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By Hank Dalton , RF Sports Radio MLB voice Baseball fans, the trophy is in Milwaukee and the hot stove is officially lit. For the Rangers, the first sparks are not signings. They are goodbyes, and they tell you exactly what kind of winter Texas is planning. The facts All three of the Rangers' mutual options will be bought out, MLB Trade Rumors reported Friday, citing Shawn McFarland of The Dallas Morning News. ESPN's Jesse Rogers first reported that designated hitter Joc Pederson passed on his end of an $18.5 million option, and the Morning News also reported the Pederson option will not be exercised. Catcher Kyle Higashioka gets a $1 million buyout instead of a $7 million salary, and reliever Jakob Junis gets a $1.25 million buyout on a $5 million option, per MLB Trade Rumors. The outlet noted it did not specify which side declined those two, but said it is safe to assume the team passed, and that Texas is clearly working against payroll limitations. Higashioka did ...

By Jake "Star" Whitfield , RF Sports Radio Cowboys voice Cowboys Nation, the final injury report of the week is out, and the headline is not the name everybody was watching. George Pickens is questionable but expected to play. The name that should make you sit up is Kenny Clark, who was not on the report at all until Friday. The facts Dallas (3-4) ruled out returner KaVontae Turpin (ribs) and linebacker Dee Winters (calf) for Sunday's noon Central kickoff against Arizona at AT&T Stadium on FOX, per DallasCowboys.com and The Dallas Morning News. Pickens (shoulder/hamstring) was limited all week and is questionable, but Brian Schottenheimer said Friday he expects him to play. Defensive tackle Kenny Clark showed up Friday with a back injury, was limited, and is questionable. The Morning News reported he had practiced all week with no problems before Friday. In all, six Cowboys are questionable. Tight end Luke Schoonmaker (groin) is one of them, but he has not pr...

By Coach Terrence Booker , RF Sports Radio DFW high school voice Friday night lights, North Texas. Week 10 had a one-point upset, a one-point escape, an 80-point night and more running clocks than I can count. With playoff spots on the line, this is when districts get decided, and a few of them got shaken up. The facts Unranked McKinney beat 6A No. 16 Jesuit 35-34, and 6A No. 19 Hebron held off Flower Mound 42-41, per Inside High School Sports DFW's Week 10 scoreboard. Top-ranked Allen won 56-14 at McKinney Boyd. Those results join Thursday's upset, when 6A No. 21 Wylie East beat No. 12 Sachse 21-16. Across Dallas and the suburbs, Lake Highlands won 45-24 at Plano West, Prosper beat Prosper Walnut Grove 52-10, Rockwall beat Royse City 42-22, and North Forney edged Rockwall-Heath 38-35, per Inside High School Sports DFW. Plano won 22-20 at Richardson Berkner, and Anna beat Celina 35-28. DeSoto, No. 1 in 5A Division I, shut out Mansfield Legacy. On the Fort Worth side,...

By Mac Rivera , RF Sports Radio Baylor voice Sic 'em, Bears fans. Five days after a coaching change, Baylor went into a hostile stadium on a Friday night against a team that just beat the No. 2 team in the country. And the Bears did not just win. They took UCF apart. The facts DJ Lagway threw for 319 yards and four touchdowns as Baylor beat UCF 41-9 on Friday night in Joe Klanderman's first game as interim head coach, per the Associated Press. Klanderman, the first-year defensive coordinator, took over this week after Dave Aranda was fired following a 25-24 loss to Kansas. Lagway went 16-of-25. He threw touchdowns of 4 and 21 yards to tight end Tony Livingston, a 77-yard score to Gavin Freeman and a 5-yarder to tight end Matthew Klopfenstein, per ESPN's AP story. Caden Knighten ran for a 2-yard touchdown. Freeman had five catches for 114 yards, and freshman Ryelan Morris ran 11 times for 82 yards, per BaylorBears.com. The defense was the headline. Baylor had a se...

By Marcus Delaney , RF Sports Radio Mavericks voice Mavs Nation, two undefeated teams walked into American Airlines Center this week. Two teams walked out with their first loss. Oklahoma City on Wednesday, Houston on Friday. Somebody check the schedule-makers, because this Dallas team is not the soft landing anybody predicted. The facts Kyrie Irving scored 35 points and Cooper Flagg added 33 as Dallas rallied past Houston 116-111 in the NBA Cup opener for both teams, per the Associated Press. The Rockets had been 5-0, including a 128-110 win over Dallas on opening night. Irving was 12-of-19 from the field, 5-of-8 from three and 6-of-6 at the line with nine assists, per the NBA.com box score, and Mavs.com reported he scored 16 in the fourth quarter. Flagg went 13-of-19 with nine rebounds, six assists and two steals. Daniel Gafford had 18 points and seven rebounds, eight of those points in the fourth. Kevin Durant led Houston with 28, and Jabari Smith Jr. had 22. It was not pr...

By Jordan Pierce , RF Sports Radio NBA voice Hoops heads, the NBA Cup opened with 10 games Friday and somehow the best one ended with a 17-point margin. That is what happens when Steph Curry decides a 25-point deficit is just a warmup. The facts Golden State beat the Lakers 112-95 after trailing by 25 early, per ESPN's AP recap. Curry scored 31 and passed Dominique Wilkins for 18th on the NBA's career scoring list. Luka Doncic had 37. The Lakers led 38-15 after the first quarter, and Golden State won the second quarter by the same 38-15 score. The AP called it the largest margin of victory in the shot-clock era for a team that trailed by 20 or more after one. In Philadelphia, LeBron James scored 20 and hit the go-ahead fadeaway with 1:10 left, and Tyrese Maxey scored 27 as the 76ers beat the Knicks 98-93, per the AP. Jalen Brunson led New York with 24, and Karl-Anthony Towns had 22 and 12, per NBA.com. In Dallas, Kyrie Irving (35) and Cooper Flagg (33) handed Houston i...

By Nolan Frost , RF Sports Radio Stars voice Stars fans, two straight losses at home, five goals allowed in each, and now the guy who took this team to the 2020 Stanley Cup Final walks into American Airlines Center behind the other bench. Happy Halloween. Nothing scarier than a former coach who knows your tendencies. The facts Dallas (7-5-1) hosts Columbus (5-6-0) tonight at 7 p.m. Central on Prime Video, closing a six-game homestand, per DallasStars.com and the Dallas Sports Journal. The Stars lost 5-1 to New Jersey on Tuesday and 5-2 to Montreal on Thursday. They entered Thursday allowing a league-low 2.0 goals per game and have now given up 29 in 13 games. "When you win the specialty teams game, which we ended up doing, but you give up four 5-on-5 goals, it's not good enough," coach Glen Gulutzan said after Thursday's loss, per the Dallas Sports Journal. Columbus is coached by Rick Bowness, who led Dallas from 2019 to 2022. Valeri Nichushkin, a 2013 Star...