M 10D Thursday, April 1, 2010 www.star-telegram.com Sports PIT 4 PHI 1 OAK 3 STL 2 NY 2 TOR 1 HOU 91 WSH 85 POR 109 GST 98 PHX 133 DET 116 PHI OT 111 KC 105 IND 89 NYN 88 CLE 115 NO 106 NYK 116 MIL 109 LAL 107 SA 102 CHI 107 DEN 97 MON 6 BOS 3 DET 5 CHI 2 NHL NBA NBA Kobe tells Lakers teammates Mavericks are team to beat in West COLONIAL | TIGER WOODS TIGER TO PLAY IN FORT WORTH Tiger Woods has committed to play in the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. Woods has played Colo- nial just once, when he tied for fourth in 1997, but said on his Web site that playing a shorter, traditional course such as Colonial fits in with the lifestyle changes he has made over the past four months. High schools UIL to crown one state champion per class Colleges Congress ends BCS, institutes true playoff NHL Sabres official admits Hull scored ’99 Cup-winner April Fool’s Day stories courtesy of David Thomas Outgoing Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks has agreed to purchase the Fort Worth Cats. Cats owner Carl Bell, who brought the Cats back to Fort Worth in 2001 after an almost four-decade absence, has been attempting to sell the team for almost a year. Hicks has agreed to sell the Texas Rangers, and while technically still the team’s owner, he said he had already started to miss owning a baseball team during the sale process. FORT WORTH CATS Cats mascot Dodger, left, and new owner Tom Hicks COURTESY CATS STAR-TELEGRAM Hicks agrees to purchase Cats Nolan Ryan will throw out the first pitch for the Texas Rangers’ home opener Mon- day. Not the ceremonial first pitch — the game’s first pitch. The 63-year-old Ryan, who last pitched in 1993, will be the Rangers’ Opening Day starter in a surprise an- nouncement from the team. Although the ownership transfer of the Rangers from Tom Hicks to a group head- ed by Chuck Greenberg and Ryan appears a few weeks from taking place, the deci- sion reflects the incoming owners’ pledge to listen to Rangers fans and give them the baseball experience they want. “I don’t know who wouldn’t want to see Nolan Ryan pitch again,” Rangers man- ager Ron Washington said. “I’m just not sure if I’m going to be able to walk out to the mound to pull my boss from the game.” General manager Jon Daniels said ev- eryone in the organization was in agree- ment to give the starting nod to Ryan. “Nolan gives us that veteran presence every team wants to see on the mound to start a new season,” Daniels said. “This is not a gimmick. Nolan can still bring it.” RANGERS | OPENING DAY PITCHER Ryan to start opener ‘Not a gimmick,’ says GM Daniels, who likes experience Nolan, 63, brings Nolan Ryan’s first pitch in the Rangers season opener won’t be ceremonial, as it was, above, before a Japanese game in 2007. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/ITSUO INOUYE The Super Bowl appears to be returning to North Texas sooner than expected. Although the NFL will not announce the host site for its next available Super Bowl — in 2014 — until next year’s Su- per Bowl in Arlington, multiple sources say that it is all but a done deal that Super Bowl XLVIII will be played at Texas Mo- tor Speedway. “You know I rarely decline to comment on things,” TMS president Eddie Gossage said in a statement, “but this is one report I cannot comment on.” “However, I have said many times that hosting one NASCAR race is like hosting several Super Bowls in one day. And you could fit four Cowboys Stadiums inside Texas Mo- tor Speedway, so I know that the Great American Speedway certainly is capable of hosting a Super Bowl.” NFL | SUPER BOWL RETURN TMS selected for 2014 Super Bowl TMS president Eddie Gossage refused to comment on the report. STAR-TELEGRAM The question of which NFL team would attempt to build a stadium bigger and better than Cowboys Stadium has been answered: the Dallas Cowboys. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said he plans to build a new Cowboys stadium at a site to be determined to replace the $1.25 billion Cowboys Stadium that opened last year in Arlington. “In Cowboys Stadium’s short and successful history,” Jones said, “we have been able to at- tract every type of sporting event we could ever hope to host. Those who know me know that I am not one to become content and rest on laurels. “For that reason, I believe now is the time to begin the process of building a new stadi- um so that we can bring to our fans the first-time, bigger-and- better events that they have en- joyed over the past year and de- serve to experience again.” Jones declined to say what type of budget he expects to have for the new project or in which city he anticipates the stadium will be built, but said it definitely would improve upon the current facility. “We are only in the prelimi- nary stages at this point,” Jones said, “so any speculation in those regards would be prema- ture.” Jones did say, however, his list of events he would like to bring to the new stadium will look familiar to area fans: Super Bowl, NCAA Final Four, NBA All-Star Game, Professional Bull Riding, college basketball and football games, interna- tional soccer matches and con- certs, plus either a Winter or Summer Olympics. “We raised the bar with Cow- boys Stadium,” Jones said. “Now we’re going to raise it again.” COWBOYS | HOME IMPROVEMENT Jerry ready to build new stadium Artist rendering of the Cowboys’ proposed stadium LONDON2012 The updated facility at a site to be determined will improve upon the year-old Cowboys Stadium. The 2009 TCU Horned Frogs did, in fact, complete the pro- gram’s first undefeated football season since 1938, but the news comes too late to boost the team’s claims to a national championship. Boise State has been ordered to forfeit its 17-10 Fiesta Bowl victory over TCU because of an ineligible player. TCU FOOTBALL | BETTER LATE THAN NEVER TCU officially undefeated for 2009 after Boise forfeit
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M10D Thursday, April 1, 2010 www.star-telegram.com
Sports
PIT 4PHI 1OAK 3STL 2NY 2TOR 1
HOU 91WSH 85POR 109GST 98PHX 133DET 116
PHI OT 111KC 105IND 89NYN 88CLE 115NO 106
NYK 116MIL 109LAL 107SA 102CHI 107DEN 97
MON 6BOS 3DET 5CHI 2
NHL NBA
NBA Kobe tells Lakers teammates Mavericks are team to beat in West
COLONIAL | TIGER WOODS
TIGER TO PLAYIN FORT WORTH
Tiger Woods has committed to play in the CrownePlaza Invitational at Colonial. Woods has played Colo-nial just once, when he tied for fourth in 1997, butsaid on his Web site that playing a shorter, traditionalcourse such as Colonial fits in with the lifestylechanges he has made over the past four months.
