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Red River Showdown in town Oct. 9 - Oct. 15, 2020 Vol. 19, Issue 7 www.sportspagdfw.com FREE 2 October 9, 2020 - October 15, 2020 | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 19 Issue 7 | www.sportspagedfw.com | follow us on twitter @sportspagdfw.com Follow us on twitter @sportspagedfw | www.sportspagedfw.com | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 19 - Issue 7 | October 9, 2020 - October 15, 2020 3 Oct. 9, 2020 - Oct. 15, 2020 AROUND THE AREA Vol. 19, Issue 7 LOCAL NEWS OF INTEREST sportspagedfw.com Established 2002 Pre-race extravaganza at TMS Cover Photo: 4 AROUND THE AREA Jose Castillo will present a one-hour pro- Coach Tim Jankovich. Cooper has served gram of full throttle fan entertainment as head coach at Miami (Ohio) and 5 RANGERS REPORT from a news desk stage directly in front of Tennessee State as well as an assistant BY DIC HUMPHREY the main grandstands and shown for all in coach at Oklahoma State, South Carolina, 6 GOLF, ETC. attendance to see on Big Hoss TV as well Oregon and Auburn. He has recorded BY TOM WARD as livestreamed at www.texasmotorspeed- more than 100 wins as a Division I head SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR way.com. Vignettes will include interviews coach, and joins the Mustangs after three CHILDREN OPEN PREVIEW with 2020 NASCAR Cup Series title con- seasons on staff at Oklahoma State. 7 BY PGATOUR.COM tender Kevin Harvick (No. 4 Stewart-Haas Prior to Oklahoma State, the Kansas ALL TIME SHOTS FROM THE Texas Lottery No Limits Live! 8 SHFC OPEN Pre-race extravaganza to provide Full Ford), a hauler tour with 2020 NASCAR City, Missouri, native spent eight seasons BY PGATOUR.COM Throttle fan entertainment during Oct. 25 Xfinity Series title contender Justin as a head coach, three at Tennessee State SEC WEEK 3 PREDICTIONS NASCAR doubleheader Allgaier (No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet) (2009-12) and five at Miami (Ohio) (2012- 9 BY ROBERT CORTINEZ • Live show between conclusion of and a special live presentation with seven- 17). In all, Cooper has been in collegiate TEXAS / OU FOOTBALL PREVIEW SpeedyCash.com 400 and start of time NASCAR Cup Series Champion coaching since 1993, including assistant 10 BY JOHN MOSS Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 to Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Hendrick coaching roles at South Carolina (1995-01), air on Big Hoss TV for all in attendance. Motorsports Chevrolet), making his final Oregon (2002-04) and Auburn (2004-09). Cooper played collegiately at Wichita 11 SMU REPORT • Special live presentation for seven-time fulltime series start at No Limits, Texas. BY DIC HUMPHREY State from 1987-91. He led the Shockers in NASCAR Cup Series Champion Jimmie Texas Motor Speedway’s Big Hoss TV scoring and rebounding during his junior COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS AND Johnson features 22,704.64-square feet of HD LED 12 NOTES display and has the distinction of holding and senior seasons. Cooper was a two-time BY BO CARTER • Texas Lottery No Limits Live! Pre- team captain and a Rhodes Scholar candi- Race Show will be hosted by Monica the Guinness World Record as the World’s NFL WEEK 5 PREDICTIONS Largest HDTV. date his senior year. He played pro basket- 15 BY NFL.COM Palumbo and Jose Castillo and live- ball with the Ft. Wayne Fury (CBA) in streamed on TexasMotorSpeedway. com Tickets for the Oct. 25 NASCAR Cup 1991-92 and with the Commodore AUTO REVIEW The highly anticipated 2020 NASCAR Series Autotrader EchoPark Automotive BY KBB.COM Mustangs (Netherlands) in 1992-93. 17 Playoffs at Texas Motor Speedway now 500 and NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Cooper earned a bachelor's degree in THE TICKET WINDOW goes nonstop Oct. 25, with the addition of Truck Series SpeedyCash.com 400 double- business administration from Wichita State 18 the Texas Lottery No Limits Live! Pre- header are available starting at $48 at in 1991. He and his wife, Melissa, have a RESTAURANT REVIEW Race Show leading up to the green flag for http://bit.ly/Fall20EventPage. Tickets for BY RICHARD POLLAK daughter, Kennedy, and a son, Kameron. 19 the NASCAR Cup Series Autotrader kids 12 and under are just $10. Further details can be found on the Texas Motor John Cooper Timeline EchoPark Automotive 500 (2:30 p.m. CT 1987-91 Wichita State (Student-Athlete) on NBCSN, PRN, KFWR 95.5 The Ranch). Speedway website. 1991-92 Ft. Wayne Fury (Player) The Autotrader EchoPark Automotive Follow us on 1992-93 Commodore Mustangs (Player) 500 caps off a doubleheader of intense late Twitter & Facebook 1993-95 Fayetteville State (Asst. Coach) playoffs-season action on the 1.5-mile tri- 1995-01 South Carolina (Assistant Coach) oval that begins with the NASCAR Gander twitter.com/sportspagedfw 2002-04 Oregon (Assistant Coach) RV & Outdoors Truck Series SpeedyCash. 2004-09 Auburn (Assistant Coach) com 400 (11 a.m. on FS1, MRN, KFWR 2009-12 Tennessee Stat (Assistant/Coach) facebook.com/sportspageweek- SMU M-Basketball: John Cooper Named 95.5 The Ranch). 2012-17 Miami (Ohio) (Head/Coach) Assistant Coach Texas Lottery No Limits Live! Pre- 2017-20 Oklahoma State (Assistant Coach Publisher Contact Us DALLAS (SMU) – John Cooper has Sports Page Publishing Group, Main Number (214) 683-1469 Race Show co-hosts Monica Palumbo and 2017-19, Special Assistant to HC 2019-20) LLC P.O. Box 820813 been named an assistant coach by Head info@sportspagedallas.com Dallas, Tx. 75382 www.sportspagedfw.com NCAA Football - Top 25 Coaches (Week of 10/5/20) AP Dic Humphrey, Tom Ward, Bo WEEKLY CALENDAR Carter, Richard Pollak, Robert 1. Clemson 1. 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Championship Series next home run, but it wasn’t enough. Tampa week, which will be played in Arlington Bay took a 2-1 series lead with an 8-4 win. starting on Monday. This is a best of seven On Thursday, Jordan Montgomery and series, and again, there will be no off days three relievers shut down Tampa to spear- with the games played at Globe Life Field head a 5-1 Yankees win to even the series in Arlington. at two games apiece. Luke Voit, the regu- This series will be notable for having lar season A. L. home run leader, hit his fans at the game. Approximately, 11,500 first home run of the playoffs, and Gleyber fans will be admitted to the stadium. Torres hit another. It was essentially a Around 10,000 tickets to each game, a bullpen game for the Rays too, but they fourth of capacity, were made available to skated through with just three pitchers. the general public. The remaining 1,500 The outstanding bat work of Stanton tickets will be for family and friends of was to be expected.