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Ex-SWC commissioner Fred Jacoby, 80, dies DALLAS- Fred Jacoby, former commissioner of the defunct Southwest Conference, died Saturday at his home following a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 80. His death was announced in statements issued by the American Southwest Conference and the Lone Star Conference, smaller-school divisions he served before retiring in 2006. Jacoby was commissioner of the Southwest Conference from 1982-93. The conference dissolved in the mid-1990s when Texas, Texas Texas Tech and Baylor bolted for the Big 12.

Jacoby spent more than 50 years in coaching and athletics administration, including 10 years in high schools and eight years as an assistant football coach at the University of Wisconsin. Survivors include his wife of more than 50 years, Marcia; sons Tom, Steve and Bob; and two grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were pending. Beckham, Galaxy tie FC Dallas in friendly FRISCO David Beckham finally appeared in Dallas as a member of the Los Angles Galaxy, but Dario Sala made six saves to help FC Dallas tie the Galaxy 0-0 in a preseason friendly Saturday night. Beckham played the entire game and did not register a shot on goal but did pick up a yellow card in the 87th minute for dissent.

After the caution, the Galaxy captain engaged in a shouting match with FC Dallas players Andre Rocha and Marcelo Saragosa that resulted in Beckham having to be separated from Rocha by his Galaxy teammates. The game was a makeup for Beckham's missed visit last year during SuperLiga 2007 when Beckham did not make the trip to Dallas because of an ankle injury. Although there were a few empty seats on Saturday among the announced crowd of 20,500, fans took full opportunity to capture Beckham Texas 12 Texas Tech 1 COLLEGE STATION Darby Brown had three hits and Texas scored 11 runs in the fourth and fifth innings to beat Texas Tech 12-1 on Saturday. The Aggies hammered out five hits in the fourth and fifth and got big results. Of the six batters who drew walks and two who were hit by pitches, all scored.

finished the afternoon with 10 hits. Baylor 3 Oklahoma State 0 WACO Shawn Tolleson threw a complete-game, twohit shutout, and Landis Ware provided all three RBIs as Baylor beat Oklahoma State 3-0. Baylor (12-4, 1-1 Big 12) gave head coach Steve Smith his 200th career conference victory. this year. Flash bulbs popped Sportswire throughout the game, particularly every time the English star lined up for a free or corner kick.

Bowyer beats Kahne, rain in Nationwide Series BRISTOL, Tenn. Clint Bowyer outraced Kasey Kahne and the rain to win the Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway when it was stopped just past halfway. "It feels awesome," Bowyer said Saturday after a lengthy stoppage as NASCAR tried to resume the race. "I'll take it any way you can get it." Rain delayed the start of the race by two hours, and when the field finally went green, all the drivers knew they were running against the weather. With dark clouds rolling in, the goal was simply to make it to the halfway point when NASCAR considers a race official and be out front whenever the rain resumed.

So Bowyer used strategy, he was one of a handful of cars not to pit when Mike Bliss spun to bring out the sixth caution 100 laps into the event. Knowing the race only needed to go another 51 laps to be considered official, Bowyer gambled that the cars who did pit wouldn't be able to catch him before the rain came. Kahne came close, weaving his way through traffic and moving right behind Bowyer as the skies darkened. He looked briefly inside for a pass for the lead, but didn't force the issue and was stuck in second when the race was stopped on lap 171 of 300. Miller scores 32; 76ers beat Spurs PHILADELPHIA Andre Miller scored a season-high 32 points and Andre Iguodala had 25 to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to their third straight sparkling victory, 103-96 over the San Antonio Spurs.

The Sixers already knocked off Detroit and Chicago on the road this week and returned home to another suddenly supportive crowd. Philly (33- 34) gave the faithful a reason to cheer from the opening tip, pressuring the Spurs into College baseball Tolleson (2-0) surrendered singles in the second and third innings and did not allow another hit the remainder of the game. He retired 13 of the final 14 batters he faced, allowing only a leadoff walk in the ninth. Texas 6, Kansas 1 AUSTIN Freshmen righthanders Chance Ruffin and Stayton Thomas combined to retire 14 of the 15 batters they turnovers and turning back a late run by the champs. Tony Parker scored 27 points, Manu Ginobili had 22 and Tim Duncan 16 for the Spurs, who were coming off a loss a night earlier at Detroit.

