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By Mac Rivera , RF Sports Radio Baylor voice Baylor Nation, the 100th Homecoming started badly and ended with a bowl ticket. Down 17-7 in the second quarter, the Bears scored 28 unanswered points, DJ Lagway ran wild, and Baylor beat Iowa State 42-31 at McLane Stadium on Saturday for interim coach Joe Klanderman's first home win. The facts Per Baylor Athletics and the Associated Press, Lagway completed 16 of 28 passes for 229 yards and two touchdowns and set career highs with 13 carries for 119 yards and a score, making him Baylor's first 100-yard rusher this season. He threw touchdowns to tight end Tony Livingston, who had a highlight 24-yard catch, and Taz Williams Jr., whose 62-yard catch-and-run was his first career touchdown. Freshman Ryelan Morris ran for two scores. Gavin Freeman caught six passes for 60 yards and has led the Bears in catches for nine straight games. Baylor rushed for 194 yards, finished with 423 total and committed one penalty. The Bears are 6-3...

By Marcus Delaney , RF Sports Radio Mavericks voice Mavs Nation, Friday's win over Utah stopped the slide. Tonight is about starting a streak. The Brooklyn Nets come into American Airlines Center at 6:30 p.m. CT on the second night of a back-to-back, and Dallas has the healthier, fresher roster. The facts Per the ESPN scoreboard and the Mavericks schedule, tip is 6:30 p.m. CT on KFAA-TV and MavsTV, and Dallas stays home Monday night against Indiana. Dallas is 5-4. Brooklyn is 2-7 after losing 124-121 at Atlanta on Saturday night, per the Associated Press. The Nets led by 17 in the first quarter but were outscored 36-26 in the fourth. Michael Porter Jr. scored 25, and Nolan Traore and Julius Randle had 19 each. Roundtable Sports' Tony Fisher reports that Kyrie Irving, Santi Aldama and Max Christie are off the Dallas injury report after all three played Friday, and that Dallas is expected to start Cooper Flagg, Irving, Christie, P.J. Washington and Daniel Gafford. Flagg ...

By Jake "Star" Whitfield , RF Sports Radio Cowboys voice Cowboys Nation, kickoff in Indianapolis is noon CT on FOX, and the last roster moves before this one told you exactly where the worry lives: the edge. Malachi Lawrence is on injured reserve, Marist Liufau is back, and a 3-5 team walks into Lucas Oil Stadium knowing a loss to a 2-6 opponent would be hard to explain. The facts Per Dallas Sports Journal's Grant Afseth and Saturday's AP transactions list, Dallas placed rookie outside linebacker Malachi Lawrence (ankle) on injured reserve and activated Liufau from injured reserve. Lawrence was hurt in the 33-30 overtime loss to Arizona, and a player placed on IR has to sit at least four games. Liufau broke his forearm in the preseason finale, had surgery, and came off IR 16 days into his practice window. "I'll be ready to punch some stuff out," he said when the window opened. Defensive tackle Jonathan Bullard stays on IR and was downgraded from q...

By Danielle "Dee" Ortiz , RF Sports Radio WNBA voice Wings fans, eight days before the draft lottery that Dallas will watch from the outside, the franchise's offseason story is coming into focus. The building is getting bigger. The roster has to get better. And the first domino is a 6-foot-6 rim protector entering restricted free agency. The facts Wings CEO Greg Bibb told KERA's NTX Now that the team will play all of its home games at American Airlines Center next season, going from a little over 6,000 seats at UTA's College Park Center to nearly 20,000. "We've simply outgrown the building," Bibb said, adding the team has essentially sold out for three consecutive years. Memorial Auditorium remains the long-term plan once renovations are complete, but Bibb said that timeline is unclear. On the roster, general manager Curt Miller told The IX that retaining Awak Kuier is "absolutely" a priority. "She's a priority," Mill...

By Hank Dalton , RF Sports Radio MLB voice Rangers fans, the most interesting thing Texas did this week did not involve a big-league free agent. It involved an 18-year-old from Yokohama with a fastball that touches 97, and a front office that showed up eight people deep to make its pitch. The facts Per SI's Inside the Rangers and The Dallas Morning News, the Rangers are pursuing Yokohama High School right-hander Shoki Oda. Texas met with Oda and his representatives with eight members of the organization in the room, including Seong-Jun Kim, the Korean two-way prospect Texas signed a year ago for a little more than $1 million in international bonus money. The interest was first reported by Francys Romero. The Phillies and Mets have also met with Oda, with the Dodgers and Yankees among the teams expected to follow, and Oda could also choose Japan's Yomiuri Giants or an NCAA school. The obstacles are real. The international signing period does not open until Jan. 15, and ...

By Jake "Star" Whitfield , RF Sports Radio Cowboys voice Cowboys Nation, the Friday injury report is the last real piece of information we get before Sunday in Indianapolis, and it came with good news in the secondary and bad news on the edge. Two players are out. Seven are questionable. And the two defensive backs everybody worried about are cleared. The facts Per Dallas Sports Journal's Grant Afseth, Dallas ruled out rookie outside linebacker Malachi Lawrence (ankle) and receiver and return man KaVontae Turpin (ribs) for Sunday's noon CT kickoff at Lucas Oil Stadium on FOX. Lawrence was hurt in the 33-30 overtime loss to Arizona, and Brian Schottenheimer said Monday the injury could take a few weeks. Turpin has not played since the opening kickoff of the Oct. 18 loss at Green Bay; Sunday will be the third straight game he misses. Seven players are questionable: tight ends Jake Ferguson (ankle) and Luke Schoonmaker (groin), receiver George Pickens (hamstring...

By Coach Terrence Booker , RF Sports Radio DFW high school voice DFW, the regular season is over and the real season starts Friday. The final week delivered a 66-7 statement from Duncanville, a 49-42 shootout in Mansfield, and bi-district pairings that put several big programs on the road right away. The facts Per the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and GM Sports Media's Week 11 boards, Friday's finales included Aledo 28, Arlington Lamar 3 in District 3-6A; Keller Central 35, Justin Northwest 14 and Keller 35, Haslet Eaton 28 in 4-6A; South Grand Prairie 27, Grand Prairie 7 and Irving Nimitz 27, Irving 0 in 8-6A; and Duncanville 66, Dallas Skyline 7 and Mansfield Lake Ridge 49, Crowley 42 in 11-6A. In 3-5A Division I, Denton Ryan beat Fort Worth Chisholm Trail 42-6 and Denton beat Keller Fossil Ridge 42-12. Elsewhere, Prosper beat Princeton 45-7, Plano West beat Plano 28-14, Lake Highlands beat Richardson 38-7, Wylie beat South Garland 47-20 and Rockwall beat Rockwall-Heath 53-...