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Japanese star third baseman Munetaka Murakami, who owns the single-season home run record for a Japanese player in Nippon Professional Baseball, is entering the posting system for MLB teams, sources told ESPN.

Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia, who missed the World Series because of what the team said at the time was a "deeply personal family matter," said Friday his daughter, Sterling, died Oct. 26.

Mississippi State president Mark Keenum, the chair of the College Football Playoff board of managers, told ESPN's Paul Finebaum on Friday that the SEC would prefer to "not have automatic bids" in future iterations of the playoff.

Mia Hamant, a goalkeeper for Washington's women's soccer team who helped the Huskies reach the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament, has died at age 21.

A Texarkana man is behind bars after allegedly punching his sister and knocking out one of her teeth during an argument.

The City of Texarkana, Texas, is celebrating the first homes completed through its HOME program, which helps rebuild aging houses for low-income residents.

Authorities are investigating the death of a 26-year-old inmate found unresponsive early Friday morning at the Miller County Detention Center.

Texarkana’s Board of Directors has delayed a vote on a proposed 10 p.m. drinking cutoff in the downtown entertainment district following a tense meeting Monday night.