San Antonio lost its third straight game overall and fifth straight on the road. Despite wasting lead, Canucks beat Stars, 4-3 DALLAS- Brendan Morrison scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period and added two assists to send Vancouver to a 4-3 victory over the Dallas Stars after the Canucks had wasted an early three-goal lead. Matt Pettinger, Ryan Kesler and Markus Naslund also scored for the Canucks, and Roberto Luongo made 34 saves. Brad Richards scored a short-handed goal, Mike Modano notched his 526th career tally tops among U.S.-born players and Joel Lundqvist also scored for the Stars. The slumping Stars have lost four of five and were passed by the San Jose Sharks for the Pacific Division lead earlier in the week.

Hurley impresses as Rangers beat Rockies SURPRISE, Ariz. On a day of auditions for the back end of starting rotations, the Texas Rangers' Eric Hurley outpitched Colorado Rockies starter Mark Redman. Hurley allowed two runs and two hits in four innings and the Rangers beat the Rockies 10-5. David Murphy homered twice for Texas, which is unbeaten in its last six (5-0-1). Scott Posednik had two hits and walked twice for Colorado, which is winless in its last four (0-3-1).

Hurley, one of a handful of candidates for the final spot in the Rangers' rotation, surrendered a leadoff home run to Ian Stewart in the second and a third-inning double by Ryan Spilborghs in his first spring start. The 22-year-old righthander walked two and struck out two. FROM WIRE REPORTS faced as Texas beat Kansas 6-1. With the game tied 1-1 and a pair of runners on base for Kansas in the top of the fifth, the two relievers shut the door on the Jayhawks. Ruffin entered the game with two on and two out in the fifth inning and induced a pop fly by Preston Land to get out of the inning.

He continued by retiring the next eight batters he faced before he left with two outs in the eighth inning. CHARGES WARRANTS REVOCATIONS WRECKS ATTORNEY AT LAW GERALD J. SMITH, SR. (903) 232-1774 Offices in Texas and Oklahoma. Principle Office in Dallas Texas PATTY BYRD Outstanding Service Starts with Quality People.

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When a zany, windy and splash-filled afternoon finally ended, Woods was in a familiar position as he tries to extend a winning streak that stretches to September. He shot a 4-under 66 and will be in the final pairing today with Sean O'Hair, who won last week at Innisbrook and shot the best round of the week with a 63. They were at 6-under 204, joined by Bart Bryant (68), Bubba Watson (68) and Vijay Singh, whose 73 made this all possible. Singh had a two-shot lead and showed no signs of a struggle until dropping five shots in a four-hole stretch in his front nine of 40. Singh might have been even worse off except for holing a 30-foot chip for par after hitting into the water on the 16th.

It was the largest log jam in the 30-year history at Bay Hill, and the largest on the PGA Tour since a five-way tie at the Deutsche Bank Championship in 2005. Woods was only lurking at 4 under and didn't figure to gain any ground over the final four holes, two of them into 20 mph gusts, the final three with water fronting the green. But he carved a 4-iron around the trees to 2 feet on the 15th, then hit a 7-iron that held up against the wind and dropped 3 feet right of the flag. That gave him birdies on the two toughest holes of the third round. MasterCard Classic HUIXQUILUCAN, Mexico Lorena Ochoa fought to recover from a rough first round in the MasterCard Classic, shooting a 2-under 70 that left the topranked Mexican star 11 strokes behind leader Ji-Young Oh.

Ochoa was coming off an opening 76, her highest score in nearly a year. Oh, a 19-year-old from South Korea in her second season on the LPGA Tour, had five birdies Tiger Woods hits his tee shot on the 16th the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in a bogey-free 67 to top the leaderboard at 9-under 135. Taiwan's Yani Tseng, a 19- year-old rookie, was 7 under after a 69. Sweden's Eva Dahllof (70) was 5 under, and first-round leader Jill McGill (73) and South Korean rookie Na-Yeon Choi (66) were 6 under. Choi's 66 was the best of the day.

Ochoa, who opened her season two weeks ago in Singapore with an 11-stroke victory in the HSBC Women's Champions, has struggled to seal the deal in Mexico, with one victory in six previous LPGA Tour starts in the country. She has 18 LPGA Tour wins. Champions Classic SANTA CLARITA, Calif. Brad Bryant shot a 5-under 67 to take a two-stroke lead in the Champions Classic, hole during Saturday's third round of Club in Orlando, Fla. while first-round leader Nick Price's 77 left him six strokes back entering the final day.

Bryant, the 2007 U.S. Senior Open champion, had a 7-under 137 total on the Valencia Country Club course. He had an eagle, five birdies and two bogeys in the second round, and nearly had a second eagle on the 18th when his 66-yard wedge shot spun back by the hole, leaving just 3 feet for birdie. Price, winless in 17 career starts since joining the 50-andover tour last year, had a double bogey, four bogeys and one birdie Saturday after opening with a 66 on Friday. He won 18 times on the PGA Tour, including three major victories.

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