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US retailers brace for potential pain from a longshoremen's strike
With a dockworkers' strike threatening to close ports on the East and Gulf coasts beginning this week, Chris Butler is growing worried. Butler is CEO of the National Tree Company, and, like many businesses, his is counting on shipments that are en route from Asia but won't reach...
Brooks runs for 172 yards and 2 TDs, Texas Tech wins 44-41 when Cincinnati misses FG on final play
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Tahj Brooks ran for 172 yards while scoring the tying and go-ahead touchdowns, Behren Morton threw two TDs to Coy Eakin and Texas Tech held on to beat Cincinnati 44-41 on Saturday night when the Bearcats missed a 51-yard field goal attempt on the game's final play. ...
Jackson State rolls past Texas Southern 43-14 behind Jacobian Morgan's 4 TDs
HOUSTON (AP) — Jacobian Morgan accounted for four touchdowns to lead Jackson State to a 43-14 rout over Texas Southern on Saturday night. Morgan's 2-yard touchdown run made it 20-0 early in the second quarter and his 72-yard rushing score gave Jackson State (3-2, 1-0 Southwestern...
Chandler Morris throws 5 TD passes to 5 different receivers as North Texas rolls past Tulsa 52-20
DENTON, Texas (AP) — Chandler Morris threw for 439 yards and five touchdown passes to five different receivers as North Texas routed Tulsa 52-20 in the American Athletic Conference opener for both schools on Saturday night. Makenzie McGill II dashed 75 yards one play after Tulsa...
Manning leads No. 1 Texas over Mississippi State as Longhorns earn first SEC victory 35-13
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Welcome to the SEC, Texas. Arch Manning passed for two touchdowns and ran for another score, and No. 1 Texas got another standout performance from its defense to earn the program's first Southeastern Conference victory, 35-13 over Mississippi State on...
Marcel Reed throws for 2 touchdowns and runs for another in No. 24 Aggies' 21-17 win over Arkansas
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Le’Veon Moss was banged up and bottled up with No. 24 Texas A&M down three points in the fourth quarter of the final scheduled neutral-site game against Arkansas at the home of the Dallas Cowboys. Three straight carries covering 46 yards triggered the...
Arch Manning gets second career start for No. 1 Texas as Ewers continues to recover from injury
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas will start Arch Manning at quarterback when the No. 1 Longhorns play Mississippi State on Saturday as Quinn Ewers continues to recover from a strained abdomen. Texas coach Steve Sarkisian had earlier in the week called Ewers questionable to play but the...
Jacob deGrom pitches 4 solid innings and the Texas Rangers hit 4 homers in a 5-2 win over the Angels
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jacob deGrom pitched four innings of one-run ball, and Wyatt Langford and Adolis García hit back-to-back homers in the first inning of the Texas Rangers' 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night. DeGrom allowed four hits and struck out five in...
A federal judge in Texas will hear arguments over Boeing's plea deal in a 737 Max case
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered a hearing next month over Boeing's agreement to plead guilty to conspiracy in connection with the 737 Max jetliner, two of which crashed, killing 346 people. Families of some of the passengers killed in the crashes object...
The State Fair of Texas opens with a new gun ban after courts reject challenge
DALLAS (AP) — The State Fair of Texas opened Friday under a new firearms ban, having withstood weeks of pressure from Republicans who had charged into a public rift with one of the state's most beloved institutions and have spent years championing looser gun laws. Organizers put...
