FRISCO — The Dallas Stars have signed restricted free agent Denis Gurianov to a $2.9 million contract for the 2022-2023 season. General manager Jim Nill announced the forward’s signing Tuesday, which was Gurianov’s 25th birthday.
LOS ANGELES — Real Madrid and Barcelona will meet in an exhibition July 23 in Las Vegas in just the second edition of the El Clásico rivalry on U.S. soil.
Super regionals are the next stop on the NCAA baseball tournament’s Road to Omaha. Four of the best-of-three series are Friday through Sunday: Notre Dame (38-14) at No.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Shortstop Peyton Graham of Waxahachie hit a two-run homer to spark a four-run eighth inning and Oklahoma rallied to beat No. 13 overall seed Florida 5-4 to win the Gainesville Regional on Monday.
The announcement of the all-District 11-6A softball team had to be put on hold all the way until Mansfield Lake Ridge’s appearance in the Class 6A state championship game. But on Saturday night, after Lake Ridge finished as state runner-up, the Waxahachie Lady Indians were finally able to announce their postseason selections from the coaches in the district.
CLEBURNE — Andrew Taylor remembers nothing special being said in the Mansfield Legacy dugout that would foreshadow the miraculous final-inning comeback that was to come. “Just business as usual, that’s who we are,’’ said the catcher and cleanup hitter amid the celebration after Legacy overcame an eight-run deficit in the seventh inning with a 12-run outburst to defeat Aledo 13-9 in the decisive game of a best-of-3 playoff series for the Class 5A Region I title and a state tournament berth Saturday afternoon at Cleburne High.
AUSTIN — Mansfield Lake Ridge had to overcome a power outage, an hour delay and a nationally ranked opponent if it wanted to win a historic state championship Saturday night. It was three outs from accomplishing that.
Considering your intrepid reporter wrote off the Mavs in December, it might seem a little disingenuous to complain that their season didn’t quite make it to June. Don’t let anyone else sell the effort short, either. Especially when you consider the local market.
LUBBOCK — Plenette Pierson is returning to Texas Tech to be an assistant coach at her alma mater after spending most of the past 20 years in the WNBA, where she played on three championship teams. Texas Tech said Monday that Pierson, an assistant for the Minnesota Lynx for three years, will join coach Krista Gerlich’s staff in time for summer workouts in Lubbock.
ST. ALBANS, England — Two-time major winner Dustin Johnson has resigned his PGA Tour membership to participate in the new golf series backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund.