When Will Stewart of Austin bought a ticket in the outfield seats for the Chicago White Sox-LA Angels game on Sunday, he had no idea he was about to become a part of history. But he was in the right place at the right time as Jim Thome's game-winning home run bounced off the rows behind Stewart and into his hands. It was Thome's 500th career home run, a mark that only 23 players in......

Texas may be out of the College World Series a little early this year, but junior outfielder Drew Stubbs has about a million reasons to celebrate. The Cincinnati Reds selected the three-year starter with the eighth selection in the first round of the MLB draft. The All-American centerfielder leaves having played the second-most number of games in Horns' history. Congrats, Drew. In other Texas-related draft news, Longhorn pitcher Kyle McCulloch was taken by the World......

"Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack..." The sports gods are smiling on us today. As we wrap up March Madness tonight with the men's basketball championship, we also celebrate the unofficial national holiday known as Opening Day for Major League Baseball. We Seamheads are in wide-eyed excitement in anticipation of six months of the best sport in the world. Lo siento, futbol. And we are even more excited than usual, as our beloved......

-Dubya nominates his top economic adviser, Ben Bernanke, as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve Board -Wilma, after tearing up Florida's eastern coast, heads towards the Atlantic. The damage is estimated in the billions. -Bush is holding back records of Miers' recommendations and activities from her days as his White House lawyer -Janet Reno: rock impresario -Mutiny at the New York Times! -The White Sox hold a 2-0 lead over the Astros, which......