Wide receiver Kevin Walter, quarterback Matt Schaub and fullback Vonta Leach all suffered injuries on Monday night.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers made a big push to lock up the NL West, acquiring slugging first baseman Jim Thome from the Chicago White Sox and right-hander Jon Garland from the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Quarterback Matt Schaub suffered a sprained ankle, and Dan Orlovsky threw a costly interception after his early entrance.
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The Texans didn’t get run off the field, but that’s about the only progress they made in their 17-10 loss to Minnesota Monday night.
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Officials are trying to understand where the search for three missing fishermen went off course and how they could have corrected it.
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The Texans couldn’t run the ball, nor could they stop Minnesota’s running attack as they fell to the Vikings 17-10 at Reliant Stadium Monday night.
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Aaron Boone and his Astros teammates hardly even bothered thinking this day would come, but less than six months after open-heart surgery, Boone will suit up as an Astro tonight.
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The NFL season is almost upon us, and I am reminded that it is not so much a league of gentlemen as it is a league of quarterbacks.
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Texas assistant football coach Major Applewhite will address members of the Houston Longhorns Club during the first of five weekly luncheons Friday at the Renaissance Hotel Greenway Plaza.
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Jason Williams’ injury coupled with the broken wrist Mike Hamlin sustained and the season-ending knee injury Brandon Williams suffered put a crimp in the Cowboys’ plans to revamp their special teams.
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