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All the recent talk about proposed conference expansion has centered around Texas being a prime target for either the Pac 10 or Big 10. Now the biggest domino in the BCS is indicating that maybe they are ready to look to make a safe fall. Touchdown Jesus may send the signal that Notre Dame is willing to play nice with others. The talk of the Big East basketball tournament is that the Fighting Irish

Guy Morris has coached in the SEC (Kentucky) and the Big 12 (Baylor). Lately he has taken a step down from those days -- he is the head coach of the Div. II Texas A&M-Commerce Lions. While the spotlight isn't as bright in Commerce as it was in Lexington, or even Waco, Morris has at least found an effective method to deal with the press when they have a negative story about his team --

Since reaching the World Series in 2005, the Houston Astros have played losing baseball (315-332), but Fox Sports Houston is in a battle to keep the regional rights to Astros broadcasts, and the competition is coming from cable providers. Comcast and AT&T have been attempting to lure the Astros -- and the Houston Rockets -- away from FSN to start their own Regional Sports Networks. The Astros have an out clause in their long-term

If he can stop Rachel Uchitel he has a chance.

As hard as Tiger Woods and Nike try to contain and control the spin on Woods' return to golf, the tighter the controls, the more rabid the media will become. Woods will "speak to a small group of friends, colleagues and close associates," Friday morning at 10:00 central time, and it will be carried live by every broadcast network with the possible exception of The Soap Opera Network. Woods won't take any questions, won't

That is what the talk of Conference Realignment is about. Protecting the brand name that has led to a revenue stream that is the envy of College Athletics. As recently as last December, Forbes Magazine listed the Texas football program as the most valuable college football team/business in the nation. Forbes ranked the programs on three basic after-expenses "dividends": what's left to help fund other athletic department sports, what's left to help the University,

sort of. Woods, who has spent his entire career carefully shaping his image while restricting personal access, has announced that he will will meet with some members of the press. On Friday Woods will meet with "small group of friends, colleagues and close associates" as well as hand-picked media members about his past transgressions. Woods' agent says the golfer will end his three months of silence in front of selected representatives of

And there are media reports that Texas is high on their wish list.

When Fred Bednarski was five years old, he and his family were taken prisoners in their native Poland. It was 1942, and Bednarski's family would spend three years in a Nazi labor camp outside Salzburg, Austria. After being liberated from the camp, and finding their way to the U.S., the Bednarski's moved to Smithville, TX. It was there that Fred Jr. blended the soccer skills he learned as a youngster in the labor camp into playing

With TV negotiations on the horizon, the new Commissioner of the Pac 10 says the window for expansion is wide open. Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott noted the leagues television deals expire following the 2011-12 academic year. With ESPN already locked into mega bucks deals with the SEC and the Big 10, the Pac 10 will be trying to strengthen its bargaining position. Scott said the primary factor in the decision will be finding schools that

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