Destinee Hooker (Texas volleyball, track and field) and Sam Bradford (Oklahoma football) have been named 2008-09 Big 12 Conference Athletes of the Year.

Sir Bobby Robson was one of the most beloved of British football managers in the post war era. In a world of inflated egos, his humility endeared him to millions.

by Calvin Watkins Filed under: Texans , NFL Draft , Super Bowl , NFL Free Agency , FanHouse Previews Summer is heating up and so is NFL football, so FanHouse is at Texans training camp to get you the rundown on Texas' other team, as it gets ready for the '09 season. HOUSTON -- One of the best defensive players in the game lives here. He isn't on Twitter every day like Shawne Merriman , doesn't play with a star on his helmet like DeMarcus Ware , didn't skip a trip to see the presid

Deseret News (Salt Lake City) – Utes looking to climb mountain again July 30, 2009 — EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the seventh in a nine-part series previewing Mountain West Conference football. Stories are in projected order of finish…

Turkish navy commandos seize pirates off Somalia (Reuters via Yahoo!7 News) ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish navy commandos taking part in a NATO mission to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia captured seven pirates Friday, the military staff said, in the second operation of its kind in a week. Somali pirates shoot Turkish sailor: report (AFP via Yahoo! News) Pirates holding a Turkish bulk carrier off Somalia have shot and wounded one of the sailors, a Turkish newspaper quoted relatives as saying F