http://www.kbtx.com/sports/nationalsports/headlines RSS Feed for KBTX - National Sports - Headlines en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 04:23:22 GMT 2013-05-22T04:23:22Z en-us http://www.kbtx.com/sports/nationalsports/headlines/208437341.html Mike Moustakas tied it with an RBI single before George Kottaras scored the go-ahead run on a bases-loaded walk in a four-run eighth inning, and the Kansas City Royals rallied for a 7-3 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night to end a four-game skid. Wed, 22 May 2013 04:12:01 GMT http://www.kbtx.com/sports/nationalsports/headlines/208437341.html 2013-05-22T04:12:01Z http://www.kbtx.com/sports/nationalsports/headlines/Spurs-Grab-2-0-Lead-Over-Memphis-In-Western-Conference-Finals-208435051.html Tony Parker had 15 points and a career playoff-high 18 assists, Tim Duncan scored San Antonio's first six points of overtime and the Spurs bounced back after squandering a 13-point lead in the fourth quarter to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 93-89 on Tuesday night. Wed, 22 May 2013 04:23:22 GMT http://www.kbtx.com/sports/nationalsports/headlines/Spurs-Grab-2-0-Lead-Over-Memphis-In-Western-Conference-Finals-208435051.html 2013-05-22T04:23:22Z http://www.kbtx.com/sports/nationalsports/headlines/Straily-Cespedes-push-As-past-Rangers-1-0-208432011.html Rookie right-hander Dan Straily pitched seven scoreless innings and Yoenis Cespedes homered as the Oakland Athletics won their fifth straight game, 1-0 over the Texas Rangers and Yu Darvish on Tuesday night. Wed, 22 May 2013 03:14:07 GMT http://www.kbtx.com/sports/nationalsports/headlines/Straily-Cespedes-push-As-past-Rangers-1-0-208432011.html 2013-05-22T03:14:07Z http://www.kbtx.com/sports/nationalsports/headlines/Stanford-Denies-Aggie-Women-National-Championship-In-Tennis-208427811.html The Texas A&M women's tennis team rallied from being down 3-0 to tie the NCAA National Championship Match against Stanford, but couldn't pick up a win number 2 singles and lose it 4-3. Wed, 22 May 2013 03:48:21 GMT http://www.kbtx.com/sports/nationalsports/headlines/Stanford-Denies-Aggie-Women-National-Championship-In-Tennis-208427811.html 2013-05-22T03:48:21Z http://www.kbtx.com/sports/nationalsports/headlines/Cavaliers-win-NBA-draft-lottery-again-208419421.html Nick Gilbert and the Cleveland Cavaliers have beaten the NBA lottery odds again. Wed, 22 May 2013 01:15:03 GMT http://www.kbtx.com/sports/nationalsports/headlines/Cavaliers-win-NBA-draft-lottery-again-208419421.html 2013-05-22T01:15:03Z http://www.kbtx.com/sports/nationalsports/headlines/Virginia-defeats-UCLA-to-win-NCAA-mens-tennis-208409251.html Mitchell Frank rallied in the decisive match and second-seeded Virginia defeated top-seeded UCLA 4-3 Tuesday to win its first NCAA men's tennis championship. Tue, 21 May 2013 23:27:46 GMT http://www.kbtx.com/sports/nationalsports/headlines/Virginia-defeats-UCLA-to-win-NCAA-mens-tennis-208409251.html 2013-05-21T23:27:46Z http://www.kbtx.com/sports/nationalsports/headlines/Cotts-back-in-majors-Rangers-skipping-Tepesch-208408891.html Left-hander Neal Cotts is back in the major leagues for the first time since 2009. Tue, 21 May 2013 23:25:32 GMT http://www.kbtx.com/sports/nationalsports/headlines/Cotts-back-in-majors-Rangers-skipping-Tepesch-208408891.html 2013-05-21T23:25:32Z http://www.kbtx.com/sports/nationalsports/headlines/Bay-Area-Houston-get-Super-Bowls-208376161.html The 50th Super Bowl will be held in the San Francisco Bay Area and the NFL championship will go to Houston the following year. Tue, 21 May 2013 20:23:59 GMT http://www.kbtx.com/sports/nationalsports/headlines/Bay-Area-Houston-get-Super-Bowls-208376161.html 2013-05-21T20:23:59Z http://www.kbtx.com/sports/nationalsports/headlines/Dierker-Named-Special-Assistant-208366411.html Astros President of Business Operations Reid Ryan today announced that Larry Dierker has been named special assistant to the president. Tue, 21 May 2013 19:30:45 GMT http://www.kbtx.com/sports/nationalsports/headlines/Dierker-Named-Special-Assistant-208366411.html 2013-05-21T19:30:45Z http://www.kbtx.com/sports/nationalsports/headlines/Smith-Colon-lead-Athletics-past-Rangers-9-2-208255191.html Seth Smith homered and scored three times, Bartolo Colon pitched seven strong innings for his first win in nearly a month and the Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 9-2 on Monday night. Tue, 21 May 2013 03:57:23 GMT http://www.kbtx.com/sports/nationalsports/headlines/Smith-Colon-lead-Athletics-past-Rangers-9-2-208255191.html 2013-05-21T03:57:23Z