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By Coach Terrence Booker , RF Sports Radio DFW high school voice Coaches always tell kids to play for the name on the front of the jersey. This week, a handful of DFW programs get to play for their own history books, and most of the big ones are on Thursday night. The facts Arlington Martin (9-0, 6-0) already clinched the District 3-6A title with a 41-31 win over Arlington, and the Warriors are one win from the program's first undefeated regular season, per the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Martin plays Granbury on Thursday at Pirate Stadium. The Warriors have won district titles in six of the past eight seasons, per the Star-Telegram. Hurst L.D. Bell (6-3, 5-1) clinched its first playoff spot since 2013 with a 64-10 win over Irving MacArthur, per the Star-Telegram. Now Bell faces HEB ISD rival Euless Trinity (7-2, 6-0) at 7 p.m. Thursday at Pennington Field. Trinity has clinched a share of the 8-6A title and wins it outright with a victory. Bell coach T.J. Dibble said the Blu...

By Cam Sutton , RF Sports Radio Colorado voice Buffs fans, when the opposing coach goes out of his way to call your 3-5 team "very, very dangerous," you can take it two ways. It is either real respect or a coach setting a trap . With Kenny Dillingham, I think it is both. The facts Colorado (3-5, 1-4 Big 12) visits Arizona State (4-4, 2-3) Saturday at 5:30 p.m. MT, 6:30 p.m. CT, on ESPN2 at Mountain America Stadium, per Buffaloes Wire. "This is a very, very good football team that is very, very dangerous," Dillingham said, per Buffaloes Wire. The Denver Gazette lists Colorado as a 3-point underdog. There are ties everywhere. Dillingham and Colorado offensive coordinator Brennan Marion worked together at Arizona State in 2015. Dillingham is 1-1 against Colorado: the Buffs won 27-24 in Tempe in 2023, and ASU won 42-17 in Boulder last season, per Buffaloes Wire. Deion Sanders and Dillingham took over their programs in the same offseason, and the Gazette notes t...

By Mac Rivera , RF Sports Radio Baylor voice Bears fans, we have seen this movie before. Baylor blew out Arizona State earlier this season, had a week off, then came home for a hyped game against TCU and did not show up. Joe Klanderman remembers that, and on Monday he made it clear this week has to be different. The facts Baylor hosts Iowa State on Saturday at 11 a.m. CT on FS1 for Homecoming, per BaylorBears.com. The Bears are coming off a 41-9 win at UCF in Klanderman's first game as interim head coach after Dave Aranda was fired, per the Waco Tribune-Herald. "Every week has a history of its own, and I think the mentality of the team is in a different place right now," Klanderman said Monday, per the Tribune-Herald. Iowa State is 4-4 and 2-3 in the Big 12 in its first year after Matt Campbell left for Penn State, and the Cyclones beat Oklahoma State 51-49 on Saturday. "That stuff doesn't matter," Klanderman said. "We've got to go out ever...

By Hank Dalton , RF Sports Radio MLB voice Rangers fans, Monday was supposed to be a routine front-office update. Instead, Chris Young told us the Rangers' primary center fielder will not be ready for the start of next season, and the to-do list for this winter got a lot longer. The facts Evan Carter had arthroscopic surgery on his right hip last week to address a labral issue and hip impingement, Young said Monday, per the AP. He is not expected to be ready for the scheduled start of the 2027 season, and MLB.com reports a recovery of roughly six months. Young said the hip likely bothered Carter all year. Carter played 141 games, made all 112 of his defensive starts in center field and hit .194 with nine homers, 40 RBIs and 17 stolen bases, per the AP. The same day, the Rangers changed the coaching staff and front office. Alex Cintron will not return to the major league staff, though he stays in the organization, and assistant pitching coach Dave Bush will not return, per ...

By Brooke Calloway , RF Sports Radio SMU voice Pony Up, Dallas. Sports Illustrated's Hokies site summed up Friday night better than I could: the winner leaves with two league losses and a pulse, and the loser leaves with three and a calculator. That is where SMU lives this week. The facts Virginia Tech (6-2, 3-2 ACC) visits SMU (6-2, 4-2) Friday at 6 p.m. CT on ESPN at Gerald J. Ford Stadium. It is the first meeting since 1974, when SMU won 28-25 at the Cotton Bowl, per SI. Miami is 6-0 in league play and Wake Forest is 5-1, and Louisville beat SMU 41-31 in September, so the head-to-head tiebreakers are already working against the Mustangs, per SI. Wake Forest still has to come to Dallas on Nov. 14. Rest is a factor. The Hokies last played Oct. 24, a 20-16 win at Clemson, then had a bye, so they will have had 13 days between games. SMU gets six after losing 30-27 to Syracuse on a touchdown with 17 seconds left, per SI. Rhett Lashlee pointed to a run game that went nowhere,...

By Jordan Pierce , RF Sports Radio NBA voice Hoops heads, Monday gave us 15 games, an overtime thriller, the last unbeaten team going down and the last winless team finally winning. Let me sort it out. The facts Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a season-high 43 points as Oklahoma City won 117-112 at Cleveland, per the AP. The Thunder are 5-2, per ESPN. In Memphis, New Orleans won 135-134 in overtime and handed the Grizzlies their first loss after a 6-0 start, per the AP. Ty Jerome scored 40 for Memphis, including nine straight late in regulation to force overtime, but missed a 15-footer at the end. Zion Williamson had 25 points, nine in overtime, and Jeremiah Fears made the deciding free throws, per the AP. Houston beat Boston 109-93 to move to 7-1, with Alperen Sengun scoring 26 and adding 10 assists, per RealGM. That ended the Celtics' five-game winning streak. Sacramento won for the first time this season, 115-100 at Dallas, behind rookie Darius Acuff Jr.'s 25, per ...