A steady rain on Sunday forced NASCAR to postpone the 3M Performance 400 Nextel Cup race until Monday.

Johan Santana finished with a franchise-record 17 strikeouts in eight innings to lead the Minnesota Twins past the Texas Rangers 1-0 Sunday.

Over four practices with the Denver Broncos this week, the Dallas Cowboys either held back on defense or figured something out.

For the third time in the past four years, USC begins the college football season No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25.

It's getting closer. Pads are popping, two-a-days are winding down, and we're closer to September than July. So we figured you might want to take a peek at the Big XII South. Here's how all 6 teams look going into 2007.

Once Terrell Owens finally got to practice Thursday morning, it didn't take long before the Cowboys receiver was again going head-to-head in drills against Champ Bailey and Dre' Bly.

Ryan Braun pitched 2 2/3 innings of two-hit shutout relief and Mark Teahen drove in the tiebreaking run on an eighth-inning fielder's choice as the Kansas City Royals beat Texas 6-2 Thursday night to snap the Rangers' three-game winning streak.

Long before Tony Romo was a Pro Bowl quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, he was a rookie free agent who turned down twice as much money to sign with Denver.

C.J. Wilson survived a shaky ninth inning to earn another save, Michael Young hit a two-run double and Ian Kinsler homered as the Rangers held on to beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on Wednesday night.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Gerald Laird squared to bunt the first pitch he saw in the sixth inning, but it was a ball. Laird changed tactics on the next pitch, hitting a three-run homer that put the Texas Rangers ahead to stay.

The Texas Rangers have signed first-round draft pick Blake Beavan.

The battle for the starting quarterback job at Oklahoma remains a three-man race.

Thursday, Aug. 30, will be a day of fun and football at Southeastern Oklahoma State University as the Fourth Annual Big Blue Bash is set for 4 p.m. at Paul Laird Field and the football opener against Northwestern Oklahoma State will be at 6 p.m.

Reserve offensive center Chase Beeler has notified Oklahoma's coaching staff that he is quitting the Sooner football program.

Former Southeastern Oklahoma State University basketball standout Jerry Shipp has been chosen as a member of the 2007 class of inductees into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame.

With just two laps remaining in Sunday's Centurion Boats at The Glen at Watkins Glen International, Jeff Gordon had a two car-length lead on Tony Stewart. NASCAR's top two road racers were preparing for a final clash.

The 13th major for Tiger Woods looked like so many others until he finished.

Michael Young hit his 100th career homer, Marlon Byrd had a two-run single and Willie Eyre threw 3 2-3 scoreless innings of emergency relief to lead the Texas Rangers to a 9-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Sunday night.

Tiger Woods draped a blue towel over sagging shoulders, looking like a heavyweight who had gone the distance.

Edwin Jackson pitched a four-hitter for his first career complete game, sending the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a 3-0 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night.

Wade Phillips' first game coaching the Dallas Cowboys opened with a pass to Terrell Owens and ended with a victory over the Super Bowl champs.

Former Oklahoma quarterback Paul Thompson is making a run at winning the third-string quarterback job with the Green Bay Packers.

There are so many ways to hype the Colts-Cowboys game Thursday night. Wade Phillips making his debut as Dallas coach against a team playing its first game since being crowned Super Bowl champions! The Colts returning to Texas Stadium, where their bid for a perfect season ended after a 9-0 start last November! Dallas' upstart quarterback Tony Romo vs. the standard of excellence, Indianapolis' Peyton Manning!

Oakland's Rob Bowen grew up in nearby Bedford and went to Rangers games as a child. Bowen homered from both sides of the plate for his first career multihomer game and Lenny DiNardo gave up three runs over six innings as the Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 6-3 on Wednesday night.

Two of the Texas Rangers' major acquisitions at the trade deadline gave their fans some hope that their latest rebuilding effort can be successful. Jarrod Saltalamacchia drove in the tiebreaking run with a sixth-inning double and Kason Gabbard went six innings to earn his first win with Texas, leading the Rangers to a 8-6 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.