Rio Grande Valley Sports News
- SAN ANTONIO — Hours before turning 30 years old, Tony Parker grinned Wednesday as though his lowest-scoring playoff game since his early twenties was an early birthday gift from the Los Angeles Clippers.
Across town, Chris Paul wasn't in such high...
- SAN ANTONIO — Tim Duncan had 26 points and 10 rebounds and the San Antonio Spurs, recharged after a weeklong layoff, wore down the busy Los Angeles Clippers to win Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinals series, 108-92 on Tuesday night....
- ARLINGTON — Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington had no explanation for why left-hander Bruce Chen was so effective against his lineup.
"If I knew, we’d have swung the bat a lot better," he said. "We really only smoked one ball."
Nelson Cruz...
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PHILADELPHIA — Joe Blanton pitched seven-plus strong innings and Placido Polanco homered for his 2,000th career hit to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-1 win over the Houston Astros on Monday night.
Blanton (4-3) allowed six hits and one run,...
- WASHINGTON — Speaking softly, nervously and in detail, Brian McNamee testified about the life-changing moment when, he said, he first gave Roger Clemens a "booty shot" of steroids.
The government’s star witness in the Clemens perjury retrial...
- EDINBURG — UTPA women’s track and field sprinter Jasmine Webb qualified to the NCAA Championships West Preliminary Round in the 100-meter dash.
The University of Texas is hosting the event at Mike A. Myers Track Stadium in Austin, with the first...
- SAN ANTONIO — Blake Griffin woke up Monday with his sprained left knee not feeling worse, but not really much better. Rest is the only remedy, a luxury the Los Angeles Clippers don’t have, and doctors guess he might miss two weeks if this were...
- SAN ANTONIO — Six days later, the San Antonio Spurs finally know who they're playing next.
Confined to practices and film sessions for the past week — and growing increasingly antsy in the meantime — the Spurs expressed relief Sunday after...
- ARLINGTON — Josh Hamilton left Angels starter C.J. Wilson shaking his head.
The Texas Rangers slugger has done that to a lot of pitchers lately.
After striking out in his first two at-bats Saturday, Hamilton hit his ninth homer in six games, a...
- EDINBURG -– The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs baseball team fell to the University of Northern Colorado Bears 3-0 in game two of a doubleheader on Saturday at Edinburg Baseball Stadium.
It was the first time the Broncs (27-16, 15-7 GWC)...