Texas Southern University NCAA News

Eskimos cornerback Bobby Keyes works a drill at Clarke Park. Photograph by: Bruce Edwards, Edmonton Journal GAME TIME Bombers at Eskimos 7 p.m., Thurs.

North Allegheny's Dennis O'Neil did not play in Friday's WPIAL Class AAA title match against Penn Hills, but his teammates didn't forget him.

More help is on the way for the Alaska Nanooks' frontcourt with the signing of Deante Jones, a 6-foot-8 NCAA Division I transfer.

No. 8-ranked Fort Gibson used a comeback and a key defensive play in the field to edge Sallisaw 5-4 on Friday night in the Class 4A regional championship game at Carr-Oa Dell Tiger Park.

First big-league game of 2009. First career game in the Metrodome. First game of his post-2008 life.

A meet record in the 100-meter dash was just icing on the cake for Josh Jackson at Saturday afternoon's Austin Invitational.

Texas Southern coach Johnnie Cole has a nickname for running back Joe Warren. "We call him DirecTV," Cole said with a laugh.

Los Angeles Angels rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart and two others were killed by a suspected drunken driver Thursday.

Texas Southern coach Johnny Cole said Saturday he is counting on Arvell Nelson being the Tigers' starting quarterback this season.

Here are two more schools who recently held pro days: Villanova Six team representatives were there to watch five Villanova players and 27 other players from area schools work out outdoors on FieldTurf.

Farmington's boys track team accomplished a lot last spring a ' it finished a close second in the Missota Conference, and won both the section and true team section titles before finishing 32nd at the state meet for the second straight year.

Grant Maxey scored 26 points and Garrison Johnson added 23 to lead Jackson State past Texas Southern 72-65 in the first round of the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament on Wednesday.

Both the Texas Southern men's and women's basketball teams clinched spots in next week's SWAC Tournament with home victories Thursday night against Southern.

Deandre Hall scored 23 points and pulled down seven rebounds for Texas Southern , which came from behind to beat Alcorn State 90-77 on Saturday night.

Nick Walker made a free throw with one second remaining and Texas Southern fought off a late surge to beat Southern University 67-66 on Thursday night.

Andrew Hayles scored 18 points to lead Alabama State in a 90-73 win over Texas Southern on Monday night.

DeAndre Hall scored 20 points, hitting two free throws after grabbing a defensive rebound with 19 seconds left to help seal Texas Southern's 77-71 win over Alabama A&M on Saturday night.

Downtown parking problems Several vehicles were towed from downtown Ft. Myers last weekend.

After an hour of sometimes emotional debate, the South Dakota House on Monday passed a measure that would ban smoking in bars, video lottery casinos and restaurants that serve liquor.

Ark.-Pine Bluff beats Texas Southern 68-64 Eds: APNewsNow. Ark.-Pine Bluff 68, Texas Southern 64.