Texas A&M Aggies

The Big 12 and the Southeastern conferences have announced a deal that will pit their football regular-season champions against each other in a New Year's Day bowl game for five years beginning in 2014, positioning themselves for the expected switch...... Full story

COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M athletics director Bill Byrne retired on Tuesday, a year before his contract was due to expire, and acknowledged that he had little say about when the school opted to leave the Big 12 for the Southeastern...... Full story

HOUSTON — Texas A&M athletic director Bill Byrne, who oversaw the school's upcoming departure from the Big 12 and everything from national championships to the end of the storied football rivalry with Texas, is retiring. Byrne will...... Full story

COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M forward Kourtney Roberson has been granted a medical redshirt. Roberson played just nine games last season after breaking his left ankle on Dec. 22. The sophomore averaged 4.6 points and 4.9 rebounds last...... Full story

COLLEGE STATION — Jameill Showers threw two long touchdown passes on Saturday in Texas A&M's first Maroon & White game under new coach Kevin Sumlin. Showers pulled away from three others in the competition to replace Ryan Tannehill,...... Full story

DAVIE, Fla. — Ryan Tannehill beamed as he stood on the stage at the NFL draft in New York, holding a Miami Dolphins jersey with uniform No. 1, a reflection of his lofty status as a first-round pick. The Dolphins finally made the quarterback...... Full story

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — College football is on the verge of finally having a playoff, its own version of the final four. For the first time, all the power brokers who run the highest level of the sport are comfortable with the idea of deciding a...... Full story

College football's newest way to crown a national champion should become a lot clearer in south Florida on Wednesday and Thursday. The conference commissioners in charge of the Bowl Championship Series will meet for the fourth time this year,...... Full story

COLLEGE STATION — Ryan Tannehill could be a top 10 pick in next month's NFL draft, less than two years after lining up as a receiver for Texas A&M. Tannehill returned to his old high school position of quarterback halfway through the 2010...... Full story

RALEIGH, N.C. — Maryland's players didn't panic when they fell behind by 18 in the first half and trailed by 11 midway through the second. This group of Terrapins have proven they can come back from any deficit, and it's a big reason why...... Full story

COLLEGE STATION — With top scorer Tyra White taking just two shots and second-leading scorer Kelsey Bone missing most of the ones she tried, Texas A&M needed someone else to step up. Adaora Elonu was up for the challenge, tying a career...... Full story

COLLEGE STATION — Tyra White hated sitting out the three games of the Big 12 tournament with a foot injury. Her absence, which broke a string of 87 straight starts, made Texas A&M's star even more determined to come through for her...... Full story

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Rick Barnes has believed all along that Texas is safely in the NCAA tournament. That didn't stop him from playing a psychological trick on his team during an impassioned halftime speech Thursday night. The Longhorns were...... Full story

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Texas A&M's Big 12 basketball activity has been extended at least one day. Dash Harris and Khris Middleton drilled key 3-pointers in the last 4 minutes and A&M hit 14 straight foul shots Wednesday night, giving...... Full story

STILLWATER, Okla. — An already depleted Oklahoma State roster took another blow Wednesday when Le'Bryan Nash was lost for the season due to injury. Nash, the Big 12's top-scoring freshman, was averaging 13.3 points per game. Even before...... Full story