Friday’s Sports

JJ Watt

MLB

Thursday

Astros (60-32) 3 – Yankees (64-29) 2

Astros (61-32) 7 – Yankees (64-30) 5

Rangers (42-49) 8 – Marlins (43-49) 0

Friday

Rangers at Oakland Athletics 8:40 pm

Astros at Seattle Mariners 9:10 pm

NFL

Arizona Cardinals JJ Watt continues to give back to his Houston community through a heartwarming gesture. On Wednesday, a Houston Texans fan, Jennifer Simpson, tweeted she was selling her JJ Watt women’s Reebok shoes and a Watt Texans jersey to raise money for her grandfather’s funeral. Watt decided to step in after seeing the tweet, telling her to keep her stuff. “We’ll help with the funeral. I’m sorry for your loss,” Watt tweeted.

But wait, there’s more! Former sports superstar Bo Jackson helped pay for the funerals of the 19 children and two teachers killed in the Uvalde school massacre in May, revealing himself as one of the previously anonymous donors. They covered costs for families after one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history.

COLLEGE

The talks about a partnership between the Big 12 and the Pac-12 have ended. It has been the buzz over the past two weeks. Sources said officials from the Big 12 told Pac-12 officials on Monday that they’re no longer interested in exploring the partnership.

HIGH SCHOOL

Danny Holderness has spent several years coaching baseball after the last four years at Pittsburg as an assistant coach and previously worked at Mt. Pleasant. His first head coach gig will be this season at Prairiland. The Patriots are defending district champions.