The father of a 6-year-old girl who was among the victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting in Connecticut will throw the ceremonial first pitch before the Texas Rangers' home opener.

Steve Fisher and Lon Kruger forged a friendship with roots in the Big Ten, tightened in the Mountain West and has stretched all the way to opposite benches in the NCAA tournament.

Damyean Dotson scored 17 points and Arsalan Kazemi added 11 points and 17 rebounds to help 12th-seeded Oregon extend a run that began in the Pac-12 tournament by beating fifth-seeded Oklahoma 68-55 in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Thursday.

No. 5 Southeastern will be looking to dodge rain showers and get in a four-game home series against Southern Nazarene set for March 22-23 at the Southeastern Softball Field.

After being idle for over a month the East Central University men’s golf team will return to the links for the Arkansas-Fort Smith Lion’s Classic, March 24-26 in Fort Smith, Ark. The two-day event will take place at the Hardscrabble Country Club.

After going 3-2 a week ago, the East Central University women’s tennis team will be at the ECU Tennis Courts, Saturday, March 23 for a 1:30 p.m. match with Arkansas Tech.

Despite outhitting No. 20 Oklahoma State 8-to-4, Southeastern ended up on the wrong end of a 5-3 decision on Wednesday night in Stillwater, Okla.

Marc Gasol tipped in Zach Randolph's miss with less than a second left in overtime to give the Memphis Grizzlies a 90-89 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night.

Brook Lopez scored 38 points and Deron Williams had 31 in his first visit to Dallas since spurning his hometown team in free agency, leading the Brooklyn Nets past the Mavericks 113-96 on Wednesday night.

Brady Heslip scored 26 points while making eight 3-pointers and Baylor hit a season-high 16 shots from long range in a 112-66 victory over Long Beach State in a first-round NIT game Wednesday night.

The East Central University softball team will wrap up their Spring Break with four Great American Conference games against Southern Arkansas, March 22-23 at Lady Tiger Field. The teams will play double-headers each day, with Friday’s (March 22) slated to start at 2 p.m. and Saturday’s (March 23) set to begin at noon.

Southeastern used a strong doubles performance to jump out to a 2-1 lead over Florida Tech and pulled away with the 6-3 victory on Tuesday afternoon in Melbourne, Fla.

Southeastern used 11 hits and scored runs in five innings to pull away with a 9-3 win over Cameron on Tuesday afternoon at The Ballpark in Durant.

For the first time in 2013 the East Central University baseball team has earned two-straight wins after a 7-3 victory over Oklahoma Christian at Tiger Field. The win is the second-straight overall and the second-straight over the Eagles (15-10) in the past week.

Ty Lawson scored 25 points, Andre Miller had 20 points and nine assists and the Denver Nuggets beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 114-104 Tuesday night to win a 13th straight game for the first time since joining the NBA.

Alfonso Soriano and Darwin Barney each homered off Alexi Ogando and the Chicago Cubs beat the Texas Rangers 5-4 on Tuesday.

East Central University senior Shelby Simmons has been named the Great American Conference Player of the Week for March 19 after helping the Lady Tigers (22-6, 8-2 GAC) to a 6-0 record last week against Oklahoma Baptist and Ouachita Baptist.

Southeastern's Jacee Bennett has been named the Great American Conference Pitcher of the Week following her performance in leading SE to a four-game sweep of Arkansas-Monticello.

The Texas Rangers have optioned top prospect Mike Olt to Triple-A Round Rock and reassigned right-handed reliever Yoshinori Tateyama to their minor league camp.

A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling against Oklahoma State University's athletic fundraising arm and its top booster, T. Boone Pickens, in their attempt to recover life insurance premiums in a fundraising plan.

Top-ranked and defending national champion Baylor is again the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament.

Darren Collison scored 24 points and the hot-shooting Dallas Mavericks set season highs for points in a half and a game while beating the Atlanta Hawks 127-113 on Monday night.

The Dallas Cowboys have re-signed linebacker Ernie Sims to a one-year deal worth a reported $715,000.

DALLAS (AP) - Kevin Durant scored 19 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter, Russell Westbrook had 35 including the go-ahead jumper with 1 minute left, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Dallas Mavericks 107-101 Sunday night.

Jonathan Toews and Marian Hossa each scored twice in leading the Chicago Blackhawks to an 8-1 rout of the Dallas Stars on Saturday night.