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Perennial power Vandegrift is one of three Austin area girls teams in the UIL State Soccer Tournament. The Vipers, under head coach Jenifer Hardy, are making their third state appearance in the last four years.

It's the second to last home game of the season for the Texas Stars and they hosted I-35 rival San Antonio in Cedar Park.

Former Atlanta Braves player Otis Nixon is missing, according to the Woodstock Police. 58-year-old Nixon was last seen leaving his residence Saturday morning.

Sergio Garcia tugged the lapel of his green jacket with both hands, proud of his prize and how he earned it.

Charlotte will be eligible to host the 2019 All-Star Game after a compromise deal to replace a North Carolina law that limited anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay and transgender people, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Friday.

Thousands of folks headed out to Dell Diamond to catch the Round Rock Express home opener against the Nashville Sounds. A walkoff single in the bottom of the 11th inning gave the Express the 2-1 win over the Sounds.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Dustin Johnson arrived at Augusta National on quite a roll, having won his last three tournaments. He never even took a shot at the first major of the year. The world's No. 1-ranked player was forced to withdraw from the Masters on Thursday because of a lower back injury suffered less than 24 hours earlier in a freak fall at the home he was renting for the week. "I...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Charley Hoffman and William McGirt were the first to take advantage of Dustin Johnson's absence at the Masters. The odds are they won't be the last. Hoffman had a 7-under 65 to dominate a wind-swept opening round. His four-shot lead over McGirt is the largest at Augusta National after the opening round in 62 years.

A former Baylor University assistant athletic director is dropping his lawsuit against the school and several regents and will pursue his claims in arbitration, his lawyer indicated Thursday.

NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon will stream NFL Thursday Night games this season, replacing Twitter. That means that technically, the games won't be free to stream, but they will be carried by broadcast networks. The games are available to members of Amazon Prime, which costs $99 per year. Prime, which comes with other perks like free videos, books and shipping, has an estimated 65 million members.

Former Baylor University basketball coach Dave Bliss has resigned from his head coaching position at Southwestern Christian University after issuing controversial comments in a recent Showtime documentary about the 2003 murder of a Baylor basketball player at the hands of his teammate.

North Carolina grabs 6th NCAA championship with gritty 71-65 win over Gonzaga; third title under coach Roy Williams.

LSU's Kimber Payne won the women's 400 meter hurdles in 56.12 seconds and the Tigers placed three sprinters in the top five in the preliminaries in the women's 100 meters at the 90th Texas Relays on Friday.

Free agent quarterback Case Keenum is signing with the Minnesota Vikings, according to NFL sources.

Defending NCAA champion Lindon Victor of Texas A&M won three of five events to take the lead in the men's decathlon after the first day of the Texas Relays.