DeMeco Ryans
NFL
The Texans hired San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator DeMeco Ryans as their new head coach. The deal is for six years. Thursday, he becomes the Texan’s sixth full-time coach, and the Texans become the first team in NFL history to have hired three consecutive Black coaches.
Meanwhile, the Denver Broncos traded with New Orleans Saints to make Sean Payton the 19th head coach in franchise history. Sources told ESPN that the Saints would receive the Broncos’ 2023 first-round pick, No. 29 overall, and 2024 second-round pick for Payton and the Saints’ 2024 third-round selection.
NBA
Tuesday
Nuggets (35-16) 122 – Pelicans (26-26) 113
Wednesday
Thunder (24-26) at Houston Rockets (12-38) at 7:00 pm
Kings (28-21) at San Antonio Spurs (14-37) at 7:00 pm
COLLEGE
NCAAM
Tuesday
No. 15 TCU (17-5) 76 – West Virginia (13-9) 72
NCAAW
Tuesday
No. 20 Oklahoma (17-4) 101 – TCU (6-15) 78
TAMUC
The Lions campues in Commerce and Dallas remain closed today.
According to the Texas DPS, James Ford, 56, of Tyler, was driving a Freightliner truck tractor west on I-20 when a pedestrian, Hunter Dorram, 23, of Grand Prairie, ran into the roadway on the westbound side from the median and was struck with the front left side of the vehicle. Justice of the Peace John Oswalt pronounced him at the scene. Dorram was an East Texas Baptist University student, where he played on the school’s hockey team.
HIGH SCHOOL
BASKETBALL
Tuesday
GIRLS
Hooks 79 – Redwater 39
Huntsville 52 – Nacogdoches 30
Jacksonville 36 – Bullard 28
Longview 50 – Whitehouse 35
McLeod 59 – Ore City 13
Mt Enterprise 44 – Overton 28
Springs Hill 43 – Chapel Hill TY 37
Troup 38 – Elysian Fields 19
Union Grove 53 – Big Sandy 20
White Oak 38 – Sabine 28
Wednesday
Cooper at Cumby at 6:00 pm
BOYS
Tuesday
Beckville 57 – Joaquin 53
Center 73 – Gilmer 50
Chapel Hill TY 47 – Spring Hill 38
Hallsville 55 – Pine Tree 54
Hawkins 36 – Harleton 28
Jacksonville 61 – No. 22 Bullard 44
Longview 62 – Whitehouse 39
McLeod 44 – Ore City 31
New Diana 47 – Hughes Springs 32
Nacogdoches 73 – Huntsville 31
Overton 54 – Mt Enterprise 38
Union Grove 73 – Big Sandy 61
White Oak 42 – Sabine 39
Wednesday
Prairiland at Lone Oak at 6:30 pm
Sam Rayburn at Dobie at 7:00 pm
Yantis at Saltillo at 7:30 pm