Knight may redshirt one of Red Raider basketball’s two freshmen

Jaye Crockett says he didn’t have enough energy to lift a forkful of cake on his 18th birthday.
He’s exaggerating, of course, but not by much.
Crockett turned 18 on Oct. 16, the first official day of practice for Texas Tech basketball. It’s been less than three weeks since he and fellow freshman Mike Davis had their [...]

Brazilian tennis player will try to win over America at indoor national competition this afternoon

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Raony Carvalho used to seek out the most remote seat in each of his classes, tucking himself into a desk in a back corner hoping he would never be asked to speak.
“Please, nobody talk to me,” he’d think. “I don’t know how to answer.”
Carvalho arrived from Brazil a little more than one year ago, speaking [...]

Who’s rising, who’s falling and who’s just stuck

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The first half of the Big 12 Conference football season has been a little schizophrenic, and I’m not just talking about Mike Leach’s postgame news conferences.
Teams get blown out one week only to dish out punishment the next – see Kansas State, Texas A&M and Texas Tech – and most of the league’s high-flying offenses [...]

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Red Raiders Football Backstage (1)

KERRY HYDER
Position: Defensive end
Height/weight: 6-3, 260
In high school: Hyder was a jack of all trades at Austin LBJ. He played linebacker and punted and also spent time at tight end and even wide receiver. He started on varsity for four years and topped 100 tackles in each of his last two. Hyder also was a [...]

Football schedule

9/5/2009 North Dakota Lubbock W, 38-13
9/12/2009 Rice Lubbock W, 55-10
9/19/2009 At Texas Austin L, 34-24
9/26/2009 At Houston Houston L, 29-28
10/3/2009 New Mexico Lubbock W, 48-28
10/10/2009 Kansas State Lubbock W, 66-14
10/17/2009 At Nebraska Lincoln, NE W, 31-10
10/24/2009 Texas A&M Lubbock L, 52-30
10/31/2009 Kansas Lubbock W, 42-21
11/14/2009 At Oklahoma State Stillwater, OK TBA
11/21/2009 Oklahoma Lubbock TBA
11/28/2009 Baylor Arlington, TX TBA

Big 12 Standings

  Conference Overall
North W L W L
Kansas State 3 2 5 4
Nebraska 2 2 5 3
Iowa State 2 3 5 4
Kansas 1 3 5 3
Missouri 1 3 5 3
Colorado 1 3 2 6
South W L W L
Texas 5 0 8 0
Oklahoma State 3 1 6 2
Oklahoma 3 1 5 3
Texas Tech 3 2 6 3
Texas A&M 2 2 5 3
Baylor 0 4 3 5

Don Williams: Report Card
Texas Tech vs. KU
  OFFENSE OPPONENT
Points 42 21
Total Yards 358 258
Rush Yards 102 71
Pass Yards 253 187
Seasonal stats as of 11-01-2009
  OFFENSE OPPONENT
Points 362 211
Total Yards 4266 3200
Rush Yards 659 1105
Pass Yards 3604 2095

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