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  Lion Women’s Golf wins LSC Academic Championship with record GPA. Lions post league’s highest team GPA since the award began in 2013-14. RICHARDSON – The Texas A&M University-Commerce women’s golf team was recognized as the Academic Champion of the Lone Star Conference for 2018-19, as announced Thursday. The Lion women’s …

Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Tyrone Crawford was entered into a diversion program on Thursday to settle a charge from an incident in March at a bar in Panama City Beach. According to terms of the program, Crawford will attend counseling, complete a life class titled “Choices, Chances, Changes,” and be …

Lion Athletics expands partnership with PepsiCo. The partnership includes presenting sponsorship of Student-Athlete Nutrition Center and Aquafina, Muscle Milk, and Gatorade products COMMERCE – In conjunction with Texas A&M University-Commerce extending their campus-wide agreement with PepsiCo, Lion Athletics is pleased to announce an expanded partnership with PepsiCo, including its Gatorade, …

TPWD Drawn Hunt Permit Applications Now Being Accepted AUSTIN – Hunters looking for a new opportunity or only a change of scenery this fall are urged to check out the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s drawn hunt permits program. Applications are being accepted now for a shot at more than …

North Lamar senior Cade Conway announced via twitter that he will be playing baseball at Weatherford College. Rangers sixth-rated prospect Leody Taveras hit his first Double-A home run for the Frisco RoughRiders and tied a career-best with four RBIs in a 7–6 loss in Tulsa Wednesday night. Taveras clubbed a three-run …

Alex Shillow nominated for 2019 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®. NORTHBROOK, Ill. – The 2019 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®, announced Texas A&M University-Commerce defensive back Alex Shillow as one of 137 nominees. It is one of the most prestigious off-the-field honors in college football. For consideration of the nomination …

Attention for Volleyball Information Here is your Information about Inner Fire Camp and Paris High Volleyball Tryouts which are July 29-30 for Inner Fire Camp Incoming 9th-12th grade. The cost is $60 in cash or checks to Paris Volleyball. The time is from 1:00 pm-4:00 pm at Paris High Gymnasium …

  Texas A&M University-Commerce defensive back Alex Shillow has been announced as one of 137 nominees for the 2019 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®, one of the most prestigious off-the-field honors in college football. To be in consideration by Allstate and the AFCA for a nomination, each player must be …

  Texas A&M University-Commerce to convert entire football roster to VICIS ZERO1 helmets. COMMERCE – Texas A&M University-Commerce today announced it would equip its entire varsity full roster with the VICIS ZERO1 helmet for the upcoming 2019 football season. The ZERO1 has received the highest rating in the National Football …

With Cowboys training camp less than two weeks away, reports started surfacing yesterday that running back Zeke Elliott said privately he will not report to training camp if he doesn’t have a contract extension. Elliott is heading into year four of his five-year rookie contract and he has led the …

Burton named Austin College Alumni Coach of the Year. SHERMAN – Texas A&M University-Commerce head women’s basketball coach Jason Burton received Austin College’s Kedric Couch Alumni Coach of the Year, as announced Friday. Burton is a 2007 graduate of Austin College and will receive his award at the school’s annual …

Texas A&M University-Commerce head women’s basketball coach Jason Burton has been named Austin College’s Kedric Couch Alumni Coach of the Year. Burton is a 2007 graduate of Austin College and will receive his award at the school’s annual Legends Weekend on Saturday, August 3. Texas A&M University-Commerce is represented by …

139 Lions named to LSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll for Spring 2019 A&M-Commerce leads LSC with 51 perfect term GPAs RICHARDSON – Texas A&M University-Commerce is represented by 139 student-athletes on the Spring 2019 Lone Star Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll, as announced by the LSC office Thursday. A&M-Commerce had the second-most …

Lance Lynn matched his season-high with 11 strikeouts in seven stellar innings for his major league-best 12th victory and the Texas Rangers beat the AL West-leading Houston Astros 5-0 in the only game Thursday night when Major League Baseball resumed. Game 2 of the series is tonight at 7:05 pm. …

A Texas appeals court has overturned for a second time the sexual assault conviction of a former Baylor University football player whose case started a scandal that stunned the nation’s largest Baptist school. The Dallas-based Tenth Court of Appeals ordered a new trial for Sam Ukwuachu, ruling that prosecutors improperly …

Kawhi Leonard has chosen a shorter contract with the LA Clippers that lines up with new teammate Paul George‘s and sets up the two to be part of the 2021 free-agent class. Leonard signed a three-year, $103.1 million deal that includes a player option for the 2021-22 season, the source …

  In a 4-3 American League All-Star Game victory with no clear MVP on Tuesday, hometown favorite Shane Bieber, a right-handed starter for the Cleveland Indians, earned the honors after striking out the side in the fifth inning amid a Progressive Field-wide chant of his name. Bieber is the third …

Lion Football adds the 11th game to 2019 schedule. A&M-Commerce will host Selección Nuevo León for the first-ever international football game on Sep 7. COMMERCE – The Texas A&M University-Commerce football program has announced the addition of an 11th game to the 2019 playing schedule, as the Lions will host …

LeTourneau Track and Field Hires New Coaching Staff LONGVIEW, Texas – LeTourneau University Director of Athletics Terri Deike has announced the addition of Kathleen Raske as the director of men’s and women’s track and field and cross country along with the hiring of Terry VanLaningham as head coach of men’s …

A former Alief-Hastings High School football coach is being tried again in the killing of his pregnant wife 20 years ago. David Mark Temple returned to court Monday, less than three years after Texas’ top criminal court overturned his previous murder conviction because prosecutors withheld evidence that would have affected …