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05/10/2008
Legendary Camp Karolyi puts stock in bonds
Camp Karolyi, otherwise known as the ranch or, officially, the Women's National Team Training Center, is nestled inside Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. The training center provides more than seclusion and a folksy background. It has helped make the U.S. dominant in women's gymnastics and the favorite in Beijing, writes columnist Kate Hairopoulos.
05/08/2008
Two local fighters lose at Golden Gloves
Boxers Chris Faz of Dallas and Errol Spence of DeSoto were eliminated from the national Golden Gloves tournament Thursday in Grand Rapids, Mich., losing by decision in quarterfinal bouts.
05/07/2008
Two local fighters win at Golden Gloves
Dallas boxer Chris Faz won his second match by decision in the 119-pound class of the National Golden Gloves at Grand Rapids, Mich.
Success opens doors for team ropers
Boogie Ray and Chance Kelton may change their minds about sticking to rodeos close to home now that a berth in the NFR is looking more realistic.
05/06/2008
Eight Belles' trainer defends jockey
The trainer of euthanized filly Eight Belles adamantly defended the way jockey Gabriel Saez handled the Kentucky Derby runner-up.
05/04/2008
DeSoto senior ready for national Golden Gloves
 WILLIAM DESHAZER / DMN Errol Spence Jr. won in the Texas State Golden Gloves In March, three years after taking up boxing. Errol Spence Jr. remembers when he was 6 and his father would take him to a Pleasant Grove barbershop that charged $5 to watch pay-per-view boxing matches. Now Spence, 18, has the opportunity to fight for national recognition.
Hill wins Bassmaster Elite event
Kenyon Hill of Norman, Okla., won his third career BASS title Sunday, finishing with a four-day total of 68 pounds on Clarks Hill Lake to hold off 2006 winner Davy Hite in the Pride of Georgia.
05/03/2008
De La Hoya wins easy decision
Oscar De La Hoya showed he could still beat a contender. Next up is cashing in again like a champion.
05/01/2008
Sam's Club MS 150 on tap this weekend
The 21st annual Sam's Club MS 150, a two-day, 150-mile bike ride, will take place Saturday and Sunday beginning in Frisco and finishing in Fort Worth.
04/30/2008
That's the ticket: Tips for playing the horses 
 TOM FOX / DMN Quincy Hamilton (left) is one of Lone Star Park's top jockeys on turf because of his patience. Not satisfied with picking a horse because of its number or because you like its name? Here's how a professional handicapper, someone who makes a living picking winners from also-rans, uses the standard 20 minutes between races to make a selection.
Video: How to wager at Lone Star Park
SportsDay releases summer sports camps listings
Hilton Anatole to host fight night
A five-bout boxing card takes place tonight at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas.
Lone Star Park to cut overnight purses
Lone Star Park will cut overnight purses by 10 percent, the track announced Tuesday. Drew Shubeck, Lone Star's president and general manager, said a dispute between horsemen and account deposit wagering businesses led to the purse reduction, which is effective May 8.
04/27/2008
U.S. loses to Russia in Fed Cup
No Serena. No Venus. No Lindsay. And no spot in the Fed Cup final for the United States.
04/26/2008
Boycott's disappointment lingers for 1980 Olympian
 Courtesy Texas A&M Linda Cornelius set a then-world record in the pentathlon's 800-meter run when she qualified for the 1980 Olympic Games. Fort Worth native Linda Cornelius, a member of the Texas A&M Hall of Fame, was in her physical prime when she made the U.S. track and field team in the pentathlon for the 1980 Moscow Olympics – the only Games the U.S. ever boycotted, writes columnist Kate Hairopoulos.
04/23/2008
Having horse named Destiny can only help
It's only appropriate that tie-down roper Stan Smith's horse is named Destiny. The way Smith has been performing, it seems like he's on a course that could lead to the ultimate result – his first world championship.
04/20/2008
Dynamic girls volleyball duo wins Dallas Open
 MIKE STONE / Special to DMN Kerri Walsh (center) goes for the block as Elaine Youngs (left) spikes the ball and Nicole Branagh looks on. Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, the golden girls in black bikinis, are the best beach volleyball team in the world for a reason. They reeled off four straight points to win the AVP Cuervo Gold Crown Dallas Open at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
Home helps in fishing event
A four-angler team led by a pair of local pros proved Sunday that home-court advantage means as much in bass fishing as in basketball. Kelly Jordon and Lance Vick, both of Mineola, Texas, teamed with David Smith of Del City, Okla., and David Walker of Sevierville, Tenn., to win the Toyota Texas Bass Classic on Lake Fork.
AVP Tour Cuervo Gold Crown Dallas Open results
Saturday's results at The Ballpark in Arlington
04/19/2008
Calzaghe edges Hopkins in split decision for light heavyweight title
Joe Calzaghe didn't stop punching after a terrible start against Bernard Hopkins, and now the Pride of Wales is the best light heavyweight in the world.
04/18/2008
Opening day of beach volleyball event canceled
The opening day of play in the AVP Crocs Tour Cuervo Gold Crown Dallas Open on Friday was canceled due to overnight weather that caused unplayable sand conditions.
04/17/2008
Top players not just having a ball at local beach volleyball stop
 Getty Images Misty May-Treanor (right) and Kerri Walsh, shown here at the 2007 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Gstaad, Switzerland, won gold at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. The AVP Crocs Tour's Dallas beach volleyball stop, which continues through Sunday at sand-transformed "Lot N" at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, holds great importance, writes Kate Hairopoulos. For several players, the event is preparation the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which are less than four months from now.
Ex-Mav Jackson tries his hand at beach volleyball
Jim Jackson, of the Mavericks' "Three J's" during the mostly dismal 1990s, tried beach volleyball Thursday. The AVP Crocs Tour is in town and it invited Jackson to compete in open qualifying with partner Daniel Lindsey of Plano. They lost their match – but did push it to three games.
Volleyball's best to surf the net in Arlington
 AP Misty May-Treanor digs a ball during the AVP Miami Beach open. Some of the nation's top beach volleyball players will try to win gold in August at the Beijing Games – but first they're making a pit stop at an Arlington parking lot.
04/16/2008
Weatherford cowboy's theory: Let it ride
Most rodeo rough stock riders want to know everything about their animal's bucking style before mounting. Bradley Harter would rather just go out and ride, writes rodeo columnist Ed Knocke.
05/20/2007
Texas' first woman sportswriter rose to the challenge
Margaret Koy Kistler, believed to be the first female sportswriter in Texas, marched into the schoolroom in Big Spring, Texas, in 1967 for her first assignment for the Abilene Reporter-News .
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