Baytown boxer Craig Bakers set for Showtime bout tonight
Baytown native and Robert E. Lee alum Craig Bakers, now 15-0 with 11 knockouts, fights Humberto Lavigne in Pittsburgh on Showtime. Bakers, once a Baytown football standout, aims to inspire hometown pride and prove he can win at the highest level. The 31-year-old notes this is the biggest fight of his career as he heads to the ring at 9 p.m.
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Showtime Boxing
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Craig Bakers
Texas
Baker
Houston
Robert E. Lee
Lopez
Humberto Lavigne
Lavigne
Adonis Stevenson
Lopez Boxing
Pittsburgh
Craig Baker
Showtime Tonight
Rebels fall in overtime at Lee College as Coastal Bend rallies
Lee College led 49 39 midway through the second half but Coastal Bend Cougars guard Rydeal Taylor caught fire, sparking an 82 76 overtime win. Ahmed Mohamed led Lee with 21 points while Shawn Smith 16 Isaiah Lewis 13 and Ty Outlaw 15 provided scoring. Rebels drop to 14 14 overall, 7 10 in Region XIV and travel to Jacksonville College next.
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Lee College
Roy Champagne
Coastal Bend
Rebels
Ahmed Mohamed
Shawn Smith
Isaiah Lewis
Ty Outlaw
Mohamed
Outlaw
Coogs
Taylor
Cougars
Jacksonville College
The day Coach Brown showed his toughness
Jim Finley recalls Bobby Brown, a standout Sweeny Bulldog who died at 85, remembered for a brutal 1956 pregame scrimmage where Brown ran plays as West Columbia’s quarterback. The tale blends grit, friendship, and college-era Texas football rivalries between Sweeny and Columbia High.
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Bobby Brown
Coach Brown
Bobby
Sweeny Bulldogs
Glen Buffaloe
Buffaloe
Bulldogs
Brown
Sweeny
West Columbia Roughnecks
Texas
Oklahoma
Ross S. Sterling
Robert E. Lee
Roughnecks
Sam Houston State
Jo Ann Hamilton
Buck Manley Stadium
West Columbia
Columbia High
Jo Ann
Galveston
Randy Lynch
Columbia
Randy
Carver great speaks on collegiate sports in the 1960s
Former NFL player Gene Washington, a Baytown Carver High alum, discusses his Michigan State recruitment and life as a Black athlete in the 1960s. He recalls Texas schools’ exclusion, MSU’s role in his rise, and his Texas roots versus his Spartan career as featured in a Dallas Morning News piece. SEE FOOTBALL o PAGE 10
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NFL
Gene Washington
la Porte
Baytown Carver
Dallas
Michigan State Spartan
Dallas Morning News
Rick Gosselin
Washington
Michigan State
Texas
Gene
Baytown
McNair
Carver
Gene Gooselin
Spartans
SEC
Charles
Bubba" Smith
Beaumont
Charlton-Pollard
Prairie View
Willie Ray Smith
Bubba
University of Texas
Baylor
TCU
Texas A&m
Rice
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Teccorus Mattox
Jim Finley
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Jim
Finley
J. Warren Singleton
Dan Boisture
Michigan State University
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