Members of Southeastern's men's and women's tennis teams have earned Great American Conference recognition for their performance throughout the 2013 season as the league released its all-conference squads on Friday to coincide with the start of the conference championship tournament.

With a new defensive coordinator in charge, Oklahoma State's defense is taking on a new attitude.

Cody Eakin, Jamie Benn and Ray Whitney scored goals early in the third period to break open a tie game and help the Dallas Stars cruise to a 5-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.

If the Dallas Cowboys have a third straight playoffs-or-bust finale against an NFC East rival, this one will be at home.

Southeastern baseball will open its final home weekend of the season looking to make up ground in the Great American Conference standings when it hosts Southwestern Oklahoma State for a three game series that has been pushed back to April 20-21 after originally being scheduled to start on Friday.

Alfonso Soriano hit his first home run of the season, Anthony Rizzo also homered and the Chicago Cubs beat the Texas Rangers 6-2 Thursday at a soggy Wrigley Field.

Dirk Nowitzki is ready to be a free-agent recruiter for the Dallas Mavericks. He's planning to hang around the draft war room, too.

The Southeastern men's and women's tennis teams will set out in search of Great American Conference championships when both teams head to Bentonville, Ark., on April 19-20.

No. 4 Southeastern will wrap up the Great American Conference portion of its schedule when it head to Alva, Okla., to take on Northwestern Oklahoma State with an opportunity to lock up a regular season GAC championship.

The Texas Rangers are getting involved in efforts to help in the aftermath of a fertilizer plant explosion.

The East Central University softball series at Arkansas Tech originally scheduled for Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20 has been moved to Saturday, April 20 and Sunday, April 21 due to rain in the Russellville, Ark. area. Double-headers start at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 20 and Noon Sunday, April 21.

Southeastern will close out the 2013 offseason at 6 p.m. on April 20 when it hosts the annual Spring Game at 6 p.m. at Paul Laird Field.

Southeastern golf coach Don Hudson has announced the signing of Thomas Alstadt who will join the men's golf program beginning in the 2013-14 season.

Darren Collison scored 25 points, Dirk Nowitzki added 16 and the Dallas Mavericks finished their worst season in 13 years on a winning note, beating New Orleans 99-87 in its final game as the Hornets on Wednesday night.

Rookie John Henson scored a career-high 28 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, Brandon Jennings had 17 points and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 95-89 Wednesday night in a regular-season finale lacking any postseason implications.

The No. 4 Southeastern softball team has debuted at No. 2 in the Central region rankings in their initial release on Wednesday afternoon.

The game between the Texas Rangers and Chicago Cubs scheduled for Wednesday night has been rained out.

Dallas Stars officials talked about building for the future when they traded captain Brenden Morrow, then dealt away scoring leader Jaromir Jagr and Derek Roy.

Big 12 player of the year Marcus Smart says he will return for his sophomore season at Oklahoma State, bucking a trend of one-and-done prospects across college basketball.

The East Central University softball team heads to Russellville, Ark., for the final regular-season games of the 2013 season. The Lady Tigers will face Arkansas Tech in a four-game Great American Conference series, April 19-20. Double-headers are scheduled for each day, starting at noon Friday, April 19 and 2 p.m. Saturday, April 20.

ADA – The East Central University men’s basketball team has hired Ja Havens as its sixth head coach. Havens will be coming back to his roots in the Oklahoma basketball community after spending his playing career at St. Gregory’s and Northeastern State and the first seven of his 15 years in collegiate coaching in Oklahoma.

After five-straight weeks at No. 5 in the NFCA poll, Southeastern has moved up one spot to No. 4 in the most recent poll released on Wednesday morning.

The East Central University baseball team will start a six-game home stand to end the 2013 regular-season Friday, April 19 when they host Northwestern Oklahoma State for a three-game Great American Conference series. The teams will play a single game, Friday, April 19 starting at 2 p.m. and a double-header, Saturday, April 20 starting at 1 p.m. at Tiger Field.

Oklahoma State point guard Marcus Smart was expected to announce whether he'll return for another season with the Cowboys or enter the NBA draft at a news conference Wednesday.

Derek Holland pitched seven shutout innings, Adrian Beltre hit a two-run home run, and Craig Gentry made a diving catch in the ninth to end the game and preserve the Texas Rangers' 4-2 win over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night at a cold Wrigley Field.