Weather disrupts area sports with multiple reschedules
As of presstime, Mondays events unchanged except Smithson Valley soccer canceled and basketball moved to Thursday. District 26 4A soccer delays push start to Thursday. 26-4A basketball games shifted to Thursday and Saturday. New Braunfels tentatively moves matches to March 19 but district rules block it. Little League spring registration rescheduled to Thursday evening.
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Clark
MacArthur
Comal Isd
Canyon Boys
Rob Rush
Boerne
Unicorns
Bandera
Cougars
Wimberley
Canyon
Clemens
New Braunfels
Lehman
Satur
Chris Dial
Larry Hill
Seele Elementary
Deep Freeze Disrupts Local Varsity Games And LBLL Reschedules
Inclement weather postpones all varsity basketball games to 7:30 p.m. Thursday with multiple boys and girls matchups. Soccer games move to Thursday with Boerne and Dripping Springs teams visiting Canyon and NB. Clark at SV soccer canceled with no makeup. New Braunfels Little League reschedules registration to 6-8 p.m. Thursday at Seele Elementary.
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Lockhart
Canyon Boys
Hays
Canyon
Smithson Valley
MacArthur
Boerne Girls
Boerne
Dripping Springs
Clark
Braunfels
Little League
Seele
Sharapova Survives Heat in Open Opener at Melbourne
Top seed Maria Sharapova edged Camille Pin 6 3 4 6 9 7 in extreme heat at Rod Laver Arena as the roof closed and players endured temperatures above 104 degrees. Nalbandian rallied to beat Tipsarevic while Nadal, Murray and others won under the cooled conditions.
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Melbourne
Australia
Maria Sharapova
Rod Laver
Sharapova
Camille Pin
Rafael Nadal
Nadal
David Nalbandian
Janko Tipsarevic
Tipsarevic
Nalbandian
Robert Kendrick
Andy Murray
Roger Federer
Alberto Martin
Tering
Michael Russell
Kim Clijsters
Vasilisa Bardina
Martina Hingis
Nathalie Dechy
Anna Chakvetadze
Ana Ivanovic
Rangers sign three to one year deals avoiding arbitration
Akinori Otsuka agreed to 3 million for one year with Texas after serving as closer last season and converting 32 of 36 saves. Brad Wilkerson and Rick Bauer signed for 4.35 million and 730 thousand respectively, joining Joaquin Benoit in avoiding arbitration. The club had also inked Eric Gagne to a 6 million one year deal with incentives.
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Arlington
Akinori Otsuka
Texas Rangers
Brad Wilkerson
Rick Bauer
Rangers
Otsuka
Texas
Francisco Cordero
San Diego
Eric Gagne
Gagne
Wilkerson
Bauer
Joaquin Benoit
Parsons, NASCAR champion and broadcaster, dies at 65
Benny Parsons, 65, NASCAR champion of 1973 and longtime NBC TNT broadcaster, died in Charlotte from lung cancer. He won 21 races including the 1975 Daytona 500 and 20 poles, retired in 1988, and inspired drivers like Greg Biffle while hosting a radio program and blogging about his battle.
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Benny Parsons
Keith
Parsons
Charlotte
N.C
Nascar
50 Avantact Avicare
Ulivalo
Talladega
Ala
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TNT
Brian France
Benny
Parson
John Wayne
North Carolina
Michael Waltrip
Daytona International Speedway
Darrell Waltrip
Greg Biffle
Jack Roush
Biffle
Washington
Br” Parsons
Bobby Hamilton
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Martin
James Blake
Spain
Carlos Moya
Nikolay Davydenko
Sydney
Llebyon Hewitt
Corinne Dubreuil
Abacausa
Russia
France
Jenna Fryer
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