frisco, the start of his comeback from abdominal surgery. (Full Story)
Cowboys linemen put the heavy in metal
Last Updated: 12:26 PM 06/29/09 - DALLAS (AP) - Marc Colombo and two other Dallas Cowboys offensive linemen are rocking out these days. They're part of a heavy metal band called Free Reign. (Full Story)
Rangers one-hit by Gaudin, Padres
Last Updated: 12:24 PM 06/29/09 - ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Chad Gaudin allowed one hit over eight
scoreless innings and Scott Hairston snapped an 0-for-17 slide with
a homer for San Diego as the Padres won their first series in a
month with a 2-0 victory over the stumbling Texas Rangers. (Full Story)
Rangers lose to Padres; fall out of 1st Place

Last Updated: 10:12 PM 06/27/09 - ARLINGTON, Texas(AP) Rookie Kyle Blanks drove in three runs and the San Diego Padres had a season-high 16 hits, beating the Texas Rangers 7-3 Saturday night. (Full Story)
Thunder introduce newest additions

Last Updated: 10:09 PM 06/27/09 - OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)—Thanks to some advice from his mother that stuck with him through the years, James Harden found himself standing beside two Oklahoma City Thunder teammates Saturday with his brand new jersey in hand. (Full Story)
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