Posted: 5:51 PM Scott Dixon will start the Indianapolis 500 from the pole position.

Updated: 6:14 PM Behind the strong arm of senior Megan Gibson and the red-hot bat of junior Holly Ridley, the fifth-ranked Texas A&M softball team defeated the No. 9 seed Iowa State Cyclones 1-0, and advanced to tonight’s semifinal game at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium.

Posted: 3:19 PM Mike D'Antoni is set to become coach of the New York Knicks.

Updated: 10:45 PM Saturday’s baseball game between No. 5 Texas A&M and No. 5 Nebraska at Hawks Field has been postponed due to rain.

Updated: 1:09 AM Dane Carter broke a tie game with a three-run double in the top of the 16th and Travis Starling allowed four hits and no runs over the final eight innings as No. 5 Texas A&M outlasted 5th-ranked Nebraska, 6-3, Friday night in 16 innings before a season-high 8,708 fans at Hawks Field.

Posted: 11:01 PM The Caldwell Hornets sent a pair of golfers to the Class 3A state tournament at the Roy Kizer golf course and today during the final round Lauren Ballinger and Cameron Scitern finished in 7th place.

Updated: 10:12 PM After clinching sole possession if its second Big 12 regular season title since 2005, the fifth-ranked Texas A&M softball team (47-6, 17-1 Big 12) heads to Oklahoma City, Okla. for the 13th annual Big 12 Championship held May 9-11. The three-day, single elimination event kicks off Friday at 5 p.m. at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium.

Updated: 11:05 PM BRENHAM -- The Shiner Lady Comanches used a six-run third inning Friday night to take game one from Iola 11-1 in the regional quarterfinals of the Class A state softball playoffs.

Updated: 10:06 PM Texas A&M senior Megan Gibson was named both the Big 12 Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year and garnered All-Big 12 accolades with five fellow Aggies as A&M head coach Jo Evans was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year, the league office announced on the first night of the 2008 Big 12 Softball Championship in Oklahoma City.

Posted: 9:35 PM Nick Zaleski hit a three-run home run in the seventh inning and Dallas Gallant picked up the victory on the mound in seven innings work to lead Sam Houston State to a 9-4 victory over Southeastern Louisiana in the first game of a Southland Conference weekend series between the two teams.

Updated: 10:59 PM Senior Miranda Orr shot a one-under-par 71 on Friday to lead Texas A&M into a tie for sixth place at the NCAA Women’s Golf Central Regional at UT Golf Club.

Posted: 6:34 PM The Texas A&M women’s tennis team earned a trip to the second round of the NCAA Championships by defeating No. 38 Washington, 4-1, in the opening round today at the at Taube Family Tennis Stadium.

Posted: 4:08 PM The Texas Rangers today traded outfielder Kevin Mench to the Toronto Blue Jays for cash considerations.

Updated: 10:54 PM The A&M Consolidated golf team finished fifth at the Class 5A state tournament that wrapped up today in Austin.

Posted: 2:46 PM Ex-Oklahoma lieutenant governor and former OU quarterback Jack Mildren is undergoing treatment in Texas for stomach cancer.

Updated: 10:08 PM The Detroit Red Wings have struck first in the Wstern Conference semifinals, scoring three power-play goals while building a 4-0 lead in a 4-1 win over Dallas.

Posted: 10:33 PM Willie Harris and Rob Mackowiak homered to help the Washington Nationals beat Houston 8-3 and end the Astros' five-game winning streak.

Posted: 10:13 PM The Bryan Viking baseball team posted a 6-1 win over Lufkin tonight at Morris Frank Park in the area round of the state playoffs. Sean Weatherford kept the Panthers off balance most of the night giving up just 1 run while striking out 14.

Posted: 9:18 PM Johan Franzen, Brian Rafalski and Tomas Holmstrom scored power-play goals for the Detroit Red Wings, who built a big lead in the second period and coasted to a 4-1 win over the Dallas Stars in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.

Posted: 9:14 PM Sophomore Danielle McVeigh fired a one-under-par 71 on Thursday to lead No. 8-seeded Texas A&M into sixth place after the opening round of the NCAA Women's Golf Central Regional at the UT Golf Club.

Updated: 6:48 PM The A&M Consolidated girls' golf team is probably the most inexperienced in the UIL Class 5A state tournament, with 1 senior and 4 sophomores, but you wouldn't know it by their opening round score of 319.

Posted: 5:42 PM Senior Darby Brown and junior Brian Ruggiano were each named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District Team on Thursday. Brown earned first-team honors as a designated hitter while Ruggiano was named as an outfielder on the second team.

Posted: 3:45 PM Postseason play begins this weekend as the 25th-ranked Texas A&M men’s tennis team travels up Highway 6 to take on regional rival SMU in the first round of the 2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championships in Waco, Texas.

Posted: 3:14 PM Notre Dame and Arizona State will play in the new one billion dollar home of the Dallas Cowboys -- in 2013.

Updated: 9:19 PM The Brazos Valley Bombers received another infusion of talent today as they announced the signings of Zach Grichor, Nick Anders, Daniel Meadows, and Jeff Sciba. Each of the four junior college players figure to make an important impact this summer as Bombers attempt to bring their first championship to Brazos Valley.