High schools UIL to crown one state champion per class
Colleges Congress ends BCS, institutes true playoff
NHL Sabres official admits Hull scored ’99 Cup-winner
April Fool’s Day stories courtesy of David Thomas
Outgoing Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks has agreed to purchase the FortWorth Cats. Cats owner Carl Bell, who brought the Cats back to Fort Worthin 2001 after an almost four-decade absence, has been attempting to sellthe team for almost a year.
Hicks has agreed to sell the Texas Rangers, and while technically still theteam’s owner, he said he had already started to miss owning a baseball teamduring the sale process.
FORT WORTH CATS
Cats mascot Dodger, left, and new owner Tom HicksCOURTESY CATS STAR-TELEGRAM
Hicks agrees to purchase Cats
Nolan Ryan will throw out the first pitchfor the Texas Rangers’ home opener Mon-day.
Not the ceremonial first pitch — thegame’s first pitch.
The 63-year-old Ryan, who lastpitched in 1993, will be the Rangers’Opening Day starter in a surprise an-nouncement from the team.
Although the ownership transfer of the
Rangers from Tom Hicks to a group head-ed by Chuck Greenberg and Ryan appearsa few weeks from taking place, the deci-sion reflects the incoming owners’ pledgeto listen to Rangers fans and give themthe baseball experience they want.
“I don’t know who wouldn’t want to seeNolan Ryan pitch again,” Rangers man-ager Ron Washington said. “I’m just notsure if I’m going to be able to walk out to
the mound to pull my boss from thegame.”
General manager Jon Daniels said ev-eryone in the organization was in agree-ment to give the starting nod to Ryan.
“Nolan gives us that veteran presenceevery team wants to see on the mound tostart a new season,” Daniels said. “Thisis not a gimmick. Nolan can still bringit.”
RANGERS | OPENING DAY PITCHER
Ryan to start opener‘Not a gimmick,’ says GM Daniels, who likes experience Nolan, 63, brings
Nolan Ryan’s first pitch in the Rangers season opener won’t be ceremonial, as it was, above, before a Japanese game in 2007. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/ITSUO INOUYE
The Super Bowl appears to be returning to North Texassooner than expected.
Although the NFL will not announce the host site for itsnext available Super Bowl — in 2014 — until next year’s Su-per Bowl in Arlington, multiple sources say that it is all but adone deal that Super Bowl XLVIII will be played at Texas Mo-tor Speedway.
“You know I rarely decline to comment on things,” TMSpresident Eddie Gossage said in a statement, “but this is onereport I cannot comment on.”
“However, I have said many times that hosting oneNASCAR race is like hosting several Super Bowls in one day.And you could fit four Cowboys Stadiums inside Texas Mo-tor Speedway, so I know that the Great American Speedwaycertainly is capable of hosting a Super Bowl.”
NFL | SUPER BOWL RETURN
TMS selected for2014 Super Bowl
TMS president Eddie Gossage refused to comment on the report. STAR-TELEGRAM
The question of which NFLteam would attempt to build astadium bigger and betterthan Cowboys Stadium hasbeen answered: the DallasCowboys.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jonessaid he plans to build a newCowboys stadium at a site to bedetermined to replace the $1.25
billion Cowboys Stadium thatopened last year in Arlington.
“In Cowboys Stadium’s shortand successful history,” Jonessaid, “we have been able to at-tract every type of sportingevent we could ever hope tohost. Those who know me knowthat I am not one to becomecontent and rest on laurels.
“For that reason, I believenow is the time to begin theprocess of building a new stadi-um so that we can bring to ourfans the first-time, bigger-and-
better events that they have en-joyed over the past year and de-serve to experience again.”
Jones declined to say whattype of budget he expects tohave for the new project or inwhich city he anticipates thestadium will be built, but saidit definitely would improveupon the current facility.
“We are only in the prelimi-nary stages at this point,” Jonessaid, “so any speculation inthose regards would be prema-ture.”
Jones did say, however, hislist of events he would like tobring to the new stadium willlook familiar to area fans: SuperBowl, NCAA Final Four, NBAAll-Star Game, ProfessionalBull Riding, college basketballand football games, interna-tional soccer matches and con-certs, plus either a Winter orSummer Olympics.
“We raised the bar with Cow-boys Stadium,” Jones said.“Now we’re going to raise itagain.”
COWBOYS | HOME IMPROVEMENT
Jerry ready to build new stadium
Artist rendering of the Cowboys’ proposed stadiumLONDON2012
The updated facility at a site to be determined willimprove upon the year-oldCowboys Stadium.
The 2009 TCU Horned Frogs did, in fact, complete the pro-gram’s first undefeated football season since 1938, but thenews comes too late to boost the team’s claims to a nationalchampionship.
Boise State has been ordered to forfeit its 17-10 FiestaBowl victory over TCU because of an ineligible player.
TCU FOOTBALL | BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
TCU officially undefeatedfor 2009 after Boise forfeit
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