Astros ace Justin Verlander will start Game 1 of AL Division Series against the Twins

Framber Valdez will be the Game 2 starter Sunday night, Manager Dusty Baker announced Thursday. HOUSTON — Justin Verlander will start Game 1 of the AL Division Series against the Minnesota Twins on Saturday afternoon, Astros Manager Dusty Baker announced Thursday.  It will be Verlander’s 35th career postseason start. On the way to the World Series … Read more

Fan episode: How fans are feeling about Spurs expectations, waiving veterans, and more | Locked On Spurs

Let’s check in with the pulse of the Spurs fanbase. SAN ANTONIO — On this episode of Locked On Spurs, host Jeff Garcia welcomes Spurs fan Rey Carter to discuss a few topics that have been on the minds of San Antonio Spurs fans. Namely, the team’s expectations to succeed, waiving veteran players, the Spurs … Read more

Travis Kelce weighs in on NFL TV coverage of Taylor Swift during football games

Kelce agrees with the idea that NFL TV coverage is “overdoing it” with the amount of times Swift has been shown while attending his games the last two weekends. WASHINGTON — Maybe there’s too much Taylor, not enough Travis. Travis Kelce agreed Wednesday with the idea that NFL TV coverage has been “overdoing it” with … Read more

Too much Taylor? Travis Kelce says NFL TV coverage is ‘overdoing it’ with Swift during games

Kelce agrees with the idea that NFL TV coverage is “overdoing it” with the amount of times Swift has been shown while attending his games the last two weekends. WASHINGTON — Maybe there’s too much Taylor, not enough Travis. Travis Kelce agreed Wednesday with the idea that NFL TV coverage has been “overdoing it” with … Read more

These North Texas football and cheer teams are raising money to help student get new wheelchair-accessible van

The cheer and football teams launched a fundraiser for Zakai Clay’s new wheelchair-accessible van so he can attend extracurricular activities his senior year. COLLEYVILLE, Texas — There’s a lot that goes into school spirit.   Every week, the cheer team at Colleyville Heritage High School in Grapevine-Colleyville ISD practices for hours. Beyond long practices, they … Read more