Posted: 11:30 PM LSU has granted officials from the University of Michigan permission to meet with Les Miles about the Wolverines head football coaching vacancy.

Posted: 11:27 PM Tony Parker's 29 points and 11 assists led the San Antonio Spurs to a 109-94 win over the visiting Washington Wizards.

Posted: 11:21 PM The Dallas Mavericks stopped a three-game losing streak by beating Minnesota 109-103.

Posted: 11:19 PM Yao Ming's 31 points and 13 rebounds propelled the Houston Rockets to their third straight win, 100-94 over the Phoenix Suns.

Posted: 11:15 PM The newly ranked Blinn College Lady Buc basketball team won non-conference action in Brenham on Wednesday night.

Posted: 8:21 PM Former Texas A&M assistant Chris Thurmond today has been named interim coach of the Houston Cougars.

Posted: 4:04 PM Texas A&M offensive center Cody Wallace was named one of five finalists for the Rimington Trophy, which is given annually to the outstanding center in college football, the Boomer Esiason Foundation announced on Wednesday.

Updated: 11:51 PM Houston football coach Art Briles is next to take on the task of pulling Baylor out of the Big 12 basement.

Updated: 10:52 PM Sam Houston State withstood a second-half charge by Wisconsin-Milwaukee and remained undefeated with an 81-77 victory.

Updated: 10:27 PM Stanecia Graham scored a season-high 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Texas Tech women past Sam Houston State 84-51.

Posted: 6:40 PM Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson rejoined the team for practice yesterday but will not resume coaching in games just yet.

Posted: 6:37 PM Houston coach Art Briles today interviewed with Baylor about the school's coaching vacancy.

Posted: 5:28 PM The Houston Astros today signed 40-year-old free-agent right-hander Doug Brocail.

Posted: 5:00 PM Nebraska interim athletic director Tom Osborne says he has not offered the football coaching job to anyone.

Posted: 4:27 PM Gary Pinkel beat Mark Mangino on the field, vaulting Missouri to Number 1 for the first time since 1960. At the polls, though, he tied for first with the Kansas coach.

Posted: 4:25 PM Texas A&M senior offensive center Cody Wallace was named Co-Offensive Lineman of the Year by the Big 12 head coaches on the annual all-Big 12 Conference football team, the Big 12 announced on Tuesday.

Posted: 9:51 AM MIAMI (AP) - Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor has died in a Florida hospital, one day after being shot at his home. Taylor's former lawyer, Richard Sharpstein, says he received the news this morning from Taylor's father.

Updated: 11:38 PM Texas A&M System Chancellor Michael McKinney has a unique perspective on the hiring of Mike Sherman as the A&M head football coach.

Updated: 8:08 AM Houston Nutt has resigned as Arkansas football coach just three days after his team stunned Number-1 LSU 50-48 in triple overtime.

Posted: 6:58 PM After winning the Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off last week in New York, undefeated Texas A&M (6-0) climbed to No. 9 in both The Associated Press and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' polls on Monday.

Posted: 6:55 PM Houston Texans coach Gary Kubiak couldn't thinkof a better way for it to happen -- if he had to lose Mike Sherman to another job.

Updated: 6:51 PM North Carolina maintains its slim lead over Number-2 UCLA at the top of the weekly AP men's basketball poll as the top five teams stayed the same from last week. The 5-and-0 Tar Heels received 28 of 72 first-place votes from a nationwide media panel. That's two more than last week.

Posted: 6:11 PM Wyoming is in The Associated Press women's basketball poll for the first time in school history, entering at Number-25.

Updated: 8:07 AM Fewer than three days after Dennis Franchione announced his resignation as Texas A&M head football coach, the Aggies announced Monday Houston Texans assistant head coach Mike Sherman would take over.

Posted: 12:50 AM The Lincoln Journal Star reports that LSU defensive coordinator Bo Pelini interviewed for the Nebraska coaching job today.