INDIANAPOLIS — The top franchise in all of professional sports is … the Indianapolis Colts, according to the current issue of ESPN The Magazine. In "The Ultimate Standings'' -- the Colts rank as the best franchise among the 122 professional teams i

AUSTIN – The University of Texas could become the first college in the nation to get its own sports television channel, a deal officials hope to announce before the end of the year.

SIUE Sports Information The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville baseball team added incoming freshman Blaise Haxel (Quincy), 6-foot 3-inch, pitcher/position player from Quincy Notre Dame High School.

The Norman Thomas baseball team is on a tear heading into Tuesday's quarterfinals match against Gompers at George Washington HS (3:30 p.m.). The E. 33rd Street school boasts one of the sharpest starting rotations in the city.

Numerous scheduling conflicts will almost certainly preclude the Greensboro Grasshoppers from replacing Boston's Fenway Sports Group as the host of the suddenly homeless 2009 ACC baseball tournament, the team's president said today. "I'm still tryin