40 Acres Sports

Jamaal Charles, Tim Crowder, Mike Griffin, and Frank Okam honored.

Bevo, Ralphie, and the Baylor bears are probably the best live mascots in sports.

Carson Kainer was drafted in the 14th round of last week’s Major League Baseball draft but his pro career is going to have to wait. Kainer learned earlier this month that he was in need of a kidney transplant. Born with chronic renal failure, he has only one functioning kidney and that one is starting to fail as well. His overall kidney function has fallen to 13 percent.

Kainer hopes to have the transplant within the next few weeks, but that is dependent on finding a suitable donor kidney from a relative. After the surgery there would be four to six weeks of recovery and then at least three months before he is allowed to resume any kind of physical activity. If a donor can’t be found within his family, Kainer will have to be put on the national donor waiting list and undergo dialysis treatments while waiting.

Kainer hopes to be back in the outfield for the Texas Longhorns next season. We certainly wish him the best of luck in his treatment and recovery.

Letter from the University of North Dakota to the NCAA over their nickname.

it’s a shame the two won’t be able to play together.

Have a toddler around the house and tired of watching The Wiggles? Ever babysit for an Aggie friend and feel sorry for their child? Entertain your tyke and create future Longhorns using Team Baby Entertainment’s DVD’s to brainwash introduce them to the Texas Longhorns.

Team Baby Entertainment titles allows parents, grandparents, alumni and friends to share their love, loyalty and passion for their university with their children. Our videos provide an informative, entertaining and educational way to introduce your child to the university and team you root for.

Each DVD is customized for a specific university and uses officially licensed footage of the university’s team sports, mascot, marching band, campus attractions and more to expose children to the university in an exciting and playful manner.

Videos also feature the music of the school’s marching band as well as original “Team Baby” footage of children enjoying the sites and sounds of the university you love.

The videos are about 30 minutes in length and sell for twenty dollars. Based on the preview video it mainly consists of baby-friendly inspirational/sports/team music playing over video of kids happily wearing Longhorn garb. There’s also clips of the football team and band interspersed, but I’m not sure how much based on the preview. Pretty cool idea, especially as a gift, but the price seems a little steep for only 30 minutes of entertainment. I think I’ll just force my future offspring to watch the Rose Bowl over and over again with me.

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Excellent analysis of the team for the upcoming season.

He must really not want to return if possibility of 2nd round is good enough.

With Steve McNair in Baltimore, Vince will definitely see the field this year.

I re-watched the race several times and still can’t see her lead leg miss the hurdle.